About the role
Role Summary
Join the dialogue team at Insomniac Games and gain hands-on experience creating, editing, and implementing dialogue for AAA video games.
As a Dialogue Intern, you'll work alongside experienced audio professionals to support dialogue production, from preparing voice-over (VO) recording sessions to editing and integrating dialogue into games. You'll collaborate with audio, design, and narrative teams to help deliver dialogue that enhances storytelling and the player experience.
Throughout the internship, you'll receive mentorship from senior members of the dialogue team, develop your technical and creative skills, and learn how dialogue moves through the game development pipeline, from recording and editing to implementation and final polish.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Assist with preparing, scheduling, and tracking VO recording sessions to support dialogue production.
- Edit, organize, and implement dialogue assets into the game engine and dialogue databases.
- Support dialogue-related QA, bug fixing, and polish tasks to help ensure high-quality dialogue throughout development.
- Collaborate with audio, design, and narrative teams to support dialogue integration across game projects.
- Gain hands-on experience with the full production pipeline of dialogue creation for games, including recording, editing, implementation, and testing.
- Learn dialogue production techniques and workflows while working alongside experienced members of the dialogue team.
What We’re Looking For
- Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree at a college or university, with an emphasis on audio production, recording or engineering, preferably within the game development field.
- Strong interest in game dialogue, audio production, and storytelling through video games.
- Familiarity with audio production and editing software such as Pro Tools, Reaper, and similar DAWs.
- Understanding of signal flow, audio editing and mastering techniques.
- Strong attention to detail, communication, and collaboration skills, with a self-motivated and responsible approach to learning.
- Passion for video games and an understanding of what makes them fun (or not).
- Additional experience with field recording and microphone setups, dialogue editing, sound effect creation and editing, and post-processing is a plus.
- Understanding and experience with Wwise or other middleware solutions is strongly preferred.
Eligibility
- Students with expected graduation between May 2026 and December 2029 from an accredited university. Undergraduate
- Able to work during one of the following periods: May 17th - August 6th or June 14th - September 3rd. Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates.
- Must be available for the entire 12-week internship period.
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States and will not require work visa sponsorship from SIE now or in the future.
Compensation and Benefits
- Fixed hourly pay rate of $36.50 - $36.50 USD.
- Relocation assistance available for eligible candidates.