Audio Designer Jobs

Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.

In 2022, we announced that our studio is implementing a four-day work week as well as supporting in-studio, remote within Canada, and hybrid work arrangements as permanent options to our employees.

Blackbird Interactive is looking for a creative and talented audio designer to join our team. We are deeply passionate about audio, in every way. From sound effects, to speech, to music, we love how the emotive power of sound can have such a huge impact on the ability for our games to stir the soul.

What you’ll get to do

• Audio Design and Implementation
• Foster effective communication and coordination between audio and other development disciplines
• Implement audio using industry-standard tools like Wwise
• Attend audio team reviews, play-throughs, and game mixing sessions
• Design and create high-quality audio assets for large-scale game projects
• Collaborate with the Audio Director to maintain a consistent audio style
• Collaboration and Communication
• Explore new tools and features in collaboration with programmers
• Test and ensure all audio elements meet intended playback standards for commercial release
• Working with the Audio Director, assist in executing and developing the game's creative and technical audio vision

What you bring

• Proven capability to work on multidisciplinary project teams, able to handle changing priorities throughout a product life cycle
• Creative and Technical Skills
• Experience
• Collaboration and Communication Skills
• Extraordinary linear sound design with a proven understanding of dynamics, timing, and emotion
• 5+ years of game audio experience
• Experience with programming and/or visual scripting, such as C# in Unity or Unreal Blueprints
• Effective communication skills across all levels and disciplines
• Shipped at least one high-quality game product on PC or console
• Hands-on experience with game engines such as Unreal, Unity, or equivalent proprietary tech
• Exceptional game audio implementation skills with multiple toolsets (DAWs, plugins, Wwise, Fmod, etc.)

Pluses you bring

• Experience playing a wide range of modern video games, with an understanding of industry-wide quality standards
• Multi-platform (PC/Console) shipped product experience
• Experience with tools like Max/MSP, PureData
• High-level understanding of programming and software development concepts