Associate Producer, Blizzard Audio - Temp; SFD​/Cinematics

Team Name:

Sound

Blizzard Entertainment's audio team seeks an Associate Producer for Cinematics production across all franchises. Your primary responsibility will be coordinating with the Production staff to maintain timely schedules and deliverables for all phases of the audio pipeline. Additional responsibilities include creating contract requests, processing invoices, and assisting with budget tracking. Excellent organizational and communication skills are essential, as the role involves collaborating and working with contacts both inside and outside of Blizzard.

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine, CA. However, we understand each person’s circumstances may be unique and will work with you to explore other possible options, including remote work arrangements.

This is a 12-month temporary position starting in February 2027.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Production staff and other internal and external audio production teams to assist in the maintenance of project schedules
• Create contract requests, process and receive invoices, assist with tracking spend, and vendor onboarding
• Help to continually refine the cinematic audio pipeline to increase production efficiency and quality
• Identify any risks, bottlenecks, or blockers and communicate status of all projects, assets, tools, and features to Senior Producer and/or Cinematic Audio Director as necessary
• Maintain and organize digital archives of cinematic audio assets
• Assist in scheduling of sound designers, rerecording mixers, engineering, and external vendors
• Additional duties as assigned

Experience

• 2+ years’ product development experience on AAA titles or cinematic production equivalents

• Able to accurately and efficiently manage a large volume of tasks
• Able to effectively coordinate with a large number of internal contacts, external vendors
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills
• Proficiency with MS Office products
• Knowledge of post-production pipelines in the entertainment industry

• Self-motivated with the ability to work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Able to work independently, and / or within a team
• Passion for video games

• Knowledge of Blizzard and its games
• Working knowledge of employing external audio vendors
• Working knowledge of audio tools and programs, such as Pro Tools
• Working knowledge of audio, graphics, and movie file types and applications

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and Star Craft®, 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 industry’s 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, Play Station, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

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