Lead Audio Engineer

Role

Role
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Lead Audio Engineer
Contract
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Permanent
Type
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On-site

Asthe Lead Audio Engineer at SIDE, you will be responsible forthesupervision of the technical staff, facilityequipmentand studio operations, helping to ensure thetimelycompletion of agreed deliverables and milestones, toa very high standard. For an outsource companyit’sthe ‘high quality’ that brings back returning clients and keeps the awards coming.

• Dailymanagementof staff,including project output, addressing issues, and resolving and escalating to senior managementwererequired.
• Review and approve department hoursfor TA’s and Engineers ensuring and highlighting any concerns to senior management.
• Work with the production team on setting up external studios for recordings, either locally or remotely.
• Organize andallocatejobs to staff through the work diary and ensure excellent communication between all departments.
• Liaise with clients about best technical practices for their session.
• Liaise with staff about best technical practices for their session.
• Be on standby to engineer studio and location sessions – from wild dialogue recording to location off-site recording.
• Help prepare studio sessions’ assets such as audio and video reference files and dialogue scripts.
• Helpmaintainstudios and studio equipment, including defining new tech needed.
• Develop studio services, processes, and workflow.

• Work with the Directors,Heads of Department,and Managers to lead SIDE as the market leader in its field.
• Supervision and development of thestudioteam, including allocation of projects.
• Conduct regular 1to1’s to issue feedback on performance in relation toKPI andtasks undertaken.
• Identify Recruitment needs and management of resource planning.
• Track andmonitorstudiobudget andhighlightconcerns toseniormanagement.
• To work in collaboration with the other heads andseniormanagement team to ensure best practices are kept.

• Adhere to company Security, Confidentiality and Health and Safety procedures and ensure the compliance of the team.
• Adhere to the company IT and HR procedures and ensure the compliance of the team.
• Understand ethical behaviour and business practices andensure that own behaviour and the behaviour of others is consistent with these standards and aligns with the values of the organisation.
• Excellent client facing and internal communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written.
• 5+ years’ experience in a commercial audio Postproduction role, ideally working for some time within studio,
• Experience working with across multiple projects and languages,
• The ability to strategize andallocateresources for upcoming projects.
• Experienced user of Pro Tools and other DAWs.
• Experienced with video workflows,tracklayingand ADR through Voice
  
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• Experienced user of Audition,RXor other similar software.
• Experienced user ofMS Office,especially Excel.

Side (formerly PTW) is a global video game development and services provider, offering technical and creative solutions to many of the largest developers and studios around the world. Founded in 2009 and drawing on 30+ years' experience from our parent company in Japan, Side has since grown to become a global force with 20 studios in 14 countries across North America, Europe, South America, and Asia.

Our industry-leading services include game development, art production, audio production, quality assurance, localization, localization QA, player support, community management, and datasets.

Help us bring stories to the world! Join a global team of passionate gamers and contribute to delivering unforgettable game experiences.

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