Job Description NBCUniversal is looking for a Lead Audio Designer to help drive the creative and technical execution of audio for an exciting and ambitious AAA project.

We are looking for someone who will help develop and shape the audio team while delivering high-quality sound design and developing audio pipelines and systems.

You will play a key role in establishing workflows, defining implementation approaches, and contributing to the growth of the audio team in collaboration with the Audio Director and Senior Technical Audio Designer.

As a foundational member of the audio discipline at NBCU, this role combines leadership, vision, organization and task planning, hands-on sound design, technical strategizing and implementation, and helping build scalable audio solutions while contributing to a cohesive and immersive player experience.

Responsibilities: Drive innovation in sound design concepts and creation, maintaining awareness of cutting-edge recording techniques and industry trends; Provide consistent aesthetic direction and high-quality feedback to ensure cohesion and excellence across all audio content; Contribute directly to high-quality sound design and implementation across key areas of the project; Collaborate with the Audio Director and Senior Technical Audio Designer to help define and evolve audio workflows, pipelines, and best practices; Support the development and growth of the audio team, including mentoring designers as the team expands; Help identify role needs and contribute to the hiring and onboarding of new audio team members; Lead the execution and evolution of audio integration strategies, ensuring robust and scalable implementation of audio systems within the game engine; Guide the development of core audio features and systems that respond dynamically to gameplay, including physics interactions, environmental modulation, player actions, and voice-over systems; Collaborate closely with design, engineering, narrative, and animation teams to align audio behavior with gameplay mechanics and storytelling goals; Establish and reinforce best practices for mixing workflows, including ducking, sidechaining, and hierarchical structures, while helping shape the projects sonic identity; Support and contribute to final mix processes, including collaboration with external partners when required; Act as a subject matter expert on audio formats, providing guidance on format selection and optimization to support both performance and production needs; Lead audio optimization efforts, establishing best practices for memory management, streaming, and runtime performance in collaboration with technical teams; Drive improvements in audio pipelines and workflows to ensure efficiency and scalability as the team grows; Lead audio debugging efforts, coordinating with production and using tracking tools (e.g., Jira) to assign, monitor, and resolve issues; Design and implement audio testing methodologies in collaboration with audio and QA teams; Lead audio review sessions when needed, ensuring feedback is captured and integrated to improve overall audio quality and player experience. NBCUniversal est la recherche dune personne occupant le rle de concepteur ou conceptrice audio Lead afin de contribuer la direction crative et technique de laudio dans le cadre dun projet AAA ambitieux et stimulant.

Nous recherchons une personne qui contribuera au dveloppement et lvolution de lquipe audio tout en livrant une conception sonore de grande qualit et en dveloppant des pipelines et des systmes audio.

Cette personne jouera un rle cl dans ltablissement des workflows, la dfinition des approches dimplantation et la croissance de lquipe audio, en troite collaboration avec la direction audio et la personne occupant le rle de concepteur ou conceptrice technique audio senior. titre de membre fondateur de la discipline audio chez NBCU, ce rle combine leadership, vision, organisation et planification des tches, conception sonore pratique,



stratgie et implantation technique, ainsi que la cration de solutions audio volutives contribuant une exprience joueur cohrente et immersive. RESPONSABILITS : Favoriser linnovation dans les concepts et la cration sonore en demeurant lafft des techniques denregistrement de pointe et des tendances de lindustrie; Fournir une direction esthtique cohrente et une rtroaction de grande qualit afin dassurer la cohsion et lexcellence de lensemble du contenu audio; Contribuer directement la conception sonore et limplantation de haute qualit dans les principaux domaines du projet; Collaborer avec la direction audio et la personne occupant le rle de concepteur ou conceptrice technique audio senior afin de dfinir et faire voluer les workflows, les pipelines et les meilleures pratiques audio; Soutenir le dveloppement et la croissance de lquipe audio, notamment en accompagnant les membres de lquipe de conception mesure que lquipe se dveloppe; Aider cerner les besoins en matire de postes et contribuer au recrutement ainsi qu lintgration des nouveaux membres de lquipe audio; Diriger lexcution et lvolution des stratgies dintgration audio afin dassurer une implantation robuste et volutive des systmes audio dans le moteur de jeu; Orienter le dveloppement des fonctionnalits et systmes audio principaux qui ragissent de manire dynamique au gameplay, notamment aux interactions physiques, la modulation environnementale, aux actions des joueurs et joueuses ainsi quaux systmes de voix hors ch Collaborer troitement avec les quipes de design, dingnierie, de narration et danimation afin daligner le comportement audio sur les mcaniques de gameplay et les objectifs narratifs; tablir et renforcer les meilleures pratiques relatives aux workflows de mixage, notamment le ducking, le sidechaining et les structures hirarchiques, tout en contribuant dfinir lidentit sonore du projet; Soutenir les processus de mixage final et y contribuer, notamment en collaborant avec des partenaires externes lorsque requis; Agir titre dexpert ou dexperte en matire de formats audio, en fournissant des conseils sur la slection des formats et leur optimisation afin de rpondre aux besoins de performance et de production; Diriger les efforts doptimisation audio en tablissant des meilleures pratiques relatives la gestion de la mmoire, au streaming et la performance lexcution, en collaboration avec les quipes techniques; Favoriser lamlioration des pipelines et des workflows audio afin dassurer leur efficacit et leur volutivit mesure que lquipe grandit; Diriger les activits de dbogage audio, en coordination avec la production, et utiliser des outils de suivi (par exemple Jira) afin dassigner, de suivre et de rsoudre les problmes; Concevoir et mettre en uvre des mthodologies de tests audio en collaboration avec les quipes audio et QA; Animer les sances de rvision audio lorsque ncessaire, en sassurant que la rtroaction est recueillie et intgre afin damliorer la qualit globale de laudio et lexprience joueur.

