Job Title:
Senior Technical Sound Designer - Treyarch (Los Angeles)
Requisition ID:
R026147
Job Description:
Treyarch is looking for a dedicated and passionate Senior Technical Sound Designer to join us, working with Call of Duty franchise audio teams across Campaign, Zombies and Multiplayer. In this role you will use technical and creative audio skills to bridge the audio artistic direction of the game and its implementation within technical and production constraints. You will inspire and work with a team of Audio Designers and Engineers to develop and implement immersive sound effects for millions of players.
What you’ll do:
- Create and implement audio assets and sound effects
- Help define technical audio needs (tools, process, etc.) 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
- Script 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:
- 8+ years of games industry audio experience, having worked on one or more shipped AAA caliber titles
- Technical curiosity and creativity
- Direct experience with game audio acoustics systems/pipelines
- Experience implementing audio using proprietary tools or commercial middleware
- Familiarity with scripting/coding languages, preferably Python or Lua
- Strong knowledge of audio post process plugins
- Audio software proficiency (e.g., REAPER, Pro Tools, Waves, and other plug-ins)
- Solid knowledge of studio audio equipment
- Strong communication, organization and problem-solving skills
- Receptive to evaluation of one’s own work and skilled at giving/receiving critical feedback
We’d love it if you also have:
- Bachelor's degree in music or audio, or professional training in audio; CS degree a plus
- Experience as a musician or vocalist
- C/C++ coding experience
- Experience playing recent Call of Duty titles or other shooters
About Treyarch:
Founded in 1996, Treyarch is a videogame studio known for the Call of Duty: Black Ops series and Zombies mode. The studio emphasizes innovation, collaboration, and studio culture.
Rewards & Benefits:
Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers benefits including medical, dental, vision, HSA/HRA, dependent care 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, parental leave; mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and various voluntary benefit programs. Relocation assistance may be available if the Company requires you to move for the job. Eligibility may vary for part time and temporary employees and interns.
If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed at that address.
Compensation:
In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $80,800.00 - $149,400.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Specific range and offer will be based on experience, performance, and work location. Employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation; incentive compensation is not guaranteed.