Marathon Senior Audio Designer

As a Senior Audio Designer on the Marathon team, you’ll function as a creative multiplier, eagerly soliciting feedback from cross-discipline partners and leveraging the collective expertise of the Audio team to deliver evocative player experiences that blur the line between SFX and Music. You’ll collaborate with the Senior Audio Lead and Audio Director to take features from concept to completion, setting quality targets that achieve the shared audio vision for the project. A successful candidate leads with empathy, responds positively to feedback, and thrives in a collaborative environment that fosters creativity and provides opportunities to demonstrate mastery in their craft.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with the Audio Director and other stakeholders to conceptualize, design, implement, and review expected audio flows at a high quality standard
• Design interactive music systems, create immersive aural atmospherics, and manage experiential audio consistency across the core game flow
• Edit and implement Music and SFX at a shippable quality bar that’s in line with the defined Audio direction and project aesthetics
• Collaborate with UX Designers to support player-focused designs and shape the quality of the game’s presentation through sound
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional leaders to support sonic branding for key project and marketing objectives

REQUIRED SKILLS          

• Demonstrated games industry experience in an audio capacity, including audio post-production, music, sound design, dialogue, and mixing
• Demonstrable proficiency with standard industry tools and processes.
• Experience working with and/or designing interactive music systems
• Excellent written communication and documentation skills.
• Experience working and developing relationships with creative teams to aid in the iterative creative process

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS    

• Experience working with external partners
• Experience working on a live game ("game as a service")
• Experience scripting audio events in the game engine