Sound Technologist - Japan

1 Month ago • 8 Years + • Sound Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Sound Technologist at Netflix Japan, you'll provide technical guidance on Netflix productions, educating internal and external teams on technical specifications and best practices. You'll participate in industry outreach, report on local production practices, and contribute to documentation. Responsibilities include advising vendors, staying current on production tools and technologies, representing Netflix at industry events, and ensuring high-quality audio for global audiences. Expertise in near-field 5.1/Atmos mixing, M&E creation, and dialogue intelligibility is crucial. Experience in production sound, sound effects, or dubbing is a plus.
Must have:
  • 8+ years film/TV sound experience
  • Near-field surround sound mixing expertise
  • M&E creation proficiency
  • Pro Tools & Dolby Atmos mastery
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Japanese proficiency
Good to have:
  • Production sound, sound effects, or dubbing expertise

Job Details

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

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Netflix is the leading provider of streaming video, a lot of its original content: features, shorts, series, documentaries, comedy specials and unscripted content. Optimizing content quality and longevity without compromising efficiency across all types of projects presents significant challenges, but that's what the Production Technology team does by setting technical requirements and best practices, driving new industry standards, creating new tools and providing direct support to Netflix Original Productions. 

As Netflix produces more and more programming around the world, leveraging new video and audio technology, we are scaling to support the needs of diverse creative teams. As part of the Production Technology and Operations team, you will help guide audio specifications, technology and best practices for Netflix Originals, from capture through post-production and distribution, to help produce great shows for audiences around the world.

The Production Technology Team

Staying up-to-date with the most advanced developments in professional and consumer motion picture and sound technology and practices, evaluating their applicability to our goals, and supporting their implementation: this is our everyday. Our technologists are subject matter experts who offer varied yet overlapping backgrounds in motion picture production, post-production and distribution - sound design & mixing, image science, editorial, color correction, sound & image capture, encoding, compression, exhibition, facility design, storage, monitoring. We collaborate with the crews as well as our internal production, post-production, distribution, marketing and development teams, advising on technical decisions, setting best practices, detailing and explaining specifications.

About You

You are an expert in the fields of sound recording, editing, mixing and maybe even dubbing/localization. You understand current motion picture sound practices and tools, and how we've arrived at them as technology and creative demands have evolved. You have worked with filmmakers, directors, show-runners, editors, producers, recordists, mixers, sound supervisors, archivists, network or studio executives, and you understand their goals and challenges. You've kept abreast of developing standards and new technologies that are shaping the way soundscapes are created and reproduced for consumers and have ideas about how to ensure their longevity. You’re comfortable interacting with the sound community and are able to easily explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.This region brings unique challenges. The ideal candidate is an expert in producing near-field 5.1/Atmos mix with dialogue intelligibility and fully-filled M&E creation in mind. Additional expertise in production sound, sound effect, or even dubbing is a great plus.

Responsibility

  • Provide technical guidance to Netflix productions.

  • Educate various internal and external teams on Netflix technical specifications and production best practices.

  • Participate in industry outreach and education and be an advocate for innovation in production technologies.

  • Report local production practices, challenges, and opportunities.

  • Contribute towards documentation and other resources to educate creative partners and vendors about our requirements and initiatives.

  • Advise local vendors in preparing to service Netflix Originals productions.

  • Maintain currency on production and post-production tools, technology, and software.

  • Maintain currency on Audio, Video, and Streaming technology.

  • Represent the Netflix Production Technology team at industry functions, conferences, committee meetings, etc. 

Qualification

  • Minimum 8 years of film and/or television sound experience in a technical capacity, interacting with creatives and operators

  • Strong customer orientation and helpful, collaborative demeanor

  • Expert in near-field surround sound mixing and a fully filled M&E creation

  • Extensive understanding of sound production & post-production workflow with an ability to quickly analyze and reconcile external operations against those of Netflix.

  • Understanding of a variety of audio workflows and practices across different types of content, from features to unscripted.

  • Ability to work closely and collaboratively with internal cross-functional teams to best support Netflix Originals productions together

  • Ability to communicate and interact on a global level and frame projects with sensitivity to cultural diversity and industrial variation

  • Knowledge of industry standards and the bodies that ratify them

  • Knowledge of audio distribution formats and consumer technology

  • Mastery of Pro Tools and Dolby Atmos

  • Strong communication skills to closely work with local talents in addition to clearly articulate and document technical concepts and explain how they impact the creative process

  • Existing close relationship with Sound industry and its community

  • A passion for movies and TV shows

  • Proficiency in Japanese is required

  • Comfortable working in an English used environment.

