Sound Designer

SEGA; Horsham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join SEGA as a Sound Designer at our Horsham studio, where you will play a crucial role in developing audio for our upcoming Survival title. This position offers the chance to make a significant impact on the game's audio experience, working collaboratively with a talented team. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in sound design, technical skills in Wwise and Unreal, and a passion for creating immersive audio experiences.

Benefits

Work from Anywhere for a temporary period each year

Enhanced holiday allowance

Private medical and dental insurance

Generous holiday allowance plus full studio closure over Christmas

Wellbeing support and virtual confidential counselling

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in audio technology or sound design.
• Two or more full development cycles in a Sound Design role.
• Ability to create compelling cinematic audio.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the team to deliver world-class audio.
• Take ownership of key areas of the audio experience.
• Design and implement content for audio systems.

Skills

Sound design

Field and studio recording

Music system and content design

Analytical thinking

Creative thinking

Education

Degree in audio technology or sound design

Tools

Wwise

Unreal

Job description

Based at our well-established studio in Horsham, in the heart of West Sussex, you will be working as a key member of the team on our upcoming Survival title, the sequel to Alien: Isolation. In this role, you will be able to make a real impact on our games, while bringing your knowledge and experience to help push the boundaries of the genre by collaborating with the wider development team - striving to make our titles better than ever before.

Joining our award-winning audio department, the ideal candidate will be:

• Extremely passionate about sound design and game audio
• A fast learner with great creative and technical abilities
• A good analytical and creative thinker with strong skills interpreting briefs or feature requirements
• Self-driven
• Motivated by working alongside others in a team environment

Applications without a showreel won’t be reviewed, so please remember to include some examples of your best work.

Key Responsibilities:

This is a great opportunity to become part of a growing, friendly team and make a meaningful impact on a fantastic project from an early stage of development. As a Sound Designer, you will work collaboratively across the team, with all disciplines to deliver world-class audio for this title. Expert technical skills within Wwise and Unreal are required for this role, including experience with designing and implementing content for audio systems, such as dialogue, music, animation, physics. Taking ownership over key areas of the audio experience, you will have a thorough understanding of the game vision and pillars and take the initiative to enhance the game through the audio experience – actively contributing new ideas and innovations.

Knowledge, Skill and Experience

Essential

• A degree level qualification in audio technology, sound design or related qualification
• Two or more full development cycles in a Sound Design role
• Ability to create compelling cinematic audio using a range of recording, design and interactive techniques
• Highly skilled at:
  • Field and studio recording
  • Sound design
  • Music system and content design
• Wwise and Unreal expertise

Desirable

• Experience working on first-person horror and/or narrative adventure games
• Technical skills such as scripting or light programming ability
• Professional experience with linear cinematic audio

About Creative Assembly

Creative Assembly crafts deep and detailed games that last, entertaining millions of players across the globe for decades. We are all game makers and we care deeply about the experiences we create. We empower our teams to make significant contributions to our games, supported by skills development and growth opportunities.

We are located in Horsham, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria.

We offer many benefits to support you and your family including:

• Work from Anywhere for a temporary period each year (restrictions apply such as VISAs)
• Enhanced holiday allowance, maternity and paternity breaks, flexibility with our core hours, and no-notice holidays
• Bespoke relocation package for you and your dependents
• Private medical and dental insurance, life insurance, permanent health insurance, critical illness cover and free health care screening
• Generous holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, and all Bank holidays
• Join our Diversity and Inclusion Network – an employee-led group
• Season ticket travel loans and cycle to work scheme with free bike servicing and discounted car valet service on site
• Wellbeing support and virtual confidential counselling
• Community activities including parties, football and more.
• Our studio sites have disabled access.

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: SEGA Europe Limited and our studios do not accept unsolicited candidate introductions from unauthorised third parties. For the avoidance of doubt, SEGA Europe is not liable for any fees, compensation or any other costs associated with the introduction of a candidate or recruitment services unless and until an agreement has been duly executed. Further details can be found here.