Job Title: Assistant Sound Designer

Requisition ID: R003937

Job Description:
Assistant Sound Designer

Your Platform

Located in the San Francisco Bay Area and Melbourne, Australia - we're the videogame development team behind Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare and Call of Duty®: WWII . Since our founding in 2009, our greatest passion has been making AAA games. The strength of our team makes us not only excellent at what we do, but also how we do it. We firmly believe in supporting our talented employees to be the best they can be. Here at Sledgehammer Games, everyone is a game maker.

As we head into decade II of development, we're focused on constantly evolving, innovating and taking risks - which are some of the most rewarding aspects of game development. With world-class audio, design, engineering and art teams, we've been able to achieve some of the highest-quality game execution of any studio in the industry. We love what we do and work hard to make sure that each new game we make is even better than the last. Creativity is key, and we're looking for talented game developers for our exciting next project.

Sledgehammer Games is wholly owned by Activision. To learn more about our studio, please visit us at www.sledgehammergames.com or search for Sledgehammer Games on your favorite social media platform. Want to hear what it's like at the studio directly from current audio employees? Check out our #LifeatSHG developer profiles: https://youtu.be/FoXGIqW2nyo

Your Mission

Sledgehammer Games is looking for a temporary Assistant Sound Designer to assist our Sound Team with sound effect and dialog editing and implementation. Your main responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Edit, organize and implementation of basic sound effects in-game.


• Map editor and environmental sound effect implementation.


• Edit, organize, and maintain sound effect libraries.


• Record, edit, process and organize dialog.


• Install, maintain, and organize audio work-station hardware and software.

Player Profile

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of experience in game audio development or audio college grad.


• Basic understanding of game audio implementation.


• Fluency with major digital audio workstations.


• Good understanding of technical audio theory and audio engineering.


• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.


• Exceptional organization skills.


• College degree preferred, not required.

Extra Points

• Demonstrated creative and technical achievements in sound design.

• Scripting/programming skills a plus.


• Basic understanding of Microsoft Office tools.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world's 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 innovate 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' - we've 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.

Sledgehammer Games is 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.