Narrative And Interaction Designer Jobs

Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients

Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

Experience a community of change makers!

Help us ideate, prototype, implement, and polish innovative story-based experiences.

Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands

Solve complex problems – and learn

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

- A degree or certification in Design (interaction/product/industrial/visual design) or Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or related/equivalent experience

What program/technology/software knowledge is essential for this role?

- Experience in integrating user research into product designs and design practices

You’ll be comfortable within agile team environments and an iterative process, you’ll collaborate with interdisciplinary team

• Design artifacts of high complexity to communicate task flows,

touchpoints, behaviours, and the exchange of information

- Post-secondary education in Interaction Design or a similar program

- Minimum 8 years experience developing interactive media from concept through production

- Ability to develop and articulate a clear design rationale

- Proficiency in sketching with pens, pencils or pixels

- Ability to visually communicate complex topics

- Proficiency with MacOS and related software

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

Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand requirements, and provide creative, thoughtful solutions.

Integrate user feedback and business requirements into ongoing product experience updates.

Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

4 years of experience in product design or UX.

Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

2 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.

4-7 years User Interaction designer experience

Strong communication, collaboration and influence skills

Experience using data/analytics to make and iterate on design decisions

Experience building platforms or reusable components

Interaction User Designer - Figma – Mandatory Skills

Interaction User Designer - Figma - Preferred Skills

A minimum of 5 years of experience in designing usable interfaces across multiple channels and platforms

Experience in an applied research setting including experience integrating user research into product designs and design practices

Demonstrated ability to articulate design strategy, rational and logic; describing benefits and highlighting risks associated with design decisions

Experience working within a large organization and within an agile environment

Understand user interface patterns and behaviours, and use that understanding to drive user comprehension, and improve task performance

Use visualizations and interactions to support analytic thinking with large data sets

8+ years’ experience in user experience, interaction design, or similar

Experience designing for business software, web and mobile technology

Experience working on business-to-business solutions is preferred

Experience in a corporate environment is preferred

Employer Paid Flexible Health Coverage (from day one)

Employee Purchase Program – discounts!

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;

Technical proficiency with Unity as a game designer (programming skills not required)

Work with the Design and Art teams to create the story, characters, and key arcs

Write Narrative Synopsis, Character Bios, and Major Story Beats

Write the majority of quests and dialog

Support localization efforts to make sure our stories read well across the world

Integrate quests, dialog, and other in-game events using our scripting system

Skill managing tone and style for a consistent user experience

Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience

Knowledge of Game Theory and Game Design

Fluent English and good communication skills

Experience working with Art and Programming departments

Experience creating smooth narrative introductions for simulators and game tutorials