OWLCAT GAMES was founded in 2016. The studio employs experienced developers who worked on projects such as Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, and is currently working on titles Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy and The Expanse: Osiris Reborn.
- Participate in the preparation and execution of voice casting.
- Evaluate performers based on character fit and the project’s creative direction.
- Help prepare and run professional recording sessions.
- Collaborate with actors, voice directors, recording studios, and external vendors.
- Ensure the technical and creative quality of recorded material.
- Edit and process dialogue, vocalizations, combat barks, breathing, efforts, pain reactions, and other character voice assets.
- Handle dialogue editing, restoration, post-processing, loudness normalization, export, and technical quality control.
- Design and maintain systemic voice solutions in Wwise.
- Implement VO assets and configure their behavior according to gameplay context.
- Work with voice priorities, virtualization, routing, and dynamic dialogue mixing.
- Develop creative post-processing for voice content.
- Maintain VO project structure, naming conventions, metadata, and asset-import workflows.
- Implement effort sounds and other voice assets in gameplay sequences and cinematics.
- Maintain consistent loudness, intelligibility, and creative quality across all voice content.
- Test voice content in-game and identify and resolve implementation issues.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of the VO pipeline.
- Help automate repetitive voice-production and implementation tasks.
- Work with localized VO and ensure that delivered assets meet the project’s creative and technical requirements.
- Collaborate effectively across disciplines throughout production.
- Professional experience with Wwise in commercial game projects.
- Strong working knowledge of Steinberg Nuendo or comparable professional DAW.
- Strong working knowledge of iZotope RX and Steinberg SpectraLayers.
- Experience with dialogue editing, restoration, post-production, and creative voice processing.
- Experience participating in voice casting and professional recording sessions.
- Understanding of workflows involving voice actors, voice directors, recording studios, and external vendors.
- Strong understanding of loudness standards and game-audio mixing principles.
- Understanding of the complete VO asset lifecycle: casting, recording, editing, processing, implementation, testing, and debugging.
- Ability to evaluate voice content from both creative and technical perspectives.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage large volumes of assets, metadata, and documentation.
- Strong proficiency in Russian is mandatory.
- English proficiency at B2 level or above.
- Ability to work confidently in English with scripts, technical documentation, actors, and international vendors.
- A portfolio or showreel demonstrating relevant voice and dialogue work.
Nice to have:
- Experience in Voice Design, Dialogue Design, or a related game-development role.
- Experience independently organizing casting and recording sessions.
- Experience with voice direction or performance capture.
- Experience working with localized VO in multiple languages.
- Experience automating workflows in Nuendo, Reaper, or Wwise.
- Understanding of facial animation, lip-sync, and dialogue synchronization systems.
- Experience with version-control systems and proprietary game-development tools.
- At least one shipped game title.
BENEFITS:
- Comfortable offices (if you want to work from office) fitted with areas for recreation and games, coffee points, and snacks;
- Convenient work schedule: adjust work time to your preferences and/or work remotely;
- Strong internal community: we are passionate about what we do. Outside of work, we engage in activities together like playing tabletop games in the office or on Roll20;
- Environment for personal growth: work together with the best professionals and enjoy the benefits of our developed mentoring system and training courses;
- Competitive salary based on the interview, opportunities for career growth.