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Narrative Designer
3 years ago
Are you a resourceful and creative Designer who flourishes in a teamwork-driven environment?
If so, our Narrative Designer role might be the perfect fit for you!
Relic Entertainment is a wholly owned studio of SEGA. We are an award-winning developer of genre-defining games like Homeworld, Dawn of War, Company of Heroes, and Age of Empires. We have delivered rich, thoughtful strategy games throughout our history and our vision is to continue making games that people love to play.
We have a full-time opportunity for a Narrative Designer to join our studio in beautiful Vancouver.
As a Narrative Designer, you will…
- Partner with the Narrative Design lead to craft a rich and authentic narrative framework and tone guidelines for the entire game
- Collaborate with mission designers to develop and implement compelling gameplay-driven scenarios
- Together with programmers and system designers, develop features that deliver high quality and compelling narrative
- Write dialogue and partner with Speech Designers to record and implement dialogue
- Inspire and be inspired by artists to develop memorable and authentic characters and locations
- Become familiar with the engine and tools we use to build Relic games so you can implement and bug-fix narrative content, as well as tune pacing
You are a great fit if you…
- Have shipped at least one AAA title
- Have experience that gives you an understanding of the breadth of work involved in narrative design and writing for games
- See the story potential in numbers and mechanics
- Understand the value of seeking out feedback
- Possess imagination, curiosity, a love of learning, and an appreciation of detail
- Understand and enjoy RTS games and mechanics
- Have a desire to grow and learn with us
It’s a bonus if you have…
- Experience developing narrative for an RTS game
- Studied writing or screenwriting
Are you game? We’d like to hear from you!
Please apply through our careers page (www.relic.com) and we will be in touch shortly to let you know about next steps.
This is Relic
We have a culture of kindness, transparency, and play. There is a lot of heart and passion at this studio – we get to work on projects we’re proud of and we work hard to be the best at what we do. We are curious, we strive for excellence, we build on each other’s ideas, and we celebrate each other’s great work. Relicans organize movie nights, game tournaments, life drawing, community and charity events, and more. Basically, we believe that good work starts with a community you’re excited to spend your day with, both in and out of the studio.
Relic benefits include an extended benefits package, RRSP/DPSP matching program (subject to eligibility requirements), local discounts to gyms and restaurants in the area, and regular studio and community events. For designated roles, relocation and immigration assistance may be available.
You will also become part of the SEGA family (in addition to Relic, this includes Creative Assembly, Sports Interactive, HARDlight Studio, and Amplitude Studios), which gives us access to the resources to enable us to build on our legacy of innovation.
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