Lead Audio Designer

• Enhance is seeking an Lead Audio Designer with experience creating the total audio soundscape (sound effects, music) for new studio projects. Ideal candidates will have a strong understanding of how to wield the power of audio effectively to explore finding audible expressions that resonate with feedback to other senses (visual, haptic) to create moving interactive experiences.
  
  
• Please note that while we are a multicultural team and welcome people from all backgrounds and cultures, this role requires general business-level Japanese proficiency sufficient for collaboration with peers and partners.

Responsibilities:

• · Lead the concepting and implementation of audio and music for select projects
• · Interface with engineering teams to raise the standard of technical tooling to support in-project audio
• · Collaborate with creative teams from all disciplines to manifest how audio contributes to a cohesive user experience
• · Work with partners in audio as needed on tasks including but not limited to audio asset creation, direction, and recording session oversight

Desired Qualifications (not all are required to apply):

• · Proven experience concepting and implementing audio that serves to enhance an interactive, multisensory user experience
• · Strong expertise in sound design fundamentals, implementation, and audio production best practices,
• · Proficiency in industry-standard DAWs and related tool sets
• · Experience in working cooperatively with developers of all types (engineering, design, art, etc.) to create deep multisensory experiences
• · Strong skills in working to plan the scope and approach to building new creative experiences

Plusses:

• · Experience working with or creating audio procedurally
• · Interest or experience in sound analysis and sound processing technology
• · Interest or experience in designing multisensory synesthetic experiences
• · Experience working in MR, XR, or VR applications
• · Technical proficiency in writing code for audio applications
• · Proficiency with modern software tool sets such as Wwise, game engines (such as Unity, Unreal, or proprietary), and scripting languages

Place of work

• · Hybrid – While in office/co-located work in Tokyo may occasionally be required for team planning and project review, the great majority of the time you are free to work from your own location