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Associate Writer

Pixelberry Studios is a top mobile games developer, creating fun and engaging games with heart for over nine years. We’re a division of Nexon, one of the Top 10 largest gaming companies in the world. Our studio is 3-for-3 launching games into the App Store's Top 25 Grossing chart. Our market-leading, award-winning mobile game, Choices: Stories You Play, broke into the Top 5 in the App Store. Our vision for success is based around innovative game design, diversity, and putting our players first!

We've seen firsthand the positive impact that games can make. Because of that, we leverage our commercial success to make a real difference: we have partnered with numerous non-profits, saved actual lives with our games, and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities. Players love our games’ focus on racial, gender, sexual, and identity diversity while holding us accountable when they expect more.

Some of us at Pixelberry have worked together for over 10 years through multiple companies. As a result, we strive to create long-term relationships that help sustain our success. We continue to add new individuals who aren’t just searching for another stepping stone but a place to put down roots and actively make a difference. We love what we do and are looking for passionate, like-minded people who want to grow, learn, and make a difference together.

SUMMARY OF POSITION

Pixelberry Studios is looking for an Associate Writer to brainstorm, create, and edit scripts for our hit mobile game Choices: Stories You Play. Pixelberry is the leading interactive fiction game studio on mobile, and this Associate Writer will help us ensure the level of high-quality storytelling our players expect, by contributing ideas and their writing talents to assist Senior Writers in creating storylines. Pixelberry aims to deliver narrative experiences on par with the best novels, so we’re looking for writers who can meet and exceed that level of excellence.

You will be working as a writer for the best team in the business. We're looking for someone with a background in fiction writing, experience matching character voices, concepting storylines, and general editorial skills. You'll work closely with our Senior Writers to make stories that are fun, engaging, and well-crafted. You will provide support for your Senior Writer partner, writing scenes, offering suggestions for story and art, and giving edits on other writers' work. This position also requires learning the basics of Choices' specific coding system.

Our ideal candidate has a passion for writing and reading interactive fiction. They are creatively-driven and extremely detail-oriented, with a good grasp of what's popular in current media and literature within our target demographic. They have a deep understanding of language and writing, both in the technical and creative spheres. They can work on a schedule with regular deadlines and balance multiple tasks at once. They have experience receiving and implementing critique and feedback, and are open to learning the craft from writers with years of experience in narrative games. Finally, they are able to work well with a team, garnering a positive work environment with their fellow writers and other members of our production team.

This is a contract-to-hire position that requires at least 40 hours per week. It can be done remote or in-person, once the office reopens. Pay rate is competitive, depending on experience, and hourly with the option of paid overtime.

Our headquarters is in Mountain View, CA but we can accommodate a remote work environment for a candidate from the following states: CA, OR, TX, WA, and NV.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in brainstorms
• capable of competent scene work
• capable of implementing senior staff's changes
• Capable of basic editorial functions (copy editing.)
• Meeting or exceeding deadlines
• Solid writing and editing skills

REQUIREMENTS

Experience meeting deadlines, knowledge and understanding of the English language and creative writing, a decent sense of current trends in media and entertainment, a willingness to learn, experience receiving notes and critique.

BENEFITS & PERKS

• Competitive salary
• High level of autonomy and freedom
• Rich & flexible health, disability, and employee assistance offerings to meet the needs of a diverse workforce
• 401(K) with matching program
• Paid Year-End Break
• Relaxed office environment with free food and snacks and WFH Tuesdays and Thursdays (pre-COVID)
• Virtual escape rooms, video game nights, trivia parties, and other team-building activities throughout the year!

HOW THIS JOB IS DIFFERENT

• Learn about the business side of mobile games. Our team is very good at what we do.
• Good work/life balance. We are family-friendly and look at things in the long term.
• That warm fuzzy feeling that you’re not just making a difference at a company, but in the lives of people all over the world.

Pixelberry Studios values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, Black/BIPOC, LGBT individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. Pixelberry is also an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.