What does a felt arm sound like on a wet rock? Nobody has recorded it yet. Bring a microphone and a sponge.
Tatako is hiring a Sound Designer to build every small sound of our series, from the opening footstep to the last bubble. You perform and record foley in your own room. The Sound Engineer cleans the voices and mixes the episode, and you hand over the world that sits around them. This is project work, booked episode by episode with the Series Director.
About Tatako
Tatako is a first-words app for families raising a child with two languages. A lesson takes about five minutes, there is nothing to read, and a small round octopus keeps everyone company. He has eight arms, no socks, and usually loses count at seven.
The language of home stays the language of home. Tatako adds a second one on top, at a toddler’s pace, from the very first words. A guide voice can explain what to do, and you can switch it off whenever you like. Every lesson has three small steps: Hear it, say it. Touch it. Name it. In the last step the picture comes back without the word, and the child names it first.
We started with English: first words and phrases, from “hello” and “mommy” to colors, animals and what the teacher says at preschool. More languages are on the way. Tatako works in the browser on any phone or tablet.
The role
- Remote project work from your own room, open to candidates anywhere in the world
- Fluent English
- An agreement signed before you start: your work is made for Tatako, Inc. and its rights go to the company in writing
By the end of your first project, one episode has a complete set of effects, each main character has a sound a child can recognize, and the studio holds a growing library of its own recordings.
What you will do
- Perform foley to picture: felt footsteps, soft landings, shells, sand and the many small gestures of eight arms.
- Give each character a sound of their own, so a child knows who is coming before they appear.
- Record everything yourself and log it: no clips from films, videos or online libraries.
- Build the quiet of each place: a still beach, a shallow sea, a small home in the evening.
- Make the joke land with sound: the tiny thud, the long silence, the small proud squeak.
- Keep every sound gentle for small ears, and clear the space around the word that matters with the Sound Engineer.
- Deliver organized stems and a named library the next episode can draw from.
What you bring
- 3+ years as a foley artist or sound designer on animation, film or games, with a reel to picture.
- Curiosity about objects: you hear a footstep in a sponge and a small wave in a wet cloth.
- A quiet recording space, good microphones and clean signal at very low levels.
- Fast, clean editing in Pro Tools or Reaper, landing on the frame.
- Comic timing in sound: you know what half a second of delay does to a thud.
- Tidy habits: named takes, dated logs and sessions anyone can reopen.
Bonus points
- You have built sound for handmade animation or puppet theater.
- You have worked on stories told mostly through sound.
Why you will love it
- A world with no recorded sound yet, so you make every footstep.
- An octopus whose eight arms all need their own small sound.
- A rare job where a wet sponge counts as professional equipment.
How to apply
Meet the octopus at tatako.com, then email join@tatako.com with your LinkedIn profile or portfolio. Make sure it shows foley or sound design you made for picture.
If your experience matches the role, our team will get in touch to discuss next steps.