Design, Write and Implement systemic and scripted story focused dialogue and text content throughout the game.

Lead the writing team in areas of narrative feedback, script creation, VO direction, and narrative design.

Help design the (non-linear) narrative systems in the game – e.g. chatter, character, conversation, mission and tutorial.

Collaborate with the team (Creative Director, Design Leads, Cinematic Director and Director of Art) on cinematics, world storytelling and setting.

Focuses the design on interactive storytelling by finding the strongest balance of player engagement (autonomy, competence, relatedness, volition) with player immersion. Constantly try to find ways to minimize “non-interactive” storytelling in our games (cut scenes etc.).

Ensures that the narrative quality of the product meets the project goals and exceeds defined competitive benchmarks in terms of writing, performance, implementation and features.

Integrate comments from editors, designers, and development team members into various revision drafts of material, working collaboratively as a member of a team. Edit dialogue for other shared writers as needed.

Drive the Design of “Action-Storytelling” throughout the game – using gameplay systems to present the story to the player (e.g. environment design, chatter systems, level design and collectables).

Collaborates with the Creative Director and Design Leads to ensure that the universe and narrative vision are coherent with the game design.

Collaborate with the audio / engineering team on implementation of story systems.

Edit other writer’s content as necessary – and provide feedback to facilitate improved efficiency in future.

Analyze competitive products and make recommendations to surpass them, or differentiate our design from them.

Works with both internal and external writers to ensure a consistent high quality bar in our narrative content.

Help organize written and VO content for localization efforts.

Participates in regular, hands-on interaction with Creative Director, Leads, Engineers and Level Designers to ensure that the concepts and content of the narrative meet design requirements.

Coordinates and liaises with all necessary departments to facilitate execution of the projects and materials in a professional and client-centric manner. This includes keeping the Producer and Leads appraised or the projects status.

B.A. degree preferred in English, Communications or similar major, or equivalent game writing experience.

A minimum of 5 years game writing and or design experience, including dialogue, characters, treatments, and cinematics.

Experience with “sandbox” or open world game design a plus.

Preferably shipped at least two titles.

Published Author a plus.

Passion for action and role playing games.

Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.

Ability to work well under pressure and with deadlines.

Knowledge of Non-Linear / Sandbox game Dialogue and Story Systems.

Superior writing ability including dialogue, major story beats, and cinematics.

High level of flexibility with regard to change in direction or rewrites.

Ability to work collaboratively with a team of writers and with a development team.

Understand techniques to elicit player emotion.

Strong research skills and extraordinary attention to detail.

Excellent knowledge of writing tools and script formatting (final draft or other script writing software, word, excel, various database solutions for content)

Familiarity with a variety of editors and scripting languages preferable.

Experience directing voice actors and rewriting lines on the fly a plus.

Passion for Action-Adventure games.

In-depth knowledge of industry trends in interactive storytelling.