AR/VR Sound Designer

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Sound Designer, AR/VR


Location: As of summer 2022 onsite in Menlo Park, CA


You are, first and foremost, a sound designer who has made and will continue to create iconic sounds for immersive experiences. You will be an instrumental part in the day-to-day sound design for AR/VR products. Working across internal, external and cross functional teams, you'll contribute sound design, audio direction, and feedback for a variety of AR/VR products.


Role/Responsibilities:

  • Create world-class sound design for immersive AR/VR experiences, such as gaming and apps
  • 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.
  • Provide clear and concise audio direction as well as feedback to third party vendors on sound design and implementation that is optimized for mobile devices.
  • 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.


Minimum Qualifications:

  • 5+ years in interactive and immersive sound design (not music/song design)
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • 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


Preferred Skills:

  • Mobile audio experience
  • AR audio experience (preferably Spark)
  • VR audio experience
  • Experienced composer