Audio Designer - Contract

6 Days ago • All levels • Sound Design

Job Summary

Job Description

Playground Games seeks a contract Audio Designer to contribute to the sound of their Fable reboot. Responsibilities include creating sound effects, implementing audio in their in-house engine, collaborating with other developers, and utilizing their 7.1.4 Atmos rooms. The ideal candidate possesses strong sound design skills, experience with Wwise (including debugging and optimization), DAWs, and various plugins. Adaptability to new technologies and bespoke game engine tools is crucial. Knowledge of blueprinting/visual scripting and studio-based SFX recording is desirable. The role is hybrid, requiring a minimum of 3 days a week in the Leamington Spa studio.
Must have:
  • Great sound design skills
  • Experience with at least one title in audio design
  • Wwise knowledge (debugging & optimization)
  • DAW & plugin knowledge
  • Adaptable to new technologies
Good to have:
  • Blueprinting/visual scripting knowledge
  • Studio-based SFX recording experience
Perks:
  • Relocation assistance
  • State-of-the-art facilities
  • Hybrid work model

Job Details

Description

Playground Games are looking to grow their world-class Fable audio team with the addition of an Audio Designer keen to contribute to incredible audio experiences. 

About us:

As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.

About the role:

You’ll use your skills and experience in game audio to help shape the sound of Fable. Working alongside the audio team you’ll create sound effects and implement audio in our in-house engine. We have dedicated teams working on music and dialogue, so you get to focus on sound design.  

You’ll also collaborate with other developers from multiple disciplines, evangelising audio and having a creative voice in discussions and reviews. You’ll have the opportunity to put your stamp on part of a unique and memorable gaming experience.  

As a team player, you’ll be keen to share your ideas & knowledge and grow your own expertise. The successful applicant will learn and adapt their workflows to our bespoke inhouse tools – and of course help shape how these tools empower us to keep making better audio.  

You'll be passionate about sound design too, always looking for ways to improve the games audio. You’ll have the use of state-of-the-art facilities here at Playground, with a plethora of kit and Atmos rooms for asset creation and mixing.  

This is a contract role based at our studio in Royal Leamington Spa. We have a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in studio. Relocation assistance is available if required.   

What you’ll do: 

  • Use our gorgeous custom-designed 7.1.4 Atmos rooms to create incredible sounds 

  • Implement your work in our in-house engine 

  • Work on multiple features with the wider development team 

  • Learn and grow as a part of an experienced audio team 

What you’ll bring: 

  • Great sound design skills 

  • Experience working on at least one title in an audio-design role 

  • Practical knowledge of Wwise, including debugging and optimisation 

  • Great knowledge of DAWs and various plugins 

  • The ability to adapt to new technology and bespoke game engine tools 

  • Knowledge of blueprinting & visual scripts is desirable 

  • Location and studio-based SFX recording experience 

  • A passion for games 

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a world-class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.  

Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity.  We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment.   

We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members.  It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players.  We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.  

At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work. 

If you require any reasonable accommodation to apply for this position, please contact us on recruitment@playground-games.com 

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About The Company

Playground Games was established in 2010, bringing together some of the most experienced and talented developers from the UK industry, with the vision to create genre-defining titles for a global audience. Since then, we’ve created five critically-acclaimed, award-winning hits; our Horizon games have garnered more than one hundred awards and have been played by many millions of fans. 


Today, Playground has two world-class studios in Leamington Spa. In our original HQ, we continue to support and grow the huge, vibrant Horizon community. In our new studio on the other side of town, we are excited to be developing Fable, a new beginning for the legendary franchise.

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