Experience — Fernando San Nicolas

Madden NFL 25

Role : Sound Designer - EA Tiburon

Highlights:

Worked with the Audio Director to turn the game's creative vision into music content and playback systems
Led music editing, music systems design and implementation, including features in which music drives other game systems (e.g.: lighting, VFX...)
Crowds mining and editing
Data, assets management and tracking
Systems testing and bug fixing
Collaboration with development and QA teams during production

Role : Sound Designer - EA Tiburon

Highlights:

Enhanced the game's overall atmosphere by leading the music editing and implementation of all menu music, stadium music, fight songs, rousers, drum cadences, band chants, broadcast cues and theme music.
Aided on the game audio mix by designing and implementing a dynamic eq system for music and crowds
Led cleaning, editing, sound design and implementation of full stadium chants
Crowd reactions mining, editing and mastering
Collaboration with development and QA teams during production

Role : Sound Designer - EA Create Audio

Highlights:

Worked with the Audio Director to turn the game's creative vision into music content and playback systems
Led music editing, music systems design and implementation, including features in which music drives other game systems (e.g.: lighting, VFX...)
Creation of derivative assets from stems and tracks
Sound design of overlays and transitions
Presentation sound design
Crowds mining and editing
Data, assets management and tracking
Systems testing and bug fixing
Collaboration with development and QA teams during production

Role : Sound Designer - EA Create Audio

Highlights:

Worked with the Audio Director to turn the game's creative vision into music content and playback systems
Led music editing, music systems design and implementation, including features in which music drives other game systems (e.g.: lighting...)
Creation of derivative assets from stems and tracks
Sound design of overlays and transitions
Data, assets management and tracking
Systems testing and bug fixing
Collaboration with development and QA teams during production

Role : Sound Designer - EA Create Audio

Highlights:

Worked with the Audio Director to turn the game's creative vision into music content and playback systems
Led music editing, music systems design and implementation for all game modes and narrative/cinematics
Creation of derivative assets from stems and tracks
Sound design of overlays and transitions
Animation tagging
Data, assets management and tracking
Systems testing and bug fixing
Collaboration with development and QA teams during production

Role : Sound Designer - EA Create Audio

Highlights:

Worked with the Audio Director to turn the game's creative vision into music content and playback systems
Led music editing, music systems design and implementation for all game modes and narrative/cinematics
Creation of derivative assets from stems and tracks
Sound design of overlays and transitions
Animation tagging
Data, assets management and tracking
Systems testing and bug fixing
Collaboration with development and QA teams during production
Liaising with the composer and mixing engineer on music needs and deliverables

Role: Sound Designer - EA Audioworks

Highlights:

Sound design and mix for post launch car pack reveals
Music editing and assets preparation for in-game use
Creation of derivative assets from stems and tracks
Sound design of overlays and transitions
Music systems design and implementation for in-game features and real time cutscenes
Data, assets management and tracking
Systems testing and bug fixing
Collaboration with development and QA teams during production
Liaising with the composer and mixing engineer on music needs and deliverables
Supported the team members selection and onboarding processes