Jeshua Whitaker

Experience

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  InMusic Brands

  Jun 2013 - Apr 2014

  Lead Sound Designer

  – Scouted, auditioned, and hired musicians on the AKAI EWI5000 project, and recorded all subsequent sessions as lead engineer.– Designed 100 synthesizer patches for the AKAI EWI5000 using advanced sampling methods.– Worked with strict hardware limitations, while still creating inspiring audio assets.- Launched the EWI5000 to great success.

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  IZotope, Inc.

  Sept 2014 - Mar 2016

  - Lead customer care meetings with marketing and development teams to report on weekly issues.- Held 1:1 meetings with other agents and coached on customer care methodology.- Handled VIP client issues. - Helped iZotope customers solve technical issues with their audio software and hardware setups.- Tested and triaged bugs within iZotope software and filed them to the development teams.- Collected data from incoming customer reports on customer satisfaction and issues caused by bugs.

  • iZotope Customer Care Lead

    Sept 2015 - Mar 2016

  • iZotope Customer Care Agent

    Sept 2014 - Aug 2015
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  Overcoast Music

  Mar 2015 - May 2016

  Composer & Sound Designer

  – Compose, mix, and master music for television and online advertising.– Created sound effects for advertisements– Worked with high profile brands such as: Dove, Axe, Walmart, Mercedes, Pond’s Men, and Lipton Tea.

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  Looopmasters

  Apr 2015 - May 2016

  Sound Designer

  - Created a highly rated synthesizer preset library for electronic producers in Q4 of 2015.

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  Berklee College of Music

  Mar 2016 - Jun 2016

  Studio Supervisor & Student Scoring Program Coordinator

  – Co-manage the master schedule for all orchestral sessions. This included matching musical talent and schedules to the timelines and needs of upcoming student film projects to ensure success and quality. – Responsible setting up the scoring stage, helping engineers mic instruments, normalizing the Neve analog console, and setting up Pro Tools recording templates before sessions.– Manages the database of student players, including building and editing spreadsheets and maintaining FileMaker databases. Show less

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  Jibo, Inc.

  Jun 2016 - Jul 2017

  Robot Voice & Audio Designer

  - Consolidated and designed synthesized speech, voice recorded prompts, and sound effects to create a cohesive voice that end users will experience and love.- Rapid prototyping to establish a base palette of audio assets.- Work alongside robot designers to integrate audio interactively in proprietary hardware and software systems.- Design development flow charts to help designers and engineers use Jibo's sound effects and voice in a compelling way.- Handled in-house studio budget, designed the Boston office audio room, and interviewed and hired sound design interns to help edit and implement audio.- Jibo was featured as a top invention in Time magazine in 2017 upon its release. Show less

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  ZeniMax Online Studios

  Jun 2018 - Jun 2020

  Sound Designer

  - Sound Designer for Elder Scrolls Online: Elswyr & Greymoor expansions.- Created sounds for many dragons, creatures, interactables, and UI elements.- Implemented all sounds in Audiokinetics Wwise and the Elder Scrolls Online engine.- Conducted field recording trips to gather unique source for each expansion.- Helped the studio's audio team create a sound effects database that could be used by one team and organized over 250,000 sounds so everyone could work more efficiently. Show less

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  Obsidian Entertainment

  Jun 2020 - Sept 2021

  Senior Audio Designer

  - Lead sound designer for Grounded- Created interactive audio systems in Unreal 4's blueprint scripting language- Designed sounds for creatures, interacts, ambience, and characters- Managed contract sound designer during busy updates to help triage design and implementation tasks.

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  Sony Interactive Entertainment

  Sept 2021 - now

  Sony Santa Monica Studios: God of War: Ragnarok (2022)Firewalk Studios: Concord (2024)Bungie: Marathon (TBD)Unannounced project (TBD)

  • Senior Technical Sound Designer

    Jun 2024 - now

  • Senior Sound Designer

    Sept 2021 - Jun 2024