Assistant Audio Vendor Manager

Ripple Effect Studios

Job Summary

Electronic Arts is seeking an Assistant Audio Vendor Manager for a 12-month temporary contract in Galway, Ireland. This hybrid role involves supporting legal and contract workflows for audio vendors, managing finance and vendor data, coordinating reporting and feedback, assisting with VIP and talent management, and supporting production planning and test recordings for localized game titles. The role requires 1+ years of experience in operations, coordination, or vendor management, with strong organizational and communication skills.

Must Have

  • Support legal workflows for audio vendor contracts.
  • Maintain accurate vendor data across finance and AVM systems.
  • Manage end-of-project feedback workflows and AVM reporting.
  • Coordinate talent invoices and maintain Talent Roadmap.
  • Support production planning and test recordings.
  • 1+ years experience in operations, coordination, or vendor management.
  • Experience coordinating work with multiple teams.
  • Experience working with partners across different time zones.
  • Experience tracking against goals and reporting progress.
  • Comfortable with Microsoft Excel, GDrive, and SharePoint.

Good to Have

  • Familiarity or experience with Legal and Finance workflows (contracts, signatures, vendor setup, invoicing).
  • Power BI skills (building or maintaining reports, working with datasets).

Perks & Benefits

  • Healthcare coverage
  • Mental well-being support
  • Retirement savings
  • Paid time off
  • Family leaves
  • Complimentary games
  • Adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity valued
  • Leadership for potential development
  • Space for learning and experimenting
  • Empowerment for great work and growth opportunities

Job Description

General Information

Locations: Galway, Ireland

  • Location: Galway
  • Country: Ireland

Role ID

212061

Worker Type

Temporary - with Benefits (EU & Malaysia)

Studio/Department

EA Studios - Localization

Work Model

Hybrid

Description & Requirements

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

12 Month Temporary Contract - Hybrid: 3 Days onsite per week

Global Stories, local voices.

We make games – how cool is that? In fact, we entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive entertainment experiences in the industry. But making games is challenging. That's why we employ the most creative, passionate people in the industry.

EA inspires the world to play, and the Worldwide Localization Team makes that happen! We are accountable for delivering the high-quality localized versions of our titles to over 30 countries around the world. You will find a vibrant, multicultural environment with a great mixture of professionals where each employee has an important role to play. You will work on different ground-breaking tools and systems to provide Localization to our products.

EA has built a Localization powerhouse that covers the needs for both current and next-generation platforms.

The Assistant Audio Vendor Manager will report to the Manager of the AVM team working hybrid 3 days a week in our Galway office.

Responsibilities:

  • Legal & Contract Workflow Support: Support legal workflows for audio vendor contracts, including testing and documenting TAP Tool processes in Prod/Dev, monitoring project exhibits, managing CSP/CASP signatures via TAP Tool/Adobe Sign, and keeping a central legal tracker up to date with owners, status and follow-up.
  • Finance & Vendor Data Management: Maintain accurate vendor data across finance and AVM systems, supporting new vendor setup and updates with Finance/Procurement, ensuring master data is consistent across tools, and regularly reviewing and updating the vendor database with the Vendor Management team.
  • Reporting & Feedback: Manage end-of-project feedback workflows and AVM reporting, coordinating surveys with Production and vendors, consolidating results in Excel/Power BI, and maintaining AVM Power BI reports (refresh, data quality, small improvements and escalations to BI/tech teams).
  • Support VIP & Talent Management: Coordinating talent invoices with Production and AP, maintaining an up-to-date Talent Roadmap (availability, contracts, key dates, conditions, contacts), and flagging discrepancies or risks in talent data or invoicing to the relevant stakeholders.
  • Support production planning and test recordings: Joining pre-production meetings to capture vendor/contract/reporting needs, helping AV/VM leads maintain project plans and status updates, and coordinating test recording requests and approvals with clear scope, timelines and expected outcomes.

Qualifications:

  • Required Professional Experience
  • 1+ years of experience in operations, coordination, vendor management, localization, or finance/legal support in a role with administrative or process ownership.
  • Experience coordinating work with multiple teams (for example Legal, Finance, Production, Vendors) and tracking tasks to completion.
  • Experience working with partners across different time zones in an international or multicultural environment.
  • Experience tracking against goals or deliverables and reporting progress or status updates to team members.
  • Technical Requirements
  • Highly valued the familiarity or experience with Legal and Finance workflows (contracts, signatures, vendor setup, invoicing).
  • Comfortable working with data and tools such as Microsoft Excel (including advanced functions and query capabilities) and collaboration platforms like GDrive and SharePoint.
  • Power BI skills are valued but not mandatory (building or maintaining reports, working with datasets).

About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

LinkedInID

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