Immersive Sound Designer

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Job Description

Top Global Tech Company Seeking Experienced Immersive Sound Designer

Must sit onsite in Fremont, Burlingame, or Seattle

W2 Only

Description

The Sound Design Organization is a centralized team that touches nearly every product that our company produces. We collaborate with product and creative teams across the company to design audio for video, post-production audio, final mixing and mastering, audio field recording, sound effects, and large scale content projects across a wide range of software and hardware, including but not limited to your phone, glasses, VR headsets a mix of AR/MR across these devices. We're a team of over 60 audio experts who design the experiences that connect people through the power of sound.

As a Sound Designer, you must have a passion for sound, and a demonstrated history of sound design for interactive and immersive experiences. You will be an instrumental part in the day-to-day sound design across product audio experiences. Candidates must also have the ability to collaborate closely with other team members and cross-functional product teams, as well as provide creative feedback. Strong communication skills are required.

Key Responsibilities And Duties

  • Create world-class sound design for immersive AR/VR and MR experiences
  • Collaborate closely with all partners to determine scope of work, planning and execution of sound design and implementation
  • Gain a deep understanding of product voice in order to maintain quality and leverage existing content for product consistency and efficiency
  • Prepping and testing for implementation accuracy as well as collaborating with internal and external team members to address bugs and optimize sounds in the product


Qualifications

  • 5+ years creating sonic experiences for products in mobile, hardware, and non-traditional or immersive environments
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Expert in Pro Tools and/or other professional DAW's
  • Experience designing audio for family-friendly product experiences
  • Able to manage, scope, and communicate project milestones and deliverables with third-party vendors
  • Experience creating original sound design for high-profile products
  • Experience testing implementation of sounds
  • Experience working with and creating SFX/Foley/Dialog/Music
  • Troubleshooting and problem solving skills
  • Time-management and organizational skills to meet delivery specifications and deadlines


Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in Mobile and AR audio experiences (preferably Spark)
  • Experience in designing audio for AR and VR experiences
  • Experience with game engines (Unity, Unreal)
  • Experience with AR design tools (Spark, Snap Studio)
  • Experience implementing audio for (Unity, Unreal and/or Spark)
  • Experience with audio middleware (Wwise, FMOD)
  • Ability to record in a studio and on location
  • Post-production skills, including editing and mastering
  • Knowledge of acoustics, equipment set ups and calibration
  • Ability to mix in a variety of formats, including spatial audio
  • Video editing skills (Premier Pro, Final Cut, Avid, etc)


About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.