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Narrative Designer
3 years ago
As a leading mobile games developer, Jam City is looking to “level up” our talent. We’re on the hunt for innovators who consider themselves dynamic, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
PERKS & BENEFITS
Unlimited Vacation, Paid Sick Days & Holidays
100% Employee Covered Medical, Dental, Vision Plan Base Plan
Life Insurance, 401k, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Benefits & More
Catered Lunches & Well-stocked Kitchens
Yoga & Wellness Activities
Happy Hours
Company Events
Dog Friendly
We are looking for an experienced Narrative Designer to bring their expert writing and content design skills to an unannounced mobile game featuring one of the most well-known IPs in the world. You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with top industry talent and take ownership in the narrative process from initial concept to final product. If you’re a storytelling specialist with implementation chops looking for a role that offers fun creative challenges, we want to hear from you.
**Qualified applicants will be expected to complete a Narrative Design/Writing test.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design engaging experiences focused around exploration, crafting, and discovery in the world of a top brand.
- Implement content using proprietary tools and Unity.
- Drive and communicate the vision of the game’s Lead Designer verbally and in writing, across internal departments and with external partners.
- Proactively steer brainstorming sessions by pitching ideas for on-brand story arcs and quests within limited art and design scope.
- Write quest descriptions, character-driven dialogue, and ancillary copy from initial concept to final product.
- Work directly with Product, Design, Production, Art, and Animation to coordinate all facets of Narrative with F2P mobile business goals.
- Be an advocate for the world of our brand and evangelize its core elements across the team.
- Iterate with high accuracy addressing feedback and incorporating revisions from internal teams and external partners.
- Deliver quality content on time in a fast paced development environment.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years Narrative Design and Game Writing experience, or equivalent.
- Experience designing nonlinear quest structures and events.
- Experience scripting dialogue for large casts of original characters.
- Experience creating modular and branching quests with conditional dialogue.
- Ability to efficiently juggle multiple responsibilities without compromising creative quality.
- Ability to self-prioritize assignments in a rapidly shifting, fast-paced creative environment.
- Exceptional proofreading and copyediting skills.
- Outstanding written and interpersonal communication skills.
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience working on games with crafting and exploration at their core.
- Unity experience.
- Experience writing for major brands.
- Serialized storytelling and screenwriting experience.
- Experience working on Live Services.
- Ability to script in C#, LUA, or similar languages.
- Knowledge of F2P mobile game design pipelines and current market trends.
- A general enjoyment of Tend and Befriend and/or Comfy game genres.
- Interest in pen & paper fantasy\adventure games
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
We believe in creating games that unite people across the world and that showcase our commitment to providing an environment that is both inclusive and diverse for our players and employees. We strive to create a workforce that is reflective of our global player community as we know that we are stronger and better when we play together. To help promote an inclusive culture, we celebrate the visible and invisible diversity of our Jam Citizens through initiatives including Employee Resource Groups, cultural events, trainings, speaker series, and more.
Jam City is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, religion, ethnicity, marital, or domestic partnerships status, disability, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, veteran status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws. Our management is committed to following this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruiting, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.
ABOUT JAM CITY
Jam City is an award-winning mobile entertainment studio providing unique and deeply engaging games that appeal to a broad, global audience.
Led by CEO Chris DeWolfe, former MySpace co-founder and CEO, and COO Josh Yguado, former 20th Century Fox executive, Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest-grossing and most enduring mobile games. Jam City’s global franchise Cookie Jam has generated more than half a billion dollars, and Panda Pop has more than 120 million downloads to date.
The company also is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands. The company’s popular RPG game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was the #1 game in more than 40 countries at its launch in April 2018.
Jam City has nine studios located in Los Angeles (HQ), Berlin, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Burbank, Cedar Falls, San Diego, San Francisco, and Toronto.
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