About this role
About the Role The Senior Director, Sound leads the creative, technical, and strategic vision for sound, dialogue, and talent casting across PlayStation Studios globally. As the global head of the sound function, this leader sets the standard for world-class audio experiences and guides teams to deliver emotionally resonant sound across PlayStation's AAA titles.
What You'll Do
- Leadership & Direction: Establish and drive global sound direction and creative vision that aligns with PlayStation Studios. Partner directly with executive and senior leadership to align sound strategy with overall PlayStation Studios goals. Partner with Studio and Audio Directors to ensure the quality of sound across studios, ensuring world-class consistency. Define and champion long-term initiatives that enhance creative and technical excellence globally.
- Creative Design & Implementation: Drive Audio best practices across all PlayStation Studios titles. Lead research and development initiatives with internal teams, hardware partners, and external vendors. Oversee implementation pipelines and raise overall sound quality and performance standards. Present innovation and technology recommendations to executive leadership.
- Tools, Technology & Asset Management: Partner with various technology groups to define and guide PlayStation Studios' global sound technical roadmap. Direct investment in new tools and technologies impacting audio creation and delivery. Develop new approaches to tracking, analyzing, and improving audio production workflows. Ensure all sound content meets or exceeds the PlayStation Studios quality bar.
- Recording & Audio Capture: Maintain strong global relationships with external recording and production partners.
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience leading audio for a global studio portfolio, with a track record of delivering world-class sound across AAA titles.
- Ability to partner with executive leadership, studio leadership, technology teams, and external vendors to drive innovation, quality, and alignment with creative goals.
- Strong understanding of audio pipelines, tools, and production workflows; comfort with research and development initiatives and adopting new technologies.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills across multinational teams.