# Lead Sound Engineer

**Company**: Keywords Studios
**Location**: Mexico City, Mexico City
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64141679

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## Description

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.

Main Tasks:

- Collaborate with the Global Pre, Rec, Post, and QA Manager to share information, escalate issues, and propose ideas.

- Onboard, train, and mentor Sound Engineers.

- Schedule and approve days off for team members and ensure sufficient resources.

- Set yearly goals and provide regular performance feedback to team members.

- Coordinate with Project Managers, Audio Asset Managers, Audio QA, Recording Studios, and other stakeholders.

Sound Engineer Tasks:

- Prepare recording sessions following best practices.

- Perform audio postproduction on recorded assets.

- Work on other audio tasks like mixing, sound effect creation, and audio batch analysis.

Support Tasks:

- Support the Global Pre, Rec, Post, and QA Manager in promoting a culture of collaboration.

- Contribute to process and tool improvement initiatives.

- Work with the Global Pre, Rec, Post, and QA Manager to identify Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Requirements:

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English and other languages).

- Advanced knowledge of Audio Localization workflows, processes, and tools.

- Advanced knowledge of digital audio workstations and innovations in the sound field.

- Experience in dubbing recording and postproduction for at least 3 years.

- Experience working in the videogames industry is highly preferred.

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## Skills

### Required
- Audio Localization
- digital audio workstations
- dubbing recording
- postproduction
- English
- Spanish

### Nice to have
- videogames industry

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