Voice Over Designer

Mission

Blizzard Entertainment is assembling a team to build the next chapter of STARCRAFT, returning to a universe forged in interstellar war. This mission involves crafting an original story-driven, open-world shooter while honoring the legacy of the franchise.

Role Overview

The Voice Over Designer will serve as a key member of the development team responsible for coordinating and implementing player-facing dialogue from planning through final delivery. This is a hybrid role requiring a mix of work-from-home and on-site days at the Irvine studio.

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.

Application Materials

• Resume
• Cover Letter (suggested)
• Reel demonstrating dialog processing

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay Range: $30.47 - $56.35 Hourly. The specific range and offer will be based on factors including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive compensation.
• Health and Wellness: Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, mental health and wellbeing programs, and fitness programs.
• Financial Benefits: 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, and charitable donation matching.
• Leave: Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, and parental leave.
• Perks: Free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life and disability, legal service, ID protection, and rental insurance.
• Relocation: May be eligible for relocation assistance if moving is required.