thatgamecompany is best recognized for creating award-winning, enriching, and meaningful game titles such as Journey, Flower, and flOw. Our mission is to develop timeless interactive entertainment that connects players worldwide through positive emotional experiences appealing to all ages.
Our most recent game, Sky: Children of the Light (Sky), is a social adventure built around the values inherited from a powerful humanistic story. It is a live experience continuously evolving inside a global online theme park. We are looking for a dedicated audio designer for the ever-expanding world of Sky. This role creates and implements sound effects meeting technical and narrative requirements for Sky with our in-house audio, art, and design teams. From epic cinematics to subtle animation sound, all of the acoustic pieces are essential parts of immersion and player experience. Magic is waiting to happen with your imagination and creativity!
Must haves:
- 2-5 years of experience of working as professional audio in cross-platform and multiplayer game development
- Deep experience with at least one of common digital audio workstation (Cubase, Nuendo, Logic, Studio One, Live, Reaper, FL Studio, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, etc.)
- Extensive experience with virtual audio plug-ins and digital audio hardwares
- Experience in recording and editing of foley and/or dialogue
- Deep understanding of at least one of common audio sample editors (Sound Forge, Audition, Audacity, WaveLab, RX, etc.)
- Familiarity with at least one of common audio middleware (Fmod is preferred, or Wwise, Miles, ADX, Fabric, etc.)
- Excellent time management skills for assigned tasks and the ability to handle large workloads efficiently
- Flexibility and willingness to incorporate feedback into multiple iterations to achieve highest-quality results
- Possessing strong communication and collaboration skills
- Believes in thatgamecompany’s mission and vision
Good to haves:
- A passion for Sky: Children of the Light as an experienced player
- Experience in mixing multi-channel audio formats
- Familiarity with at least one of common version control systems (PerForce is preferred, or GitHub, GitLab, SVN, etc.)
- Background in audio design, audio technology, audio production, music composition, interactive entertainment, computer science or acoustic engineering
- Proficiency in C/C++
- Excellent Mac skills and collaboration experience of cloud workspace like Favro and Jira