Narrative Systems Designer

Elsewhere Entertainment is looking for a Senior Game Designer to join the development of a new IP.

Feed your creativity while collaborating with our team of highly-skilled developers to build something innovative, exhilarating, and expansively entertaining !

As a member of the technical design department, you’ll support the narrative , cinematics , and audio team s in designing gameplay systems and by programming technical tools to enable the narrative experience in the game .

As a member of the project, you’ll help take the studio and our game from great to even better—with a focus on inclusivity, mutual respect (for ourselves and our players), thoughtfulness, empathy, professionalism, and collaboration.

If you’re a passionate technical designer and a positive, respectful collaborator who enjoys cross-department communication and creative problem-solving as a part of your workflow, we’d love to talk to you!

You’ll help us by …

• D evelop ing a new intellectual property’s foundational systems

• Collaborat ing with the narrative , technical, gameplay, audio, and art teams in creating the game’s narrative and cinematic systems

• Helping to create and improve the game's proprietary narrative , cinematics , and related audio tool s

• Ensur ing all tasks are completed according to given specifications and deadlines

• Perform ing any additional systems and technical responsibilities as assigned by Design Leadership

You ’re awesome because you have …

• 3 + years experience as a professional Technical Designer with focus in Narrative and/or related Systems (or some combination of applicable training and experience)

• Demonstrable and strong skills as a designer and programmer

• The a bility to collaborate and thrive as part of a creative team

• C reativity in problem solving and a positive, respectful team-first attitude

• Organization methods and the capab ility to meet deadlines

• A habit of r egularly p lay ing and understand ing modern video games

Bonus points for …

• Experience with writing for AAA games

• One or more shipped titles

• Interest in game narratives and the art of storytelling in games

• Cross-over skills from other departments (UI, etc )

• Enjoy ment of playing a variety of video game genres and titles

Not sure you meet all qualifications ? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.