Bryan Higa Email & Phone Number

San Mateo, California, Us

LEGO Horizon Adventures• SFX for UI, Weapons, Interactables and Level IngredientsPlayStation 5 Pro Reveal Trailer - Sound DesignConcord - Senior Sound Designer God of War Ragnarok Valhalla - Principal Creative Sound DesignerGod of War Ragnarok - Sound Design Lead for Player Characters• Sound lead of all sound design for Kratos and Atreus combat, traversal, and Foley.• • This includes all runic abilities, weapons, shields, buffs/debuffs, rage modes, animal transformations, movement & traversal Foley and more.• Collaborated with several teams across the game including creatures, interactables, ambience, cinematics, combat finishers, that also included development partnerships from combat design, animation, and visual effects.• Led a core team of sound designers that were responsible of sound designing different aspects of the player character sounds.• Worked with the Sound Supervisor and mix lead on crafting a cinematic action focused experience for the player experience.• Documented and maintained a schedule throughout development for the player experience to make sure we were achieving our scheduled dates which we worked with production and studio leadership on crafting.Demon's Souls - Senior Sound Designer• Sound design for enemy vocals/combat, bosses, and ambience.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Senior Sound Designer for League of Legends & Teamfight TacticsContent• Conceptualizing, production scheduling, and designing high quality audio assets and voice-over production for over ten champions, in-game creatures and items, adaptive music systems, cinematics, new modes, announcers and more additional content.• Designed a narrative based voice-over trigger system to adapt to gameplay and player behavior to switch voice lines to create a more interactive experience.• Audio lead for sound, music, and voices for several League of Legends game modes including Nexus Blitz, Teamfight Tactics, and other unannounced projects.Audio Tech• Python scripting experience that guided improvements and development to the voice-over system, resulting in less implementation time and faster iteration.• Collaborated with engineers on a simplified scripting system for sound design event triggers to play for different listeners, resulting in faster workflow for sound designers and more hands-on approaches in the game engine.• Collaborated with programmers on creating an engine-side volume regulation parameter for multiple emitters in close distance to prevent volume spikes without limiting all voices across a map.Leadership & Ambassadorship • Managed and led the League of Legends audio team during an in-house event to completely rework and streamline how voice-over triggers in League of Legends.• Served as audio lead on several office-wide "thunderdomes" to create video games in under 48 hours, which included virtual reality as a focus. • Helped create a better, more knowledgeable climate for game audio across the company by leading game audio dev workshops and several presentations on how to give audio feedback to non-audio game developers.

Irvine, Ca, Us

• Designed and implemented tank engine system for Armored Warfare using FMOD and CryEngine.• Worked closely with programmers for new implementation engine and movement system design.• Recorded Foley for Tank movement and impacts.• Supervised Foley sessions and editing for Pillars of Eternity.• Additional sound design for Pillars of Eternity; game menu UI, UI notifications, boss characters.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Working closely with Insomniac Games on Sunset Overdrive to achieve a high quality, next generation game audio experience.• Assists Sound Supervisor in preparing and executing documentation on audio system designs, foley recording prep, and tools pipeline setup and troubleshooting.• Planned, directed, and supervised recording sessions for Foley assets and creature vocals.• Designed and edited audio content for a large variety of player Foley, footsteps, and creature vocals.• Implemented and audio content using Wwise and integrating into the developer proprietary engine.

Seattle, Wa -- Washington, Us

Sound Implementation and design for Plants Vs. Zombies 2• Wwise pipeline & audio feature Implementation and analysis for SFX/voice-over assets.• Creation of voice-over systems and implementation.• Sound design for in-game UI.• Editing and mastering of voice-over audio files.• Organization and analysis of overall project audio assets.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Currently working on several Xbox 360 titles• Working with developers including Lionhead Studios, 343 Industries, Good Science, and several other internal Microsoft development teams.• Creating sound assets and implementation using the Unreal Engine 3, Wwise pipeline, and other proprietary engines.• Supervised sound design and implementation direction of creatures and bosses for Fable: The Journey.• Conducted and assisted in field recording/foley sessions for Xbox 360 titles.• Assisting in setting up hardware and software for new studio facilities.

• Designed and implemented audio content for AAA titles by Tripwire Interactive and Hi-Rez Studios, Blue Mammoth Games, and casino slot games by several developers.• Managed, edited, and processed several thousands of raw audio files including dialogue, tank movements, and a variety of gunshots. • Created and implemented sound levels, sound packages, and tagging sounds in level maps and animations using the Unreal Engine 3 and Flash.• Assisted Senior Sound Designer in various studio activities including voice, foley, and field recording.• Executed tasks for pre-production on various projects including creating asset lists, converting files to playable formats, and gathering source material for sound design and music composition.

Global Game Jam 2009-2011 - Georgia Game Developers Association • Composed music and sound design for multiple games within a 48 hour deadline.Film Credits - Guilt - Written/Directed by Umashankar, Innovisions Productions • Cannes Film Festival Short Film SelectionThe Everything After - Written/Directed by Rick BickerstaffHero Pictures International Documentary - Hero Pictures International

• Maintained sessions presented by industry professionals by working with them individually, monitoring attendee admittance, and performing session hall reconfiguration for pending presenters.• Assisted conference attendees by providing information and directions to conference sessions.

• Gained experience in recording and editing audio files in a studio setting during and after recording sessions using Pro Tools. • Assisted in sound recording equipment reconfiguration and repacking in several studios in Nashville, TN.

• Created and managed fourteen artists' social media plans and marketed content across media platforms.• Designed new content around social media including banners, flyers, and announcements.• Developed campaign strategies and tactics for artist content ideas and delivery schedules.• Maintained database systems and reports, including word processing and spreadsheets.

• Developed and managed a comprehensive street team contact database• Collaborated with Mr. Rifkind and ATO Records to strengthen street team action• Created reports of all venues, record stores, and blogs in tour market• Maintained stellar street team relations to promote The Whigs through emails, phone calls, and personal interaction.