[Hiring] Audio Director @AGBO

Role Description

AGBO is looking for an Audio Director to set the creative and technical bar for audio across games – building signature SFX, shaping dialogue and music, and solving implementation problems in-engine. You’ll partner directly with game directors to make sure audio drives story and gameplay feel, and you’ll define the pipelines and standards that scale as our slate grows.

• Own the end-to-end audio vision for interactive projects from pre-production through ship
• Collaborate with game directors, narrative designers, and production teams to ensure audio supports gameplay, story, and pacing
• Define the audio team's core tools, workflows, and technical standards so the team can work efficiently and consistently as the company and project scales
• Own the implementation of audio in-engine in close partnership with programmers and engineers
• Manage relationships with external audio studios and freelance sound designers
• Set and manage audio budgets, schedules, and resourcing
• Establish and evolve audio pipelines, tools, and best practices that scale
• Set and uphold quality bars for mixing, spatial audio, and platform-specific audio requirements
• Represent audio in cross-departmental creative reviews
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging tools in game audio, spatial/immersive sound and adaptive music
• Perform all other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of professional audio design experience, with a strong portfolio of shipped projects
• Deep proficiency with audio middleware (Wwise, FMOD, MetaSounds) and DAWs (Pro Tools, Reaper, or similar)
• Strong understanding of Unreal Engine and how audio integrates with real-time systems
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Reel or portfolio demonstrating range across sound design and music integration

Requirements

• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.

Additional Information

• AGBO Labs LLC is committed to operating fair and unbiased recruitment procedures allowing all applicants an equal opportunity for employment, free from discrimination on the basis of religion, race, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, color, ethnic or national origin or any other classification as may be protected by applicable law.
• AGBO participates in E-Verify - English | Spanish
• The job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent to this position.