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SIE PlayStation - San Diego

San Diego, California - United States
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Sound Designer (Temporary)

Description

Would you be interested in working with Triple A studios like Naughty Dog, Santa Monica Studio (God of War Franchise), Japan Studios, Guerrilla, Sucker Punch and many more? If so, PD Sound Group is where you want to be!

PlayStation in San Mateo, California is looking for a contract Sound Designer to work with a dynamic team of creative, game audio, professionals on a AAA PS4 project. The ideal candidate will have experience with Unreal Engine, game audio middleware, and ProTools. We emphasize creativity and value a healthy work/life balance.


The right candidate will have at least three years of game audio experience and the drive to create award wining game audio.
  • Create high quality audio content for 1st party product development projects including sound effects and dialog.
  • Collaborate with the sound team and game development team to create sonically rich, aurally satisfying, high-quality games.
  • Field Recording
    • Record real-world sounds for product development
  • Studio Recording
    • Requires a solid understanding of recording techniques for vocals and musical instruments, microphone placement and having the ability to direct talent.
  • Foley Work
    • Create new sound effects in the studio using various recording techniques and props.
  • Digital Sound File Editing
    • Edit sound assets using a Digital Audio Workstation.
    • Work includes dialogue editing, sound effect region creation and file naming.
  • Digital Audio Post Processing
    • Sound format conversion, EQ-ing, looping, mixing, and adding digital audio effects, normalization and sound balancing.
  • Sound Effect Scripting
    • Prepare sound effects using both propriety and non- propriety tools for use in the game engine.
    • Define volume, pitch, pan, delays, layering randomization, and enveloping, to facilitate the triggering of sound effects in games at runtime.
  • Mastering
    • Use EQ and compression to create high quality finalized material.
  • Audio Post Production for FMV sequences
    • Using professional audio editing tools record, edit, synchronize and master audio for full-motion-video content.
    • An understanding of EQ, dynamic range and compression techniques

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