Sound Design Manager - LEGO DESiGN

Description

The role is a sound design manager position in the Sound Design Team within Interaction Design, based in Billund, Denmark, with the title Design Manager, Sound Design.

The team works across digital and physical products with model designers, marketers, app developers and other specialists on interactive play.

You will help bring interactive products to market by guiding teams on playful, viable connected experiences, and you will be a leading voice in interactive audio.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects across the full design lifecycle, from early ideation to market launch, coordinating teams and keeping milestones and deliverables on track.
• Turn design briefs, strategies and creative visions into clear goals and actions for internal teams and external partners.
• Set the sound design vision, direction and process, align work and priorities, and give colleagues constructive feedback.
• Combine sound design and project management skills to deliver high-quality, results-focused work.
• Build strong partnerships across the product development cycle and present concepts, projects and prototypes to stakeholders clearly and persuasively.
• Spot critical risks and development blockers, and help teams build practical plans to keep work moving.
• Argue for sound design from both creative and technical angles, with precise analysis and documentation that supports bold, new concepts.

Requirements

• Extensive professional experience in sound design and audio engineering, including technical methods such as synthesis and procedural audio systems.
• A strong portfolio of physical or digital products, either launched or showing clear innovation, where you led sound design from concept to delivery.
• Experience developing connected products, services, toys or video games, including designing and iterating audio systems.
• The ability to inspire and align designers, partners and stakeholders through hands-on demos, engaging presentations and teamwork.
• Skill in designing, prototyping and visualising play experiences in both digital and physical forms.
• Project management experience in an engineering or technical setting, with familiarity with Confluence, Jira or similar tools.
• Industry-standard audio mixing and mastering skills.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• Preferred: experience with screen-free interactive experiences.
• Preferred: audio design and implementation for embedded hardware.
• Preferred: background in psychoacoustics, early childhood education, research or communications.
• Preferred: experience in sonic branding or UX design.
• Preferred: a passion for creating magical experiences for children and exploring play in all its forms.
• Submit your CV, motivational letter and portfolio, all in English.
• A portfolio upload is mandatory, with a maximum of 2 MB per file. If your work is larger, include a clearly highlighted link to it in your CV.
• Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. The company may amend or withdraw the job at any time, including before the advertised closing date, so apply early.

Conditions

Your place of work is the office, store or factory stated in the advert.

Hybrid working under the Best of Both model lets you work from home up to two days per week. Your People Leader will explain how this applies to your role and team.

The company is committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay, and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.

Benefits

• Enhanced paid family care leave.
• Life and disability insurance for all colleagues.
• Resources and benefits for physical and mental wellbeing, plus community and creative activities.
• A colleague discount that applies from day 1.
• A bonus scheme, where eligible, paid when goals are reached.