Sound Designer

AuraOne; United States; Remote; USD 34,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

AuraOne is seeking a remote Sound Designer reviewer to evaluate AI outputs in sound design workflows. You will assess craft, constraints, and tooling adherence, flag issues, and document corrected approaches to train the modeling team.

This is a contractor, async-friendly engagement allowing flexible hours across the US. You will work with portfolio-credentialed reviewers to simulate senior-level outputs, ensuring production-readiness and consistency across long batches.

Qualifications

• Portfolio or production experience in sound designer creative review or adjacent creative discipline.
• Hands-on familiarity with the standard tooling for the discipline.
• Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches.
• Clear written reasoning that names the craft issue and the standard being applied.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against sound designer craft and tooling standards for assignments.
• Grade composition, constraints, and production-readiness on a structured rubric.
• Flag tooling-specific failures (file format, naming, scale) with severity tags.
• Capture corrected approaches or references for training the model.
• Adjudicate disputed judgments against references or style guides.
• Maintain reviewer-quality scores in calibration cycles.

Skills

Sound design

Creative review

Tooling fluency

Portfolio experience

Tools

DAW familiarity

Audio editing tools

Job description

Category: Creative, Media & Design Evaluation · Pay: Hourly rate confirmed after the interview process · Location: Remote — US-eligible · Contractor

Sound Designer is a remote review track for evaluating AI outputs across sound designer creative review workflows. Reviewers grade craft, constraints, and tooling adherence; flag production-readiness issues; and document the corrected approach so the modeling team can train on it.

Why this role matters

Sound Designer creative review AI is only useful if a working professional would actually ship the output. AuraOne uses portfolio-credentialed reviewers to grade outputs the way a senior creative would — with craft, constraints, and tooling all in scope.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against current sound designer creative review craft and tooling standards for Sound Designer assignments.
• Grade composition, constraint adherence, and production-readiness on a structured rubric.
• Flag tooling-specific failures (file format, scale, naming, layer hygiene) with severity tags.
• Capture the corrected approach or reference so the modeling team can train on it.
• Adjudicate disputed creative judgments against published references or firm style guides.
• Maintain reviewer-quality scores in inter-rater calibration cycles.

Qualifications

• Portfolio or production experience in sound designer creative review or an adjacent creative discipline for Sound Designer work.
• Hands-on familiarity with the standard tooling for the discipline.
• Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches.
• Clear written reasoning that names the craft issue and the standard being applied.

Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Example tasks

• Grade a model's sound designer creative review output against the brief and rate craft, constraints, and production-readiness.
• Flag a tooling-specific failure (incorrect file format, unsupported feature, naming convention) with severity.
• Adjudicate a disputed creative judgment between two reviewers using a firm style guide.
• Audit a 25-asset batch for rubric consistency and report drift to the program lead.

Nice to have

• Studio, agency, or in-house team experience shipping production work.
• Prior experience reviewing AI-assisted creative tooling and its failure modes.
• Familiarity with AAA or feature-grade pipelines and asset standards.

Skills

• Creative review
• Production-grade craft
• Tooling fluency
• Asset evaluation
• Sound Designer creative review

Work model

Remote — US-eligible. Remote · Independent specialist contractor. Employment type: CONTRACTOR. Applicants must be authorized to work from US.

Compensation

Hourly rate confirmed after the interview process.