Dialogue Designer - #1783434

Founded in 2012 by renowned game developer Chris Roberts, Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) is one of the largest global independent studios, dedicated to delivering next-generation AAA games. CIG prides itself in thinking outside the box, encouraging creativity and developing ground-breaking technology. CIG believes in raising the bar for the gaming industry and the gaming community as a whole.

About the Role

Both of CIG's publicly announced projects are developing extremely well. Our record-breaking crowdfunded MMO space simulator Star Citizen is adding more content than ever before. Our action-packed cinematic first-person shooter Squadron 42 is progressing towards completion. We've built Star Citizen's persistent online world and are in the process of making it come alive with rich and immersive dialogue content. We've captured a star-studded cast including Mark Hamill, Sir Gary Oldman, Gillian Anderson and John Rhys-Davies for Squadron 42's stunning cinematic scenes and thrilling gameplay scenarios and are in the process of making them sound their very best!

This is an opportunity to guide these high-profile projects to their finish line by mastering, implementing, and mixing scripted dialogue assets to the highest standards. Additionally, you will be creatively designing dialogue processing, capturing new dialogue, and working with our world-class inspirational audio team!

Our tech-savvy department maintains high quality and consistency across all dialogue assets, while supporting our amazing game designers and producers in creating cinematic narrative wonders for our players.

What does a Dialogue Designer at CIG do?

• Record, edit, and master all types of dialogue audio assets and metadata to a high standard while ensuring consistency is maintained over numerous sessions.
• Manage all forms of audio dialogue implementation, runtime effects design, and dynamic in-game mixing, ensuring an engaging and immersive dialogue experience.
• Maintain and drive improvements in all dialogue-related audio pipelines and workflows from pre-production to implementation and QA processes.
• Regularly report to Dialogue Lead and Production and update all relevant parties with issues or blockers, as well as info-share in your successes and experiences gained.
• Collaborate regularly with upstream teams as well as other content teams like Facial Animation and Narrative to align on project vision and pipelines.

What do we expect from our Dialogue Designers?

• Proficiency in production sound, especially with performance-capture or film where timecode is required for sync.
• Solid working experience with spectral dialogue editorial, such as iZotope RX Advanced or other industry equivalents.
• Working knowledge and high-level operation of DAWs such as Pro Tools, Reaper, or other industry standards.
• Problem-solving ability to handle bug-fixes and director feedback.
• Capability with audio middleware such as Wwise, or game engines such as Lumberyard is encouraged.
• Balancing multiple tasks, providing stakeholder updates, and collaborating with colleagues.
• Passion for dialogue in video games or other forms of entertainment.

Diversity Statement

CIG is a global company, staunchly committed to cultivating a culture and workplace that celebrates all backgrounds, lifestyles, and perspectives. Together, we are creating a space where authentic recognition, appreciation, and understanding of the importance of diversity is fostered by everyone. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strive to build a team that represents all walks of life, and we want every employee to bring all the things that make them unique to the work environment. The universe is as vast and varied as the people in it, and it's our differences that make it special.

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