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Profession |
Digital Media |
Openings |
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Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
Date Posted |
February 08, 2008 |
Posted Until |
May 17, 2008 |
Experience Level |
Mid-Level |
Job Type |
Full Time |
Salary Range |
Not Specified - Not Specified |
Education Level |
Not Specified |
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Sound Designer - req 19354
BioWare, the newest member of the incredible family of EA studios, has created some of the world's best-selling titles including the award-winning Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights series, and Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic. Original BioWare-created IPs include Jade Empire and the critically acclaimed, Mass Effect. BioWare is hard at work on the epic fantasy RPG Dragon Age; Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood for the Nintendo DS; and unannounced projects including a highly anticipated massively multiplayer online game.
BioWare's games have continually achieved critical and commercial success. All of our published titles are in the top 5% highest rated at www.gamerankings.com; in fact we have 6 games in the top 1% highest rated games of all time! Today BioWare has more than 400 staff at its two locations and continues to grow. We have sold over 20 million games (including engine licenses) in the past ten years! Our games have received many top industry awards, and we are proud that our Edmonton studio location has been recognized as a top employer in Canada, awarded the following for 2008:
* Canada's Top 100 Employers
* Financial Post Canada's Top 10 Best Companies to Work For
* Alberta's Top 35 Employers
BioWare Edmonton is in search of candidates for the position of Senior Sound Designer to join our audio team. As the successful candidate you will be experienced in creating audio for games or similar professional experience, and possess a strong understanding of the fundamentals of audio engineering and theory.
We are looking for individuals who are creative and technically proficient. You will have a passion for exciting sound design and a great grasp of technical requirements and issues present in making audio for our award winning games.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Designing, creating, editing, and mixing original audio content in accordance with each game project?s design goals
- Working with programmers to define technical requirements and specifications to facilitate creation of advanced audio systems that support the game vision
- Creating audio assets using Nuendo, Sound Forge, and other related software
- In-game implementation of all types of audio assets using proprietary tools and systems
- Editing, mastering, and implementation of music and dialogue
- Large scale audio asset management
- All aspects of sound for linear video
- Trouble shooting and debugging of game audio systems
- Working with external sound/music providers
- Assisting with Localization audio requirements for each project
Basic Qualifications Include:
- Minimum 3 years experience in creating audio for games
- Exceptional sound design skills and strong technical audio vision
- Experience creating audio pipelines on projects
- Ability to make high quality audio samples and process externally created music, VO, and SFX for in-game use
- Professional-level skills in digital audio editing and manipulation
- High degree of proficiency using professional audio software and hardware.
- Familiarity with a variety of audio middleware applications (ISACT, F-Mod etc)
- Superior knowledge of field recording, Foley, microphone and professional audio equipment
- Great communication and teamwork skills
- Strong attention to detail
- A drive to continually advance the art and science of game audio
The ideal candidate will also have some mix of the following:
- A love of games
- Musicianship
- Live/studio recording experience and a strong grasp of microphone theory
- Understanding of the software development process
- Understanding of basic game design concepts
- Knowledge of surround mixing techniques
- Dialogue recording experience
- Experience with 3rd party audio tools like XACT, ISACT, Miles Sound System, F-Mod
- The ability to write/debug simple computer script or batch files
Demo and Resume:
Please submit a resume with your online demo weblink featured at the top in BOLD font.
Or by mail:
BioWare Edmonton
Senior Sound Designer Position
Human Resources
#200, 4445 Calgary Trail
Edmonton, AB T6H 5R7
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Applications being accepted until May 17, 2008
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