Treyarch is hiring: Technical Sound Designer - Treyarch in Los Angeles

Overview

Technical Sound Designer - Treyarch

Treyarch is looking for a dedicated and passionate Technical Sound Designer to join our team, where you'll be working with our Zombies, multiplayer, and franchise audio teams. In this role, you will use your technical and creative audio skills to bridge the audio artistic direction of the game with its implementation within technical and production constraints. Your mission is to inspire and work with a team of high-caliber Audio Designers and Engineers in developing and implementing immersive and compelling sound effects for millions of players worldwide.

What You’ll Do

• Create and implement audio assets and sound effects
• Help define technical audio needs (tools, process, etc.) for projects to ensure proper integration, in collaboration with the Audio Director and programmers
• Design and create original audio content within the project's creative direction
• Conduct performance optimization and debugging
• Scripting creative solutions for unique audio implementations
• Create and maintain audio-related documentation
• Collaborate with other teams to ensure audio requirements and plans are understood and to reach audio aesthetic goals

To succeed you should have…

• 5+ years of games industry audio experience, having worked on one or more shipped AAA caliber titles
• Technical curiosity, creativity
• Experience implementing audio using proprietary tools or commercial middleware
• Familiarity with scripting/coding languages, ideally C/C++
• Strong knowledge of audio post process plugins
• Audio software proficiency with tools such as REAPER, Pro Tools, Waves, and other plug-ins
• Solid knowledge of studio audio equipment
• Excellent communication, organization and problem-solving skills
• Receptive to evaluating one’s own work and able to communicate critical feedback to others, with a good work ethic and positive personality

Nice-to-have

• Bachelor's degree in music or audio, or professional training in audio; CS degree a plus
• Experience as a musician or vocalist
• Experience playing recent Call of Duty titles or other shooters

About Treyarch

Founded in 1996, Treyarch is a videogame studio whose purpose is to create awesome games for the world to enjoy. We crafted the award-winning Call of Duty: Black Ops series and pioneered the Zombies mode. We empower the team to be individually driven to innovate in our games, processes, and culture. Collaboration and hearing one another are key, and every voice matters. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and commit to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We strongly encourage you to apply.

Benefits & Equity

We offer a suite of benefits to support physical, emotional and financial well-being. Eligible employees may receive: medical/dental/vision, health accounts, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays and vacation, mental health and wellbeing programs, and other voluntary benefits. Relocation assistance may be available if required. US base pay range for this role is $29.81 - $55.14 per hour; final offer is based on experience and location. Incentive compensation may be available but is not guaranteed.

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