Audio Artist - Vancouver, Canada - Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Responsibilities

Create quality audio for our video games, with a high focus on authentic dialogue to suit our storydriven game experiences
Author small welldefined audiorelated tasks, with a high focus on content pipelines
Directly support feature(s), small project(s), or task(s) within the Speech discipline
Complete technical implementation, logic and databasing tasks, all catered to the user experience
Manage editor package imports, sample handling & database updates
Preform Quality control review for the project's audio (preCQC) on all applicable platforms
Create software design to support custom source elements
Manage source control, submit to file depots, and handle build pipelines
Participate in team collaboration, but also work independently
Collaborate in prototyping and driving innovation and improvements
Take direction from Audio Leads and other senior audio artists on the project, but still express your creativity and design insight

Qualifications

Minimum 3 years' studio engineering/recording/VO experience (or equivalent)
35 years game audio experience
Solid knowledge of PC and console audio hardware
Experience with tracking documentation
Outstanding sound design skills
Works well as part of a team, but also autonomously
Experience with audio middleware software (Wwise, Fmod)
Familiarity with thirdparty game engines (Unity, Unreal, etc.)
Experience with Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, Access, Powerpoint)
Exposure to and/or basic knowledge of code or scripting language (C#, C++, SQL, Python, Lua, etc.) an asset
Solid experience using game audio development tools, technology, and pipelines
Experience with modern audio creation equipment, software and recording techniques, with a high level of proficiency in at least one DAW
Able to methodically manage & track large amounts of data

Bonus Skills

Experience with Quality Assurance Verification
Experience with onboarding new team members
Knowledge and familiarity with Professional sports (mostly, Football/Soccer), teams & leagues
Proficiency with VBA macros, SQL, Python, JavaScript, etc

Experience with remote VO recording sessions

HOURLY PAY RANGES

British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs.

Victoria):
o $54,900 - $84,750 CAN Annually
Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

We also offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, and after 3 months of service - extended health/dental/vision coverage and basic life insurance.

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.