Narrative Designer - EA SPORTS™ UFC

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment – connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.

The EA SPORTS UFC franchise offers the electrifying spectacle and entertainment of MMA for over 20 million players across the globe. It delivers fluid and responsive mixed martial arts through inventive gameplay technology.

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, the EA SPORTS UFC team is on a mission to become the world's greatest fighting game. If you're passionate about building immersive digital entertainment, this is the role of a lifetime.

If you're passionate about your craft, this is a role of a lifetime.

About the Role:

We are seeking a talented Narrative Designer to join our team, dedicated to creating, implementing, and refining groundbreaking story-driven experiences. As a vital contributor to our game's narrative execution, the Narrative Designer will work in close collaboration with the Design team, artists, and engineers to ensure the seamless integration of the story into the game.

What you'll do:

• Help develop compelling, engaging, and immersive dialogue and narrative system experiences.
• Work with the Mode designer and Creative Director to determine dialogue events, rules and provide supplemental writing for the game's characters and narrative choices.
• Implement in-game dialogue and conversation using in-house narrative tools.
• Writing and revising in-game dialogue and player-facing text.
• Generate compelling dialogue and story ideas for non-linear narratives.

You will have:

• You have a passion for game narrative, writing and interactive storytelling.
• You've gained demonstrable experience as a narrative designer or game writer.
• You possess strong writing, organizational, and technical skills.
• In-depth understanding of narrative structure and what makes an emotional impact to players.
• Experience with game scripting systems or equivalent.
• Ability to write, communicate and maintain design documentation.
• Familiarity with branching dialogue and interaction mechanics.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Ability to articulate feedback and apply notes from multiple sources.
• Knowledge of narrative and script writing tools a plus, but not required
• Proven experience working within the gaming industry