Associate Producer, Voice Over
Description
Blizzard Entertainment’s audio team is seeking an associate producer to assist voice over (VO) and casting production for all of our franchises. Your primary responsibility will be coordinating with the VO producer and VO & casting director to maintain timely schedules and deliverables for all of Blizzard’s IPs. This includes assisting with the pre-production phases for all of the project’s VO and casting needs, as well as additional responsibilities such as creating contract requests, interacting with talent and supporting all needs of the VO producer and VO & casting director. Excellent organizational and communications skills are a must as you’ll be collaborating and working with contacts both inside and outside of Blizzard. Blizzard contacts include multiple development and support teams throughout the company (e.g., cinematics, public relations (PR), legal, web, creative development, community, marketing, etc.). Exterior contacts include recording studios, voice directors, talent agents, actors, etc.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate with the VO producer, casting and voice over director, and the audio production team to assist in the creation and maintenance of project schedules.
- Help to continually refine the voice over development pipeline to increase production efficiency and quality.
- Communicate status of voice over content, assets, tools, and features to VO producer and / or audio production director as necessary.
- Manage, maintain, and organize digital archives of VO and talent paperwork and VO assets.
- Schedule recording sessions with talent agents and recording studios.
- Assist in scheduling of VO related personnel / resources, eg. directors, designers, editors.
- Create talent paperwork for recording sessions.
- Attend recording sessions and support VO director and talent needs.
- Assist in the planning and execution of the voice actor’s stage at BlizzCon.
REQUIREMENTS
- A minimum of 1-year experience in product development on AAA titles
- Able to accurately and efficiently manage a large volume of tasks
- Able to effectively coordinate with a large number of external contractors including studios, actors, and agents
- Comfortable managing a large amount of talent paperwork and legal contracts
- Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent oral and written English communications skills
- Willing and able to travel as needed including regular travel to LA-area recording studio for VO sessions
- Self-motivated with an ability to work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Able to work independently, and / or within a team
- Computer literate and familiar with MS Office products, especially Excel (macro programming knowledge a plus)
- Passion for video games
PLUSES
- Good knowledge of voice over and casting pipelines in the entertainment industry
- Knowledge of standard and practices relating to SAG+AFTRA registered productions
- Knowledge of Blizzard and its games
- Working knowledge of employing external audio vendors, such as recording studios and payroll companies
- Working knowledge of audio tools and programs, such as Pro Tools
- Working knowledge of audio, graphic, and movie file types and applications
REQUIRED APPLICATION MATERIALS
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