Senior Narrative Designer Jobs

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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.

Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills, comfortable communicating directly with senior executives

Proven project management and multi-tasking skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects at once

Actively sharing knowledge and experience to enhance the development of all team members

Familiarity in content management systems, web and social platforms

Digital native – will bring new ideas about how we can employ digital to enhance the employee experience

Remote-friendly work environment will provide you with the flexibility to perform at your best.

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;

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

3+ Years of industry experience;

Experience crafting story in session-based games or games with strong procedural elements;

Experience with Unreal Editor and third person action games;

Enthusiasm to work cross-discipline to bring an experience to life;

Work with the Creative Director and an interdisciplinary writers’ room to establish and expand the lore and tone of the game;

Work with interdisciplinary teams throughout development to find creative ways for the narrative to bleed through;

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

Provide feedback and guidance on how to best manage and integrate narrative content (speech, text) in the systems.

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

Design, document, and implement interactive narrative systems to achieve the projects’ storytelling goals in Campaign and Multiplayer modes.

Collaborate with game designers, animators, and engineers to execute on narrative goals through gameplay systems and dialogue/cinematics tools.

Work closely with campaign, art, and level design teams to drive environmental storytelling and narrative goals throughout the game.

Experience on at least one shipped narrative-driven title as a narrative designer/game writer ;

Thorough knowledge of the narrative toolset of the video game medium.

Experience implementing conversations and text pieces into a game engine.

Experience of open-world narrative design and branching dialogue ;

Conceive scenarios, missions, and objectives that are tied to larger story goals ;

Own the function and presentation of in-game narrative content ;

3+ Years of industry experience;

Experience crafting story in session-based games or games with strong procedural elements;

Experience with Unreal Editor and third person action games;

Enthusiasm to work cross-discipline to bring an experience to life;

Work with the Creative Director and an interdisciplinary writers’ room to establish and expand the lore and tone of the game;

Work with interdisciplinary teams throughout development to find creative ways for the narrative to bleed through;

Knowledge of construction scopes and activities, scheduling, project management, and contract

Minimum 5 years of professional experience in a similar Senior Designer role

Excellent computer skills: MS Office and design software

Working knowledge of Building Codes (primarily BC, and Alberta) and their interpretations is required

Excellent knowledge of REVIT is required

Earn a competitive salary plus full benefits