Lead Sound Engineer

Established in 1998 and working in over 30 languages, the Keywords Group is one of the leaders in the provision of localisation services to the Video games and Software Localisation markets worldwide.

Keywords is an international technical service provider to the global Video Game Industry with offices in Montreal, Dublin, London, Paris, Milan, New Delhi, Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore, Pune, Rome, Barcelona, Mexico City, São Paulo, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Working on a worldwide basis, we provide a range of linguistic, testing, and quality control services to Video Game Developers and Publishers alike.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Global Pre, Rec, Post and QA Manager, the Lead Sound Engineer coordinates the activities of the global team of Sound Engineers in charge of technical audio tasks like postproduction, effects, mastering, levelling and mixing, among others.

The Lead Sound Engineer must also collaborate with Project Managers, Audio Asset Managers, Audio QA, Recording Studios and other stakeholders to ensure that there are sufficient resources to meet the deadlines and to deliver all final assets within the agreed deadline, with quality matching or exceeding client expectations, and in a cost-effective way.

Main Tasks

• Being in constant communication with the Global Pre, Rec, Post and QA Manager to share any relevant information about their team, escalate issues, propose ideas.
• Onboarding, training and mentoring of Sound Engineers.
• Scheduling and approval of days off among their team members, helping them ensure there are enough internal and freelance resources to attend current and upcoming work.
• Setting yearly goals and giving regular performance feedback to each member of their team.
• Coordinate their team during the scouting, onboarding and training of new Sound Engineers.
• Build productive working relationships with all other Globalize teams, like Project Managers, QA team, Asset Managers, Recording Studio teams, etc.
• Work closely with Audio Project Managers to understand the scope and requirements of each project, and that they are aware of project QA status.
• Collaborate with Recording Studio managers and provide them with technical support and Sound Engineer resources, if possible.
• Manage and adapt planning, workflow and resources according to workload needs.
• Make independent decisions on work methods while following established standards, procedures, and requirements.

Sound Engineer Tasks

• Prepare recording sessions following best practices or specific project/client/recording studio needs.
• Follow technical specifications in the tasks they perform.
• Perform audio postproduction on recorded assets.
• Work on other audio tasks like mixing, sound effect creation, audio batch analysis and processing, etc.

Support Tasks

• Support the Global Pre, Rec, Post and QA Manager in promoting a culture of collaboration and mutual support within the Globalize team, other Service Lines and Shared Services teams.
• Contribute to process and tool improvement initiatives at all levels.
• Work with the Global Pre, Rec, Post and QA Manager to identify Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and produce data-driven analysis of critical functions within their responsibility area.
• Any other tasks agreed upon at Global Pre, Rec, Post and QA Manager’s request.