Qualifications Basic Qualifications Bachelors degree from a recognized university or college or equivalent experience (audio, music, game development, or related field preferred); Extensive experience in AAA game audio development, including experience in a senior-level role; Proven experience contributing to or helping lead audio features or disciplines on shipped titles; Strong expertise in real-time audio systems, including procedural and system-driven implementation; Deep understanding of mixing workflows, including ducking, sidechaining,



and complex mix hierarchies; Strong knowledge of audio formats and their implications for performance, memory, and user experience; Experience contributing to the development of audio pipelines and workflows; Strong understanding of cross-disciplinary dependencies within game development; Experience participating in debugging, testing, and optimization processes; Excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills.

Desired Characteristics Strong creative sensibility and passion for interactive audio; Ability to balance hands-on implementation with leadership responsibilities; Experience working in systemic or open-world gameplay environments; Interest or experience in building and scaling teams from early project phases; Strong mentoring mindset and ability to support team growth over time; Experience collaborating with external partners or outsourcing pipelines; Deep understanding of player experience and emotional impact through sound; Adaptability in a fast-paced, evolving production setting; Interest in evolving workflows and establishing high-quality standards as the project scales.

Qualifications de base Baccalaurat obtenu auprs dune universit ou dun tablissement denseignement reconnu (formation en audio, musique, dveloppement de jeux ou domaine connexe privilgie); Vaste exprience en dveloppement audio pour des jeux AAA, incluant une exprience dans un rle de niveau senior; Exprience dmontre de contribution ou de soutien au leadership de fonctionnalits ou disciplines audio sur des titres commercialiss; Excellente matrise des systmes audio temps rel, notamment de laudio procdural et des systmes pilots par la logique de jeu; Comprhension approfondie des workflows de mixage, notamment le ducking, le sidechaining et les hirarchies de mixage complexes; Excellente connaissance des formats audio ainsi que de leurs rpercussions sur les performances, lutilisation mmoire et lexprience utilisateur; Exprience de contribution au dveloppement de pipelines et de workflows audio; Solide comprhension des interdpendances multidisciplinaires propres au dveloppement de jeux; Exprience de participation aux processus de dbogage, de test et doptimisation; Excellentes comptences en communication, en organisation et en leadership.

Caractristiques souhaites Grande sensibilit crative et passion pour laudio interactif; Capacit quilibrer les responsabilits de leadership et le travail dimplantation pratique; Exprience au sein denvironnements de gameplay systmiques ou de type monde ouvert; Intrt ou exprience dans la cration et lexpansion dquipes ds les premires phases dun projet; Forte orientation vers laccompagnement et capacit soutenir la croissance de lquipe long terme; Exprience de collaboration avec des partenaires externes ou des pipelines de sous-traitance; Comprhension approfondie de lexprience joueur et de limpact motionnel du son; Capacit dadaptation dans un environnement de production rapide et en constante volution; Intrt pour lvolution des workflows et ltablissement de standards de qualit levs mesure que le projet prend de lampleur.

Additional Information As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal''s policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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📌 Lead Audio Designer | Concepteur ou conceptrice audio Lead (Montreal)
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📍 Montreal