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Senior Narrative Designer

Bungie is looking for Narrative Designers to help expand the Destiny universe. We need a scribe to work with various design disciplines to bring the Destiny experience to life through mission dialogue, cinematics, and other story-telling channels.

You’ll be called upon to work closely with numerous teams across the studio to apply prose fiction, naming conventions, UI strings, and dialogue for various design features. A special focus of this position will be close collaboration with activity and narrative designers to drive the narrative for a release. The ideal candidate should feel comfortable working inside an established tone and style and be able to take direction while bringing to bear their own creative talents.

With a focus on teamwork and cross-discipline collaboration, this is a great opportunity to work with a talented team of storytellers to deliver compelling narratives in the Destiny universe.

During these uncertain times and rapidly changing environment surrounding COVID-19, all positions at Bungie are subject to onboarding and working virtually/remotely. Once the studio is fully reopened, most work is expected to be performed in-person at our main headquarters in Bellevue, Washington.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Aid in the development of Narrative Design documentation that guides the creation of content, including the collaborative development of interesting stories that can be compellingly represented and experienced in the game based on project goals.
• Build, and execute on the vision for the narrative experience of a seasonal release
• Create captivating activity dialogue and cinematic content that remain on tone with the established style of the franchise and the product
• Contribute in the creation of multifaceted stories and three-dimensional characters with strong motivations and well-defined dramatic arcs
• Collaborate with designers to provide fiction/writing support to new features and other design requests
• Collaborate with and inspire the development team to deliver on story goals
• Partner with Narrative leadership as well as designers and artists to bring compelling, world-expanding fiction to the gameplay experience
• Generate and maintain story treatments, character bios, environment guides, casting documents, and other supporting narrative documentation
• Prepare reference materials and scripts for recording sessions
• Iterate and modify work based on direction from both Project and Narrative Leadership
• Identify opportunities and push new avenues for the storytelling experience
• Mentors other Narrative Designers and leads by example, both in content generation and professionalism
• Ensure that the Narrative team deliverables are completed in accordance with challenging deadlines and production realities
• Use proprietary content creation tools to implement voiced and non-voiced dialogue and UI text.
• Support an imaginative and fun work environment
• Promote healthy workflows and solicit support for improvements

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Experience in game narrative design and writing, with a preference for AAA or MMO titles
• Ability to iterate and react to feedback in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment
• Ability to assess and emulate the tone, themes, and character voices of Destiny
• Practical and philosophical knowledge about dramatic storytelling for the spoken word, with demonstrated skills and work in screenplay format
• Strong game and prose writing abilities
• A strong interest for and knowledge of narrative in games and other interactive experiences
• Comfortable working with proprietary toolsets
• Exemplary interpersonal and verbal communication skills
• Must be able to take direction well, yet own and drive tasks
• Exceptional team player with the ability to collaborate towards achieving product goals
• Experience working on a live game ("games as a service")