Activision

Technical Sound Designer

Activision

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $30 - $55 per hour

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Create and implement audio assets and sound effects
  • Help define technical audio needs (tools, process, etc.) for our 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

Requirements

  • 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
  • Required familiarity of some scripting/coding languages, ideally with C/C++
  • Strong knowledge of audio post process plugins
  • Audio software proficiency using tools such as REAPER, Pro Tools, Waves, and other plug-ins
  • Solid knowledge of studio audio equipment
  • Rock-solid communication, organization and problem-solving skills
  • Receptive to evaluation of one’s own work and skilled at communicating critical feedback to others, as well as a good work ethic and positive personality
  • 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
Benefits
  • 20 vacation days
  • 16 holidays
  • 10 weeks of family leave
  • Free lunches and snacks at our office
  • Comprehensive healthcare
  • 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
  • Relocation assistance if required

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
audio asset creationsound effects designperformance optimizationdebuggingscriptingC/C++audio post process pluginsaudio software proficiencystudio audio equipmentaudio documentation
Soft skills
technical curiositycreativitycommunicationorganizationproblem-solvingreceptiveness to feedbackwork ethicpositive personality
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in musicBachelor's degree in audioprofessional training in audioCS degree
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