Narrative Designer | Canada | Europe | Fully Remote at Escape Velocity Entertainment Inc #vacancy #remote

What We Are Looking For:

We are currently looking for a Narrative Designer to join us to work within the narrative team to craft best-in-class game story experiences, develop excellent informative and creative writing, and collaborate with our Art, Design and Engineering team to meaningfully tie the narrative and technical aspects of our current project together.

Requirements

What We Will Do Together:

  • Work with the Narrative/Fiction team to maintain and iterate upon the game’s fiction in conjunction with its mechanics, events.
  • Implement text and dialogue changes in Unreal Engine.
  • Iterate and coordinate the implementation of seasonal events and larger connected narrative events throughout a play season.
  • Write and implement in-game instructions, tooltips, and character documentation.
  • Collaborate across disciplines to maintain and iterate upon the narrative and dialogue for the game-both in-game lines and iterating upon cinematic scripts-to adhere to and/or adapt to project scope, and stakeholder feedback, and to gel with existing design frameworks.
  • Maintain documentation and ensure backstories, personalities, vocabulary, and tones are consistent with the project’s narrative vision.
  • Writing and revising in-game dialogue and player-facing text.
  • Knowledge of narrative and scriptwriting tools (Fade In, Final Draft, Trelby, Ink, Twine, Articy:Draft etc.) a plus, but not required.

What You Will Bring:

  • You have experience working proficiently in Unreal Engine.
  • You have a passion for game narrative, writing and world building.
  • You’ve gained demonstrable experience as a narrative designer or game writer.
  • You possess strong writing, organizational, and technical skills.
  • You have a desire to grow and improve, not only as a writer but also as a game developer.
  • You hold a bachelor’s degree (or have equivalent experience) in Game Design, Creative Writing, English, or other related discipline.
  • Proven experience working within the gaming industry.

Benefits

Interested? Learn about Escape Velocity Entertainment:

Escape Velocity Entertainment is a studio of passionate, talented developers working to create a fantastic new project while offering excellent benefits. But that doesn’t make us unique. What does make us special? We value the time, energy, and talent of our players and our colleagues. We want every hour spent developing and playing our games to be an incredibly rewarding and worthwhile use of your time. To that end, we are fully remote and support team members nearly anywhere in the world. We prioritize honesty, even when that means sharing bad news. We strive to give everyone autonomy so they can determine how best to work and play, and we care more about what you bring to the game and studio than how many hours you’re clocking. We believe in constant improvement across all areas-from the game itself to our production design-and are constantly evaluating how we can best utilize our combined strengths. Finally (and perhaps most importantly) we’re dedicated to building a culture of play, which not only makes us better game makers, but also strengthens the bonds between us all.

How to apply:

Click apply and complete an application along with a resume/cover letter. If we would like to move forward with your application, a member of the Recruiting Team will reach out to you and guide you through our process.

Escape Velocity Entertainment is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities.

Applications will be considered regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.

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