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Treyarch is looking for a dedicated and passionate Senior Technical Sound Designer to join us, where you'll be working with our Call of Duty franchise audio teams across our game modes, from Campaign to Zombies to Multiplayer.

In this role, you will use your technical and creative audio skills to be the bridge between the audio artistic direction of the game and its implementation within technical and production constraints.

Your mission will also be to inspire and work with a team of high-caliber Audio Designers and Engineers in developing and implementing immersive and compelling sound effects that will be enjoyed by millions of players across the globe.

This role can be based in either our Vancouver, BC or Playa Vista, CA office and follows an onsite work schedule of four days per week. Work arrangements may evolve to meet business needs.

What you'll do...

• 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

To succeed you should have...

• 8+ years of games industry audio experience, having worked on one or more shipped AAA caliber titles

• Technical curiosity, creativity

• Direct experience with game audio acoustics systems/pipelines

• Experience implementing audio using proprietary tools or commercial middleware

• Required familiarity of scripting/coding languages, preferably Python or Lua

• 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

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

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! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

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.

About Treyarch

Founded in 1996, Treyarch is a videogame studio whose purpose is to create awesome games for the world to enjoy. With this purpose in mind, we crafted the award winning Call of Duty: Black Ops series and pioneered the fan favorite Zombies mode.

At Treyarch, we empower the team to be individually driven to innovate on our games, processes, and culture. How we do things is just as important as what we do.

Studio culture and development, we believe it's a team effort and that collaboration and hearing one another is key. Every day we face the large and small challenges together and every voice matters.

These values guide us in our mission to create moments that matter. Both to the players and to us, the creators. In an era where triumphs and defeats are readily shared, seeing players engage with our creations gives us great pride. Come help us create that next moment.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

To learn more about our studio, please visit us at www.treyarch.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/treyarch, and @treyarch on Twitter.

Rewards
We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Extended health plan, including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, for employees and their dependents, as well as disability insurance;
• RRSP with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other benefit programs like supplemental life & critical illness, legal service, 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.