Sound Designer

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Our Client is a Hong Kong based advance VR game experience provider; apart from HK, they are live in 6 locations and 4 countries around the world (the #1 Activity in Hong Kong and Singapore on TripAdvisor) and they’re quickly expanding.

What you’ll be doing.

You will be responsible for the sound fx, 3D sound, and music for all of our VR experiences and work with our Creative Director and engineers to create an incredible audio experience which immerses our guests even deeper into our VR experiences. If it sounds exciting to work with cutting edge technology and make your mark on the VR industry, this might be the right role for you!

Designing, Editing and Mixing – Your main focus is implementing and editing the audio for their experiences. You will work with their outsourcing partners and direct them in the creation of sound and music for our experiences; you also create specific assets as required. Once you receive assets, you can edit the assets in order to improve the quality and feel of each sound. You’ll be responsible for the sound & music mix in order to create compelling audio for each experience. You will work together with directors to gain a strong understanding of the mechanics, narrative, and visuals so that you can design audio which plusses each experience.

Sound and VoiceOver Feedback – A big part of your role is creating sounds which helps the user understand what’s going on in the experience. This means you’ll be creating/sourcing/editing audio assets which give our guests feedback as they play and weaving these assets together so that they stand out from the rest of the audio. You are also going to be responsible for directing VoiceOver recording sessions and implementing these recordings into each experience. Finally, you will also be called upon to assist with casting VoiceOver talent.

You will use your skill-set and work together with programmers to experiment with new techniques and ideas for how to use audio in our VR experiences. You also determine the best third-party audio plugins and tools to use with our unique technology.

Who they are looking for:

Tech Savvy – You are a creative first, but you have a strong understanding of the technical side of sound design and can use various tools to achieve the best results. You will need to understand 3D Audio and use technical tools to make your specific sounds feel like they come from identifiable positions in 3D. If you can program or script effectively, this is also a plus.

Risk Mitigation – You proactively foresee issues and needs before they occur so you can plan ahead strategically and ensure the final delivery of sound assets/mix/VoiceOver is of the highest quality.

Unity and FMOD Experience – You are experienced with both Unity and FMOD. You also possess strong knowledge of third-party tools which can be used with Unity.

Solution Oriented – You are resourceful, a creative problem solver and who can use your skills and experience to solve issues with existing sound assets, or find ways to record sounds as needed.

How you can really impress them:

If you have composed music for games or other media before this is a definite plus.
If exploring possibilities of VR Audio technology is exciting for you and you’re eager to use your skills to push this industry forward. If you have given talks at games/VR industry shows or written articles about your craft, this is a great way you can demonstrate your understanding to us.
If you’ve already had the chance to work on VR projects, either professionally or as a hobby, even better.

contact: jobs@8bitplay.com

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