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Game Narrative Designer (Pirates)

Responsibilities:

1. Oversee story development (casual mobile game) targeted to American female audience. Worldbuilding, including characters, lore, and settings, according to player feedback and direction from designers.

2. Create characters using storytelling skills to describe their personalities, backgrounds, and connections to other characters. Also play a part in designing their appearance.

3. Write scenarios to be developed into animations and actual gameplay based on requirements communicated by design team.

4. Write story scripts that describe characters’ behavior and speech to provide designers with a proposed real-time account of game narrative.

5. Prepare detailed textual and photographic descriptions of settings and locations to be used for game levels.

6. Communicate with design team regularly to clarify ongoing story requirements. Alter plot, character, action, and dialogue to fit rapidly changing requirements.

7. Assist in designing the image of the main buildings in the game.

8. Assist in designing the music and sound effects in the game.

Requirements:

1. Writing portfolio or draft of novel, novella, screenplay, teleplay, stage play, visual novel, graphic novel, or other narrative-driven work. Any published works are a plus.

2. Extensive understanding of American pop culture with particular regard for TV & film dramas consumed by American women.

3. Rich imagination, strong storytelling ability, good knowledge of traditional culture, and sensitivity to popular culture, particularly as observed, created, and enjoyed by Western women.

4. Diligent, dedicated, and willing to continually communicate with design team to clarify changing story requirements.

5. Must enjoy and be familiar with casual, "family fun" style games, and games played by women.

Experience as a screenwriter or game narrative designer preferred.

English natives and candidates who have lived in an English-speaking country for 10+ years are preferred.

Position is for on-site only (Shanghai)

Work visa is provided