Lead Sound Designer (Narrative) - Novato, California, United States

Cloud Chamber is looking for a talented and collaborative Lead Sound Designer to manage a team  to plan, organize, create, implement, and maintain sound design-related content. You will work closely with our Audio Director and multidisciplinary teams to deliver world class interactive sound design, help design audio systems, asset pipeline and tools, and deliver on the Creative Director’s and Audio Director’s vision for an ambitious, narratively-driven game full of character and personality.

Job Duties:

• Lead sound designers in planning, organizing sound design-related content & capacity planning.
• Ensure creative and technical alignment with the audio director and other sound designers, execute and help define the details of the project audio direction.
• Work closely with the technical audio team to contribute the design of systems, tools and workflows to maximize quality and use of resources.
• Drive the creative and technical kick-off and review process and oversee the work of other audio team members contributing to areas of ownership.
• Give clear creative feedback to help people grow and align.
• Ensure best practices and sound design knowledge is shared among the sound design team.
• Be a central point of communication between the wider team and the sound design team and advocate for the sound design team to the wider team.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with key collaborators.
• Coordinate and lead meetings.
• As a leader in the audio department, ensure that you and your team are an example to others of company values.
• Coordinate sound design outsourcing.
• Mentor/Coach team members in sound design.
• Proactively deal with problems and risks.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

• 8+ years’ experience in AAA sound design.
• At least 1 AAA title shipped in an Audio Lead / Sound Design …