Audio Lead (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Audio Lead (Gamedev): Defining the creative vision and technical direction for all audio in a AAA single-player story-driven action-adventure game with an accent on immersion, gameplay clarity, and emotional impact. Focus on overseeing the end-to-end audio pipeline, managing external partners, and establishing implementation best practices in Unreal Engine.

Location: Santa Monica, Los Angeles (Remote-friendly studio environment)

Company

hirify.global is a division of Paramount, focused on building high-quality, franchise-driven interactive entertainment and AAA experiences.

What you will do

• Define and champion the overall audio vision to align with the game's tone, narrative, and player experience.
• Plan, source, and supervise external audio partners, composers, and voice talent.
• Oversee the complete audio pipeline from initial concept through implementation and final polish.
• Collaborate with design, engineering, and art leads to integrate audio into gameplay systems.
• Partner with engineering to establish best practices for implementation within Unreal Engine.
• Manage scheduling, budgeting, and resource planning for all audio-related work.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience leading audio teams on shipped PC and/or console titles.
• Strong working knowledge of Unreal Engine and Wwise, including technical implementation.
• Proven ability to manage vendors, contractors, composers, and voice production.
• Experience overseeing adaptive or interactive music systems.
• Deep understanding of cross-platform audio requirements, optimization, and certification.
• Must be based in or able to work within the US time zones to support a remote-friendly studio environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to work with industry veterans with an average of 20 years of experience.
• Small internal team structure ensuring high levels of familiarity, trust, and effectiveness.
• Work environment based on mutual trust, maturity, candor, and playful collaboration.
• Culture focused on solving creative and technical problems rather than corporate politics.
• Remote-friendly studio setup.