Music Composer and Sound Designer

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Job Description:

Do you want to craft immersive audio experiences that bring games to life?

King is looking for a Music Composer and Sound Designer to join our team and help shape the soundscapes of our games. You’ll be composing original music, designing high-quality audio assets, and implementing them into our games, working closely with our development teams to ensure a polished and engaging player experience.

As part of your application, please provide a link to a demo reel showcasing your music composition and sound design.

Your application must be provided in English.

This opportunity is open to Hybrid and Remote work

Your Role Within Our Kingdom

• Contribute to the creative and technical execution of the game’s audio vision, ensuring consistency and quality across all assets.
• Compose, design, and implement high-quality music and sound effects using DAWs, middleware like Wwise, and game engines such as Unity.
• Record, edit, and refine audio assets, ensuring smooth integration and optimal playback across platforms.
• Test and review your work regularly with senior team members to maintain a cohesive audio style.
• Collaborate with developers, artists, producers, and marketers to enhance the game’s overall experience through audio.
• Identify opportunities for innovation in sound design and proactively propose creative and technical solutions.

Skills to Create Thrills
 

• 3-4 years of experience in game music composition and sound design for mobile or AAA games, with at least one released or live title. Together with being a team player with in-house game development experience, also be open to feedback and able to provide constructive critique.
• Experience with game audio implementation using industry tools and proprietary editors, together with strong skills in composition, sound design, editing, and mixing,
• Ability to create and implement audio across different styles, from casual to cinematic, for both in-game experiences and marketing materials.
• Solid understanding of game production processes, workflows, and pipelines.
• Be self-motivated, organized, and capable of meeting deadlines while taking ownership of your tasks.
• Have a passion for sound and music in games and other forms of audio-visual entertainment.
• Really like video games (and make sure to mention which is your favourite in your application!)

Tasty Bonus Points

• Experience recording and designing SFX, Foley, and voiceover (including casting and directing voice talent).
• Basic scripting knowledge for audio integration and automation.

Join us and help shape the future of audio in King’s games! 🎵

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

About King

At King, we're Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We're the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, and Malta, we have a 20-year history of delivering some of the world's most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level-up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users. But we aren't just crushing it with candies, we're also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft.