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Game Writer [Anno] (f/m/d)

Job Description

Anno is a critically acclaimed and award-winning franchise, offering a rich city-building experience and providing players ample opportunity to create huge metropolises, plan efficient logistics networks, explore and settle new lands, and to face their opponents in diplomacy, warfare and trade.

As a Game Writer on Anno, you will work on the game’s systemic and narrative text and join an accomplished and talented team of writers and narrative designers. We move into an era of increasing care for the richness and integrity of the worlds we present - This role will play an important part in shaping that future.

What you will do:

• Write in-game-text and dialogue following form and content
• Support the conception of narrative concepts (e.g. quests)
• Create NPC characters as well as the subsequent text and audio messages
• Create additional game text such as tooltips, in-game descriptions and menus, marketing proposals, and other technical writing.
• Work with internal tools to manage text creation, localization, and version control
• Support for voice recordings
• Close collaborations with all other departments

Qualifications

What you bring:

• Excellent written and verbal skills in English. German is a plus.
• Initial experience as a game writer, editor, screenwriter, or creative writer
• High level of general education and a preference for historical topics
• Strong ability to work in a structured environment with digital text management tools is beneficial
• Familiarity with game production pipelines and common scheduling, task, and issue tracking tools (such as Perforce, Jira, etc.)
• Ability to apply critical thinking and analytical skills to resolve complex issues is mandatory
• Team-player with a positive attitude and a superior motivation to create high quality content

What to send our way:

• Your CV, highlighting your education, experience, and skills
• A cover letter including your earliest starting date, expected salary, and why you would like to join us
  
  Please also provide us with samples of your creative writing / previous work (attach files or send us a link to your online portfolio)

Additional Information

Your benefits:

• Relocation Support: We offer financial support in form of a cash allowance and assistance with accommodation search and settle-in support via our relocation partner, for international candidates we offer visa assistance.
• 26 days paid vacation per year. Additionally, you will get half a day off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve and approximately 11 bank holidays in the Mainz region.
• Flexible Working Hours: We have core working times between 10:00 AM – 04:00 PM and the distribution of the other hours is up to you.
• Opportunities for growth on your desired career path: Leadership training, workshops, guest speakers from the industry, online Ubisoft learning platform, coaches, Experts and library.
• Company Pension Scheme. We offer an attractive scheme through salary sacrificing in which the employer also matches contributions
• Up to 350€ childcare support per child per month. In addition, we also offer 5 ‘care for ill children days’ per child per year.
• Discounted Games. We regularly order Ubisoft Games for super cheap prices for our employees.
• Gym Subsidy. We contribute 50% (up to a maximum amount of 25€) towards the monthly cost of a gym membership of your choice.
• Monthly Mobility Budget. 80€ per month that can be used on bicycle lease, parking spot rental or public transportation ticket.
• Our Ubisoft Blue Byte Academy offers multiple opportunities for you to discover your full potential and develop yourself in various areas.
• English and German classes for free. Main language in the studio is English.
• Free fresh Fruit, Coffee, Tea and Water. Enjoy fresh fruit and beverages in our office.

We offer a highly motivating challenge for team players interested in showing personal initiative in an innovative and international company. If you are passionate about video games and would like to join an industry leader - please apply via our career portal.

For further information, please check https://mainz.ubisoft.com/en/

Company Description

About Ubisoft Mainz

The teams at Ubisoft Mainz are engineering some of Ubisoft’s biggest blockbusters. Operating from a historic city in the heart of Germany, the studio develops games pushing the limits of the genre like the acclaimed Anno 1800 and lends decades of expertise to AAA co-development projects like Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege and the upcoming Beyond Good And Evil 2. More information at mainz.ubisoft.com.