Activision is hiring: Senior Technical Sound Designer - Unannounced Game | Irvin

Senior Technical Sound Designer - Unannounced Game | Irvine, CA

Overview

At Blizzard, we craft genre-defining games and legendary worlds for all to share. Through creativity and storytelling, we create immersive universes and iconic characters across platforms. This role helps craft a new, unannounced game for Blizzard in a hybrid work setting (part on-site in Irvine, CA and part remote).

Responsibilities

• Create audio assets as directed, leveraging expertise in sound design and using commercial and proprietary software and tools.
• Design features, tools, or workflows that support the game's vision and improve efficiency with direction from the audio director and other stakeholders.
• Work closely with other game team tech experts to optimize workflows and improve product quality.
• Work closely with the audio programmer to realize pipelines at scale.
• Optimize audio assets and workflows to the needs of the project.
• Document workflows and best practices.
• Troubleshoot problems across disciplines.
• Maintain strong relationships with QA, escalate issues, assist with bug testing, and track critical fixes to resolution.
• Anticipate and solve performance and memory issues without affecting quality or player experience.

Experience

• 5+ years combined experience in the game industry as a sound designer/technical sound designer.
• Expertise in AAA game engines with a solid understanding of audio implementation and integration workflows.
• Deep understanding of Wwise.
• Fluent with scripting and level design tools, and a strong understanding of the workflows and pipelines used across the entire game team.
• Experience developing custom audio workflow improvements.
• Showcases a team-oriented approach to all work, understanding the importance of collaboration and partnering with all departments.
• Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated, solves problems proactively, and quickly adapts to feedback.

Pluses

• Experience working through early development and R&D phases of a project.
• Experience with Unreal Engine, blueprints, and Wwise integration into Unreal.
• A passion for video games and a deep understanding of game audio.
• Scripting skills in Python, MEL, or similar languages.

Submission / Portfolio Requirements

• Demo reel and online portfolio showcasing expertise in game audio.

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft, is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world’s largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, Candy Crush and Bubble Witch. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

We promote a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for Every World. We’ve got our employees covered.

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for Every World. Benefits, subject to eligibility requirements, include:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and other voluntary benefit programs;
• Relocation assistance if required to move geographic locations for the job.

Eligibility to participate in benefits may vary for part-time and temporary employees and interns. For more information, visit the benefits page.