Narrative And Interaction Designer

VirtualiSurg is a software design company specializing in medical and surgical training. It develops immersive simulators for use by operating room staff. It mobilizes different areas of expertise, including virtual reality, haptic technology and machine learning.VirtualiSurg’s team works in a multicultural, international and highly interdisciplinary environment and is looking to expand further.

We are looking for a Narrative and Interaction Designer that can effectively link gameplay with narrative and pedagogy in a wide variety of contexts, with a passion for healthcare and the medical field, and who is able to execute the project’s vision through great narrative design, impart knowledge effectively, and identify users' learning needs.

Missions:

• Support the logistic of internal meetings and workshops related to design
• Create summarized documentation on the specific client domain from the client documentation and information publicly available
• Coach teammates in narrative design tasks
• Assist the research of specific topics on different scientific domains related to our work: Pedagogical - Engineering, Serious Game Design, XR Interactive Design
• Estimate, prioritize and coordinate narrative design activities
• Balance narrative mechanics against gameplay mechanics ensuring clarity, purpose and meaning.
• Optimize narrative features according to metrics and specific KPIs
• Contribute to the creative process and development of Storyboards during the Simulation Design phase.
• Create detailed documentation of the game’s narrative systems both for Clients and developers
• Playtest and take playtest feedback to improve narrative and gameplay systems
• Assist the prototyping, testing and comparison of different interaction solutions
• Translate concepts into flowcharts, wireframes, and mockups to support product definition and development.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team towards shared goals
• Translate medical procedures to narrative steps for a simulation, following a pedagogical approach
• Communicate and cooperate with Customers and other Stakeholders
• Participate in different Design Department activities to collaborate and coordinate with fellow product designers

Qualifications:

• Passion for video games and software quality
• Knowledge of Game Theory and Game Design
• Skill managing tone and style for a consistent user experience
• Ability to create engaging narratives that fit our client’s vision and provide solutions that match industry standards
• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
• Proactive, enthusiastic, flexible, capable of working autonomously and energetic
• Experience working with Art and Programming departments
• Experience creating smooth narrative introductions for simulators and game tutorials
• Fluent English and good communication skills
• Shipped multiple game titles as Narrative, Interaction or Game Designer
• Experience working on games from pre-production to release and LiveOps

Bonus

• Experience developing for PC and standalone VR
• Experience with medical field
• Basic scripting skills to adjust features created by developers
• Experience in other fields of game design, such as systems design, content design, level design…
• Experience working with Unity and Unreal game engines
• Additional spoken languages
• Experience with serious games and real life simulators

Equal Opportunity and diversity

VirtualiSurg is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Diversity, multiculturalism and multidisciplinarity are key pillars of our recruitment strategy. We consider this to be an important asset for innovating and creating technological breakthroughs. Passion, empathy and the quest for meaning are values shared by our team members. We build fantastic XR simulations thanks to a close-knit team that breaks boundaries through enthusiasm and determination.