Electronic Arts

Redwood City, California

Welcome to Maxis, home to tinkerers, craftspeople, & storytellers. Our drive is to inspire everyone to make a better world through creative play. As the developer of The Sims, we create games and experiences for millions of people around the world and are always looking for new ways to inspire our players. Maxis is a place where you can do what you love and help others grow while doing it; a place where your unique voice can be heard and seen. We put creativity and inclusivity at the core of our work and don't settle for seeing the world only as it is, but strive to build a world as it could be.

Teams are building the next generation game and creative platform, Project Rene and reimagining The Sims that players know and love with even more new ways to play. We're excited you're interested to learn more about how you can join our team and dream big.

You will be reporting to the Development Manager and working with discipline partners.

Location: Remote North America - open to most North America locations

The Maxis Studio of Electronic Arts is looking for an Audio Artist II, with a focus on and in the career track of Voice & Voice Performance, to join the audio team to help ship packs for The Sims 4.

Responsibilities:

• Edit, synchronize, and compose voice samples from recording sessions to compliment character animations
• Clean up voice samples such as unwanted mouth sounds or noise floors
• Implement voice samples in game
• Test, trouble-shoot, tune, and fix in-game bugs related to voice
• Receive and apply feedback provided by team members
• Create audio specifically designed for our unique brand
• Always looking for ways to improve audio process, tools and technology for voice

Qualifications:

• 3 years of voice editing on game projects or similar audio editing experience
• Experience delivering final quality audio; either from a brief or starting with placeholder sounds in software
• Proficiency with standard audio tools (DAW, plugins, RX) and studio tools (microphone, compressors)
• Voice editing experience with expertise in relevant software packages, such as ProTools, Logic Audio, and Sound Forge
• Proficiency with both PC and Mac platforms and comfort with learning custom tools
• Experience with Game Production and Design
• History of listening to and working with Voice Performance from the perspective of user experience
• Experience succeeding in a lively work environment
• History of having adaptability in a work environment, ensuring work on multiple projects simultaneously and handling changing priorities
• Bonus Qualification: Max/Msp skills
• Bonus Qualification: Engineering voice recording sessions
• Bonus Qualification: Cycling '74 Max programming skill/expertise
• Bonus Qualification: A fan of Maxis titles and what we bring to players
• Bonus Qualification: Music performance skills, vocals in particular

Visit us at: https://www.ea.com/ea-studios/maxis

"US COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS"

The hourly pay ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these states. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the hourly pay range for your specific location.

EA has listed the hourly pay ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

HOURLY PAY RANGES

• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Sacramento): $31 - $47
• New York (depending on location e.g. Manhattan vs. Buffalo): $28 - $47
• New Jersey (depending on location e.g. Jersey City vs. Trenton): $28 - $47
• Colorado (depending on location e.g. Denver vs. Colorado Springs): $28 - $42
• Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane): $28 - $42

The hourly rate is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby (following 1 year of service), medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees.