Another Axiom | Job Position: Lead Sound Designer

Responsibilities

Lead Audio Vision: Develop and implement the overall audio vision, ensuring consistency and excellence across all audio elements.
Innovate Sound Design: Create and innovate new sound design techniques and approaches that set industry standards and enhance player engagement.
Audio Implementation: Oversee and guide the implementation of audio assets using advanced middleware and custom solutions, ensuring seamless integration with game mechanics.
Technical Expertise: Utilize cutting-edge audio software and hardware to produce, edit, and optimize audio assets.
Collaboration: Work closely with designers, programmers, artists, and other departments to ensure cohesive audio integration and alignment with the overall game vision.
Project Management: Manage audio-related project timelines, resources, and budgets, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality audio content.
Adapt to changing project requirements, technologies, and priorities.
Any other duties needed to help drive our Vision, fulfill our Mission, and abide by our Company’s Values.
All employees must follow Another Axiom’s employment practices.

Additional Job Requirements‍

Occasional travel required for trade shows and community events
Flexible schedule to accommodate the team’s worldwide coverage

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Essential Qualifications

Experience: 5+ years of experience in audio design for video games, with a proven track record of leading successful audio projects.
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Audio Engineering, Music, Sound Design, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Technical Skills: Mastery of digital audio workstations (DAWs), audio middleware (e.g., Wwise, FMOD), and other relevant audio production tools.
Experience with Unity, Unreal, and Wwise is required.
Creative Skills: Exceptional ability to design sound effects and create immersive soundscapes.
Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex audio concepts to non-audio team members.
Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset.
Passion: A deep passion for video games and a commitment to delivering world-class audio experiences.

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Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear
The employee is regularly required to sit or stand; use hands for fine manipulation, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms for 6 - 8 hours per day
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus
Speaking clearly enough to be able to be understood by others
Identifying and understanding the speech of another person
Ability to play VR games, in headset, for extended or intermittent sessions, four (4) to five (5) hours per day and up to 25 hours per week.
Ability to play physically demanding games for extended sessions including standing, upper body strength and endurance.

The statements listed above are intended to describe the general nature of the work being performed. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the position.

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Bonus Qualifications

Benefits

Unlimited PTO
Target Bonus
401(k) Matching
Full Medical, Dental, & Vision paid 100% by Another Axiom
Fully remote + ~2 team off-sites a year and potential ongoing education support through conferences attendance for approved employees

Summary

We are seeking a Lead Sound Designer to ensure a cohesive and immersive sound experience. This role is a pivotal force in shaping the auditory landscape of our games. This role will be part of a team that creates groundbreaking audio experiences that enhance gameplay, storytelling, and player immersion. In this role, you will lead the sound design, collaborate with various departments, and drive the overall audio vision. This role requires clear communication skills used to relay key information to the team and stakeholders, and to drive creativity and knowledge sharing. Compensation: Salary Exempt (Estimated Total Compensation - $100,000 - $200,000 base salary with $10,000 - $40,000 in potential bonus) The salary range for this position is set with the intention to attract candidates with diverse experience levels and responsibilities within the role. We will carefully evaluate each applicant's qualifications and contributions during the interview process to determine their final salary, ensuring it aligns with their specific skills and the responsibilities they will undertake. Candidates whose experience meets most of the qualifications are encouraged to apply.

About Another Axiom

Another Axiom is the development team for Gorilla Tag - with over 6 million lifetime users on the Meta Quest and PC VR platforms. Our passion is building Diegetic Virtual Realities.

Instead of treating our world like a video game, we are building products that make it feel like it’s a plausible, alternate space that could exist if the rules of reality were just a little bit different. People come away from our world with real dreams and memories of having been there with their friends.

Another Axiom is an Equal Opportunity employer. We believe that our team is successful when the products that we make are built by people that represent our diverse audience.

At Another Axiom, we are a flat organization where everyone is a developer. Opportunity and responsibility, in all aspects of development, are available to everyone on our team.

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