所属となる部署:プロダクションテクノロジーチーム(制作技術支援チーム)

最新の業務用および民生用の映像・サウンド技術や実務に関する最先端の技術を常に把握し、私たちの目指す作品作りにどのように活用するかについて検討・導入をサポートすることが私たちの日常業務です。私たちテクノロジストは、映像制作の一連のプロセスにおける音響デザインやミキシング、イメージサイエンス、編集、カラーグレーディング、音声・映像の収録、エンコーディング、圧縮、上映、施設設計、ストレージ、モニタリングといった多岐にわたる専門知識を持って活躍するスペシャリストです。私たちは外部の制作パートナーだけでなく、社内のプロダクション、ポストプロダクション、配信、マーケティング、開発チームと協力し、技術的な意思決定に関するアドバイス、ベストプラクティスの設定、仕様の詳細説明を行っています。

理想的な候補者

録音、サウンド編集、ミキシング、さらには吹替/ローカライゼーションの分野での専門知識を持っており、現在の映像音響技術・手法や、それがどのように進化してきたのかを深く理解しています。これまでに監督、プロデューサー、エディター、録音技師、ミキサー、サウンドスーパーバイザー、アーカイブ担当者、放送局やスタジオの関係者など様々な方たちと協業し、それぞれが目指すことや課題を理解しています。また、サウンドの制作方法や消費者に届ける方法において変革し続ける新たな技術や基準を常に把握し、将来を見据えたアイデアも持っています。サウンド業界の人々と日々交流し、技術的な概念を技術的な知識がない方にも分かりやすく説明することが得意です。日本特有の課題にも対応できる方が理想的です。特に、セリフの明瞭性を重視したニアフィールドの5.1/Atmosミキシングや、完全M&Eトラックの作成に長けていることが重要です。さらに、現場録音、効果、吹替に関する知識があればなお良いです。このポジションは要求が高く、動きが早いため、積極的かつ前向きな思考をもち、的確な判断力、主体性を発揮できる人材が求められます。

具体的な職務は以下の通りですが、これらに限定されるものではありません

  • Netflix作品制作への技術的なガイダンス提供

  • 社内外の様々なチームに対するNetflixの技術仕様や制作のベストプラクティスに関する啓蒙活動

  • 業界向けイベントに参加し、制作技術の革新を推進

  • 日本の制作における状況、課題、機会のレポート

  • 制作パートナーへ音に関する必要事項や取り組みに関するドキュメントやその他のリソースの提供

  • 制作パートナーがNetflixオリジナル制作を円滑に行うための支援

  • 現場およびポストプロダクションのツール、技術、ソフトウェアの最新情報の把握

  • Netflixプロダクションテクノロジーチームを代表して業界のイベント、会議、委員会などへの参加

応募資格

  • 映画および/またはテレビのサウンド分野で8年以上の技術的経験があり、クリエイティブや制作関係者と連携した実績

  • パートナー対応にすぐれ、親切かつ協力的な姿勢

  • ニアフィールドサラウンドサウンドミキシングと完全M&E作成のエキスパート

  • サウンド制作およびポストプロダクションワークフローについて深い知識を持ち、一般的な国内制作をNetflixの運用基準に照らして迅速に分析・調整できる能力

  • 長編映画からノンフィクション作品まで、多様なコンテンツ形式におけるサウンドワークフローや手法に対する理解

  • Netflixオリジナル制作をサポートするため、社内の他部門と密接かつ協力的に連携できる能力

  • 国際的な視点でコミュニケーションや協業を行い、文化的多様性や業界の違いを配慮したプロジェクト設計ができる能力

  • 業界標準やその策定団体に関する知識

  • 音響配信フォーマットやコンシューマ技術に関する知識

  • Pro ToolsおよびDolby Atmosの熟練したスキル

  • 日本のサウンド業界に関わる方々と緊密に協業するための優れたコミュニケーション能力を持ち、技術的な概念を分かりやすく表現し、それらがクリエイティブプロセスに及ぼす影響を説明・文書化できる能力

  • サウンド業界やそのコミュニティと深いつながりを持っていること

  • 映画やテレビ番組制作への熱意があること

  • 日本語に堪能であること

  • 英語環境での業務に抵抗がないこと

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We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Netflixは男女雇用機会均等法を順守しており、考え方や背景の多様性がより強力なチームを構築すると認識しています。Netflixは多様性・インクルージョンについて、真剣にかつ思慮深く取り組んでおり、人種、宗教、出身地、性別、性自認・性表現、経済状況、性的指向、年齢、婚姻状況、兵役、障がいの有無、その他の属性によって差別することはありません。

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