After the first round of job openings following the BlizzCon 2026 game announcement, the team has added two new roles to its openings list. One of those is for a Voice-Over Designer.

A Voice-Over Designer is typically brought in during the late Pre-Production phase of an AAA video game’s lifecycle. Or roughly when the video game is 15-30% complete.

This also means no voice-over actors have recorded yet. Those are brought in when the game is 80-95% complete.

Entering late pre-production puts an AAA title on a roughly three-year runway to launch. At that rate, StarCraft remains on track for its projected 2030 release with a bit of leeway.

StarCraft Shooter entered Late Pre-Production Phase

What’s a Voice-Over Designer? A Voice-Over (VO) Designer (hired between 15-30% complete) focuses on the technical framework for audio integration rather than talent casting, which falls under the VO Director (when the game is 80-95% complete). A VO Designer builds structured directories, naming systems, and data protocols to keep vast audio libraries organized and instantly accessible.

An audio management protocol tells the game engine exactly when to trigger audio and text. For example, it controls when a button click plays a sound, when a voice-over file starts a character’s dialogue, and how subtitles pace themselves to match that speech. When working with multiple languages, each localized file must follow a strict naming convention so the engine knows exactly which asset to trigger.

In short, a Voice-Over Designer designs the engine systems that handle human speech and audio effects, dynamic triggers, and file paths.

This job opening usually signals that the story narrative is in its final stages of production.

Voice Over Designer | STARCRAFT | Irvine, CA

Blizzard Entertainment is assembling a team to build the next chapter of STARCRAFT, returning to a universe forged in interstellar war. This mission offers something new: crafting an original story-driven, open-world shooter while honoring the legacy of one of Blizzard’s most beloved games.

We are here to reignite this universe alongside you. We are here to make STARCRAFT, and it’s about damn time.

We are looking for a Voice Over Designer to help craft this new game for Blizzard. As a key member of the development team, you will be responsible for coordinating and implementing player-facing dialogue from planning through final delivery.

This role offers a hybrid work week, with a mix of work-from-home and on-site days, based out of our Irvine studio.

Responsibilities

This role includes, but is not limited to, the following 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.Â