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Narrative Designer

The narrative team is highly collaborative, and we are looking for a Narrative Designer with a penchant for world building, design, and environmental storytelling. You will be the owner of franchise continuity and in-world lore and a key bridge narrative and many other departments, particularly art and level design. Skill and enthusiasm for the in-depth research needed to build a grounded, believable sci-fi game world, and the ability to summarize findings clearly both in writing and verbally are a must.

In your cover letter, please highlight the professional experiences that make you a good fit for the position.

Additionally, please provide three writing samples, combined into one pdf. One sample should exhibit the clear concise writing style required for the aforementioned world building reference material. The other two samples should exhibit more stylistic pieces, for example a collection of environmental texts from a game you have worked on. Samples should not exceed five pages. Due to the large volume of applications, we will not review anything longer.

Qualified applicants will be asked to complete a Narrative Design test.

Responsibilities

• Design. You will take an active role in the development the game’s narrative design, in close collaboration with the game team. This will include concepting, implementing, and iterating.
• Write. Your main writing focus will be on world building, ie franchise continuity and reference material. You will be responsible for maintaining a world lore wiki (history, science, etc) and communicating across departments to ensure the cohesion and continuity of the game world. In-game, your writing focus would be environmental, requiring the ability to switch between styles, tones, and genres as required.
• Collaborate. Cross-departmental communication will be key to this role, requiring adept communication skills, a spot-on sense of tone and creative vision, adaptability, an understanding of the relationship between gameplay and story, and ability to give and take clear and constructive feedback.

Requirements:

• 3+ years experience in a Narrative Design position
• At least 1 professionally shipped titles
• Noteable writing, proofreading, and copyediting skills (American English)
• Outstanding communication skills (English)
• Team player, skilled at cross-departmental communication
• Knowledge surrounding video games and storytelling
• Proactive, organized
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback, and to iterate on your work
• Experience with CRYENGINE, or another game engine

Plusses

• Scripting knowledge Python and/or C++)
• Familiarity with Excel, JIRA, Word, Teams
• Familiarity with localization pipelines

Work-life balance is not just a hollow term for us. At Crytek, we offer you the option to either work from home or in our studio.

Your professional development is important to us, so we have laid out a career plan to help you progress towards your goals and objectives.

To help you get settled, we provide you with a fully furnished company apartment during your first three months in Frankfurt.*

We offer a relocation budget and full coverage of flights to Frankfurt for you and your family.

You can expect extensive assistance with visa, work permits, and communication with authorities during the relocation process, as well as help settling into Germany (e.g. setting up appointments with banks, government agencies, schools, landlords, finding apartments etc.).*

Discover Frankfurt by bus, tram and metro – free of charge.*

A healthy body is a healthy mind. We offer a membership at the premium gym chain Fitness First in Germany. Work out, join group fitness classes, or relax in the wellness facilities.

We truly embody diversity at Crytek. With employees from over 42 different countries, we define ourselves by our cultural diversity.

Understanding the local culture will make your stay abroad more enjoyable, and Crytek supports that by offering German language courses for you and your family.

At our Frankfurt office you can enjoy 24 days of vacation per year, and every 2 years you get 1 more (up to a maximum of 28 days). You will also have on average 10 public holidays on top of the days you take off. If you are working from another country, local standards apply.

*only applicable to employees in Frankfurt.