Voice Over Designer | STARCRAFT | Irvine, CA

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Your Mission

Blizzard Entertainment is assembling a team to build the next chapter of STARCRAFT returning to a universe forged in interstellar war. This mission offers something new: crafting an original story-driven open-world shooter while honoring the legacy of one of Blizzards most beloved games.

We are here to reignite this universe alongside you. We are here to make STARCRAFT and its about damn time.

We are looking for a Voice Over Designer to help craft this new game for Blizzard. As a key member of the development team you will be responsible for coordinating and implementing player-facing dialogue from planning through final delivery.

This role offers a hybrid work week with a mix of work-from-home and on-site days based out of our Irvine studio.

Responsibilities

This role includes but is not limited to the following responsibilities:

Coordinate the tracking organization implementation and delivery of player-facing dialogue throughout development.

Partner with narrative design audio production localization quality assurance and other disciplines to support dialogue workflows and deliverables.

Maintain dialogue databases documentation spreadsheets naming conventions and supporting management tools.

Review in-game dialogue implementation to ensure quality consistency accuracy and completeness.

Support dialogue reviews and playtests by identifying issues documenting findings and coordinating follow-up actions.

Plan and track voice-over recording needs implementation status dependencies and milestones.

Collaborate with developers to integrate dialogue according to established creative and technical requirements.

Develop and maintain clear documentation for dialogue workflows processes and implementation standards.

Communicate status needs risks and dependencies clearly to appropriate partners.

Champion high standards of quality accessibility usability and player experience throughout development

Minimum Requirements

5 years of applicable professional experience supporting dialogue narrative audio localization production game development entertainment or related workflows.

Demonstrated experience coordinating complex dialogue assets across multiple partners and cross-functional teams.

Experience organizing and maintaining large volumes of dialogue assets documentation spreadsheets databases or tracking systems.

Working knowledge of voice-over production dialogue implementation localization and game development pipelines.

Proficiency with digital audio workstations such as REAPER or Pro Tools and game audio middleware such as Wwise.

Proven ability to manage competing priorities meet deadlines and maintain accuracy and attention to detail.

Strong written and verbal communication skills with a collaborative approach to working across creative and technical disciplines.

Demonstrated ownership accountability problem-solving ability and comfort operating in a dynamic environment while navigating fluid deadlines and changing priorities with purpose.

Extra Points

Experience supporting dialogue implementation in a shipped game.

Experience working directly with voice-over recording and post-production pipelines.

Experience supporting localization workflows and multilingual dialogue delivery.

Familiarity with narrative scripting tools content management systems or Unreal Engine.

Experience coordinating dialogue reviews playtests or quality assurance efforts.

Required Application Materials
Resume
Cover Letter is suggested

Reel demonstrating dialog processing

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft Overwatch Diablo and StarCraft Blizzard Entertainment Inc. () a division of Activision Blizzard which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industrys 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 Xbox PlayStation Nintendo Switch iOS and Android.

Our World
Activision Blizzard Inc. is one of the worlds largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most 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!

Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical emotional and financial well-being for Every World - weve 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! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification when in fact they often do! 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 General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

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 - weve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical dental vision health savings account or health reimbursement account healthcare spending accounts dependent care 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 a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability legal service ID protection rental insurance and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting the U.S. the standard base pay range for this role is $30.47 - $56.35 Hourly. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately your specific range and offer will be based on several factors including relevant experience performance and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this roles range details for your local geography during the hiring addition to a competitive base pay employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates new hire compensation is negotiable.