COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help create the unknown!
JOB DESCRIPTION
As an Audio Director at Ubisoft Montreal, you will define, guide, and elevate the audio vision of a game project. You will ensure audio quality, consistency, and clarity as a core gameplay element, while aligning audio systems with the game world, gameplay, and creative direction.
What you’ll do
- Lead and embody the overall audio vision, including soundscape, gameplay feedback, spatialisation, music, and mix, ensuring consistency, clarity, and alignment with the game world and gameplay.
- Translate the audio vision into clear, actionable, and prioritised direction for audio teams while owning trade‑offs between quality, clarity, performance, and delivery constraints.
- Communicate the audio vision clearly to the team through visual, written, and audio references.
- Guide audio strategy within Unreal Engine while collaborating with teams to ensure audio systems support creative and technical goals across the project.
- Identify technical audio needs and align with technical architects and technology teams.
- Set the musical direction and collaborate on composer selection with creative leadership and sound studios.
- Partner with programmers and technical directors to design and implement audio integration pipelines.
- Plan audio team resources and budgets in collaboration with production partners.
- Establish and improve best audio production practices to ensure data quality and workflow efficiency.
- Supervise, review, and coach the audio team to maintain artistic and technical quality standards and support professional growth.
QUALIFICATIONS
What you bring to the team
- Proven ability to define and communicate an audio vision for interactive projects.
- Strong leadership and collaboration skills within multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong understanding of digital audio workstations and the audio pipelines used in creative production.
- Solid knowledge of music composition, sound design, and interactive audio systems.
- Experience working with Unreal Engine in a game production environment.
- Experience guiding audio integration in game engines and real‑time environments.
- Ability to make audio decisions that balance creative intent, technical performance, and project constraints.
- Good understanding of studio recording practices and professional audio equipment.
- Ability to provide clear, constructive feedback that supports quality and team growth.
What to send our way
- Your CV highlighting relevant skills and experiences.
- Examples of shipped projects or audio work that demonstrate your impact and leadership.
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