Senior Sound Designer

Job Description

Overview

As an Audio Designer, you will collaborate with the Audio Director, Audio Team, and cross-disciplinary teams within the creation department to design and integrate high-quality sound effects for an upcoming cross-platform title, contributing to a rich and immersive player experience.

Your main challenges will include:

• Design, edit, and implement high-quality sound effects by recording audio, sound libraries and creative sound design techniques for in-game content, environments, UI, and cinematics.
• Collaborate with the Audio Director, Audio Team, and production team to establish the game's sound identity and designing sound systems in the Audio Middleware or the Game Editor.
• Integrate audio assets using game engines and middleware (Wwise & Unreal Engine).
• Troubleshoot and optimize audio systems and assets for performance and platform-specific requirements.
• Participate in review and mixing sessions to continuously improve audio quality and integration.
• Maintain a well-organized library of assets and adhere to file naming and version control protocols.
• Contributing to build an inspiring interactive audio culture in the Bucharest studio.
• Acting as the bridge and main point of contact between Bucharest’s teams and the World Audio Department in Montreal.
• Stay current with industry trends, tools, and techniques in sound design and game audio.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• 3 to 5 years of professional experience in sound design within the video game industry.
• Sound recording skills and experience.
• Robust portfolio or demo reels showcasing your work.
• Proficiency with industry standard DAWs (e.g., Pro Tools, REAPER, or Ableton).
• Proficiency in audio midware such as Audiokinetic Wwise.
• Proficiency in Blueprint systems in Unreal Engine
• Familiar with software development industry tools (e.g., Perforce, JIRA and Confluence).
• Solid understanding of the technical and creative aspects of interactive sound design.
• A good level of written and verbal English.
• Team player and collaborator.
• Organized, curious, proactive, autonomous, and respectful.
• Passion for games and storytelling through audio.

What Gameloft Bucharest can offer you?

• We offer full support for the relocation process (relocation package, help with all the administrative steps etc.)
• Short Friday schedule, so you can start your Weekend at 4pm!
• Hybrid work (2 days /week from the office)
• Medical insurance package, in partnership with Regina Maria Clinic
• 2 months/year of full remote to work from anywhere you want!
• Monthly budget for My Benefits platform 
• Extra days off for your birthday, your children`s birthday and company’s anniversary. Everyone is celebrated!
• Flexibility around core studio hours
• Book your free massage @office, every Tuesday and Thursday!
• Unique creative and professional work culture that embraces diversity
• Supportive working climate, a team with a free communication style
• Bookster (borrow books for free, delivered in the office)

Additional Information

Why join Gameloft Bucharest?

• We are a game development studio in the greenest part of Bucharest
• We have diverse backgrounds and we all love to work on our own games and ideas
• You would work in an agile team where everybody’s inputs are valued
• You will be using robust systems that serve millions of players
• Exercising your creativity when solving tasks is much appreciated
• We don't have many meetings :D

You can apply with your English or Romanian CV and portfolio. 

At Gameloft, we believe in diversity, so no applicant will be discriminated against based on criteria such as gender, age, gender identity, religion, nationality, etc.

We can’t wait to find our next great talent!