Narrative Director Jobs

Proficient experience with a major game engine and a firm knowledge of visual scripting. Unreal/Blueprint experience is a plus.

Technical Narrative Designer will help the team ideate, prototype, implement, and polish innovative story-based experiences.

3+ years of relevant internship/work experience (e.g., game development and design, systems design, content production)

Unreal andSequencer experience along withgame development and design, systems design, content production

Conscientious knowledge of industry trends in interactive storytelling, with a genuine interest in creatively advancing the medium.

Our multinational gaming client is seeking a skilled Technical Narrative Designer.

Work with us in Vancouver or remotely across Canada, utilizing our $500 work from home allowance

Experience with Unreal Engine 4, 5 or another similar engine

Knowledge of story structure and ability to recommend best practices to the team

Experience owning and maintaining technical narrative systems

Working knowledge of Unreal 5 is a huge plus!

Professional experience working as a writer

Manage and balance competing demands between creative vision and technical / ludonarrative constraints

7+ years total game development experience

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to create a cohesive set of storylines that intertwine throughout the game's experience.

Prior experience managing both full time and freelance writers and narrative designers

Experience working on a live service title

Strive to improve pacing and narrative integration based on the gaming experience

Three (3) to five (5) years of relevant experience as a Narrative Designer or Writer in the game industry

Experience in creating, designing, or directing game stories or other interactive storytelling experiences

Professional experience in game development

Exceptional skills in bringing interactive stories to life

Experience with both linear and non-linear narrative structures

Your CV, highlighting your education, experience, and skills;

Work with our engine and toolset for quest and dialog scripting, writing, data management, etc.

Carefully construct branching, interactive narratives with an economic approach to dialogue choice and consequence while centering the player experience;

Strong storytelling and character development abilities.

Experience in open world game storytelling is an asset.

Excellent organizational, communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills;

Work with a mix of technical and less technical stakeholders to establish requirements

Design, author, iterate on and maintain systems to meet all functional, technical, and schedule requirements

Experience with dynamic narrative, branching dialogue, interactive fiction a plus

Experience with Unreal Engine a plus

3+ years of professional C/C++ experience

Work with technical leadership and production on accurate scheduling