Sumo Digital
Summary
and join Timbre Games, part of the Sumo Digital Group, in Vancouver, Canada. We are a new studio focused on making exciting, innovative game experiences. Our vision is to change the games industry through the original games we make, as well as how we make them. We are searching for visionary explorers to join our team of diverse voices, coming together to develop games that are accessible to a wide audience. As a Lead Audio Designer, you will be entrusted to define the sound of our game, as well as establish great practices in their department. We offer competitive salary and comprehensive health benefits, flexible paid time off, annual bonus, up to 5% RRSP matching, work from home allowance, gaming subscription, weekly gaming days, career development program, 8 learning days per year, and unlimited access to Udemy online courses. If you are interested in this opportunity, please send us your resume to talk to our team about how you can add your voice to the games we’re working on. Timbre Games, part of the Sumo Digital Group, is looking for a Lead Audio Designer to join their team in Vancouver, Canada. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new studio focused on making innovative game experiences. As a Lead Audio Designer, you will be entrusted to define the sound of the game, as well as establish great practices in their department. Timbre Games offers competitive salary and comprehensive health benefits, flexible paid time off, annual bonus, up to
Job description
Welcome to Timbre!
We are Timbre Games (part of the Sumo Digital Group), a new studio in Vancouver, Canada focused on making exciting, innovative game experiences. Timbre’s vision is to change the games industry through the original games we make, as well as how we make them. We’re building an inclusive, supportive culture that allows us to explore fresh, new (and sometimes weird) ideas. We’re searching for more visionary explorers to join our team of diverse voices, coming together to develop games that are accessible to a wide audience.
If you’re thinking about your next adventure, send us your resume to talk to our team about how you can add your voice to the games we’re working on.
Design at Timbre Games
A great Timbre Designer strives to be curious, humble, authentic and adaptable. Great ideas come from everywhere, and we have the exciting opportunity to harness the power of collaboration to create something truly special.
At Timbre, designers are here to build a cohesive vision using inclusive practices and help create clarity for our team around what the game experience aspires to be.
We are the voice of our players and the heart of the game. Constantly learning as we go, we use our skills and lean on those around us to shape quality experiences that capture our audience's imagination.
Together, alongside the rest of our talented team, we create confidence in Timbre's vision of building diverse, meaningful AAA games using the latest software technologies.
Using their expertise and passion for game audio, Timbre’s first Lead Audio Designer will be entrusted to define the sound of our game, as well as establish great practices in their department.
As a Lead Audio Designer at Timbre Games you will:
- Define the final quality of all audio assets; guiding ideation, conception, and implementation - shepherding the design intent through an efficient production process
- Establish Audio best practices and pipelines working in UE5, alongside any appropriate third party software
- Participate in creating exemplary audio content, as well as ensuring it contributes to enhancing the gameplay, narrative and artistic vision of our project
- Be the connection point for all things Audio across disciplines, balancing communications with internal and external teams on multiple time zones in a hybrid/remote workplace
- Provide critical feedback, identify iterative improvements and innovate our Audio processes, pipelines and tools
- Communicate your passion to our diverse team, advocating for player experience with an inclusive mindset geared towards creating a fun, accessible end product for our players
- When necessary, partner with the Talent Aquisition team to identify key hires, taking an active role in building a diverse core Audio team
- Foster a coaching culture by guiding the team through creative and technical challenges and nurturing a self empowered, inclusive and collaborative atmosphere
- Manage cross-discipline communication and collaboration as it pertains to Audio, working closely with engineers, artists and designers to innovate & elevate our audio approach
- Scope and prioritize the audio pipeline with assistance from production, utilizing an Agile framework
What you bring:
- 5+ years of experience developing audio for video games
- Expertise in the holistic game audio process (sound design, voice over, music implementation, technology, player experience, etc.)
- Expertise with in-game engine technical implementation and Wwise audio middleware
- Experience with sound design creation tools (DAW, Izotope, Waves, Melda, Native Instruments, etc.) and techniques
- Experience managing and leading an Audio team
- Knowledge of how to build and manage relationships with external vendors
- Experience in setting up sound studios including audio hardware and software
- Experience with voice-over processing tools and techniques
- Experience giving clear direction and delivering timely, constructive feedback
- Strong analytical and creative thinking abilities
- Outstanding verbal and written interpersonal communication skills
What you might bring:
- Proven experience leading/mentoring teams and individuals. Growth-minded and motivated toward teaching, enabling, and coaching
- Experience teaching audio, online or in-person
- Experience with Reaktor and synthesizers
- Experience with interactive music editing & implementation
- Experience with Scripting or node-based implementation
- Wwise certification
What you'll gain:
Timbre aims to foster a workplace environment that empowers our team to do their best creative work. Below are a list of some of the benefits we offer to ensure you reach your full potential. As we continue to grow, we are co-creating more values-driven benefits to support our team.
• Competitive salary & comprehensive health benefits, including extended health, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short / long-term disability, 24/7 counselling through an employee assistance program and a health spending account available to you from your first day
• Annual bonus & up to 5% RRSP matching available to you from your first day
• Flexible paid time off (unlimited), plus holiday closure between Christmas and New Years, as well as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• Work with us in Vancouver or remotely across Canada, utilizing our $500 work from home allowance
• 1 year gaming subscription and weekly gaming days
• My Pathway - a Career Development Program to provide a clear path for you to grow at Timbre
• 8 learning days per year and unlimited access to Udemy online courses
• A values driven culture with direct access to leadership and industry veterans with a wealth of knowledge to share
Timbre’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Timbre Games is located in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada and on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Although our roots are in Vancouver, we work with a remote, distributed team across Canada. If you are interested in an opportunity at Timbre Games but are not presently residing in Canada, please note that we may be able to offer assistance in immigrating / relocating under the right conditions.
Timbre Games is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran’s status (including protected veterans, as may be required by federal law), sexual orientation or any other category protected by law. We celebrate all backgrounds and attributes that make us unique and amazing - in this world and the ones we create!
At Timbre, we try to be mindful and not set unrealistic requirement expectations in order to apply. If you don’t tick all of the boxes of the role that you’re excited about, we encourage you to send your resume to our General Application inbox on our careers page, or, follow Timbre on LinkedIn to stay in touch with our newest openings.
Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
If what we’ve shared above resonates with you, connect with us today!
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Location: Timbre Games, Vancouver
Country: Canada
Date found: 2023-03-01