Sound Design Manager

Meta team

Description

Meta is looking for a Sound Design Manager to join our award-winning team. Our Sound Design team consists of 100+ audio experts who design the experiences that connect people through the power of sound. A shift is underway—from traditional 2D music to spatial music—that opens a world of opportunity in how music is created and experienced. Spatial music represents a new paradigm of music production and consumption and our Sound Design team is starting to explore how it might be used in the Metaverse.This role has a strong focus on people-management, team building, and tactical decision making. It also allows for hands-on sound design, implementation, and production work, and features a long runway for innovation, creativity, and strategic thinking.In this role, you will manage a team that creates the sound designs for avatars and Horizon Worlds, a free, online virtual reality game where you can explore, play and create. You will manage a team of 4-6 sound designers and will be focused on virtual reality work in the Metaverse.
Responsibilities:
  • Support a growing team of Sound Designers, focusing on team engagement and fulfillment, facilitating career growth, and creating a supportive atmosphere of innovation, excellence, and execution
  • Work with Sound Design Director and Creative Operations to establish, encourage, and enforce best practices across the team
  • Set clear expectations and create a positive work environment based on support and accountability, in collaboration with the Sound Design Team leadership
  • Help manage resources and headcount against a wide, varied, and fast-evolving portfolio of projects
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Design, and Product Management in teams across Meta to incorporate innovative audio experiences into our family of products
  • Advocate for the role and value of sound across Meta and in the larger creative community
  • Understand the strengths and opportunities on the current team as it grows, and recruit new designers and actively participate in the hiring process

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of professional sound design and sound implementation experience focused on innovative, high-quality — preferably real-time interactive — products
  • 3+ years of experience assembling and managing teams of creative and technical experts with wide ranges of specialties
  • Demonstrated skill with strategic decision making and tactical prioritization
  • Experience thriving in a fast-paced and quickly evolving environment
  • Knowledge of, and interest in, how culture and dynamics create teams
  • Willingness for learning, growth, and pushing the envelope
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Familiarity with studio and location recording, editing, mixing, and mastering
  • Audio spatialization in a VR game or experience
  • Experience with audio middleware such as Wwise or FMOD
  • Experience with game engines - Unreal and Unity
  • Experience with various management techniques (Agile, OKR, JTBD, etc.)

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Job Details

Posted on Sep 30

USA

Hybrid

Full time

Mid

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