Sam Hughes Email & Phone Number

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

As the first audio employee of the company, I have built the audio culture and processes from the ground up and get to work across many areas with all our teams. Therefore my role encompasses all things audio and features many facets such as the following:Audio direction, design and implementation across all game projects. Marketing & branding content including; Sonic branding, sound design and mix for ads and linear media, plus direction for external partners. Music direction and supervision for in game music, advertising content and live action productions. Recording studio design and build supervision. We built a recording studio from scratch, where I supervised and collaborated with acoustic consultants and contractors on the design and throughout the build. R&D, pipeline development, project management and outsourcing.

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Responsible for the audio vision across all projects, marketing content, developing audio workflow and pipelines, outsourcing, asset creation and audio direction. Leading the charge on what audio means at Metacore.

Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Voice-over artist for games, commercials, podcasts. animations &beyond. Represented in Finland by VILD & Dictum (Links Below)IMDb Credits in bioClients Include:NokiaPostiOlympusKONEFazerAbloySAY Vodka SeltzerPresidenttiUniversity of YorkWOLTMetsä GroupVTTLUTMedEngineInternational House HelsinkiNeiwa InteractiveLoustarinmaki MuseumArtlabLappsetBaronaSakaCaverionAbloy3BeepRadical ForgeSalix GamesWOLCEN StudioVP Productions Credits include:(Animation) Dawn Aerpowar - Zodiac 1(Game) Conqueror's Blade - Houndsmen(Game) Gravewood High - Jack StickerSeeker(Host) KONE The Flow of Urban Life Podcast(Game) Bright Paw - The Narrator (Game) Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem - Stormfall Guard/Republic Infantry/Flayer Bandit/Shadow Bandit/Republican Soldier/Republican Veteran/Republican Alastor/Republican Punisher(Game Trailer) Revival Recolonization - Trailer VO(Game) Du Lac and Fey Dance of Death - Various(Game) Warhammer: Mordheim City of the Damned - Skaven Sorcerer/Bloodletter/Mercenary(Game) RAM Pressure - Unit Male US/Unit Male UK/Contractor/Smuggler/Additional

United Kingdom

Editor in Chief of The Sound Architect website, which includes all web development, hosting the podcast, writing audio reviews, managing a team of volunteers, event organisation and production co-ordination.

Espoo

Working on awesome projects handling all sorts of audio requirements. Including:VO recording/editing Creative content creationFoley recording Middleware Implementation & optimisationMixing Error Debugging and problem solving Scripting Communication and outsourcing Shipped Control, released 27th August 2019 Foley ownerSound design for environments, in-game cutscenes, collectibles etc. Pre-mixingVO Recordist

Finland

York, United Kingdom

Studied he perception of sound sources in 3D space, with the aim to affect player emotions and thus affect the game audio based on these emotions. Focusing on the fear emotion using VR as a platform to present horror games to the player.

United Kingdom

Handling social media and comms for professional audio company, Cinphonic.

Various sound design projects .

Freelance writer for BAFTA GURU. Conducting and transcribing interviews with BAFTA Crew Games Members.

Knutsford

Lego Batman 3 DLC, Lego Defense Towers, LEGO DImensions Sound Design, Using Inhouse Tools, Audio Coding, Dialogue Editing, Audio Implementation, Tortoise SVN, Character Animation Sounds, Audio Debugging, Audio Coding, 3D Sound Placement.

Various

> Road Crew for Afishal Live around the UK> Freelance Sound Design for various media formats. > Teaching Guitar to students of all ages and calibre. > Composing music and SFX for different formats such as Film and Videogames.

Leeds

Lead Sound Designer for 2hr Feature Film entitled "On the Shoulders of Giants"> Over saw the work of colleagues on the creation of sound design. > Implemented migration of projects from Nuendo to Pro Tools.> Conducted sound review meetings with the Driector. > Obtained updates from other colleagues assess progress and report back to the Director. > Original creation of sound design for key scenes.

Huddersfield

> Cash handling.> Customer Care. > Testing equipment. > Sales and promotions.> Trade-ins for cash.> Re-merchandising the store.> Opening and closing the Store> Performance Management including periodic staff reviews.

> Setting up indoor and outdoor gigs for various live events.> Repairing equipment.> Soldering cables.> Liaising with clients> Dry and wet hire.> Sound engineer for wet hire gigs.> Live Mixing> Van Driving

> Recording and liaising with customers.> Design of studio layout.> Maintenance and repairs of instruments and equipment. > Recording professional clients. > Mixing.

>Studio Design>Repairs of Instruments>Amp Builds and Tests>Guitar Performance

Master'S Degree, Sound Design, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Vice-Chair of the York Audio Engineers Society12 month masters to expand my knowledge and further my career.

Bsc (Hons), Music Technology And Audio Systems, Upper Second/2:1

Activities and Societies: Video Game Society President and FounderFounded FRAG Society (President) Student Ambassador Volunteering.