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Lead Narrative Designer

We’re on the lookout for a talented and driven Lead Narrative Designer to come and play a part in our mission to create the best mobile game experiences. You will be responsible for weaving narrative across the entire game, and will be expected to have an impact on all areas of the game design.

It’s an incredibly exciting time here at Space Ape Games. We have projects at all stages of the development cycle, along with a fast paced environment that promotes genuine autonomy. Our exciting new music game, Beatstar is in soft launch and we are also working on a new multiplayer game set in the Boom Beach universe. Check out our artstation to get a glimpse of the other genres we’ve been working on.

Responsibilities

• Deep understanding of what makes a great interactive story
• Strong knowledge of the narrative design process and an ability to communicate the value and impact of engaging story to others
• You are excellent at identifying opportunities to weave narrative into every facet of the game experience
• Experienced at creating a narrative vision and style guide for games and can rally a team around the direction
• Ability to create and facilitate ideation sessions that align others around the story direction and delivery
• You know what it takes to build a compelling game world and story, including character design
• Strong writing skills, you are able to create and edit compelling content
• Skilled at communicating your thoughts and designs to the wider team
• You can critique other ideas or designs, and reflect on your own
• You're able to identify what's needed to transform something from good to great!

Requirements

• Passionate mobile gamer
• Experienced in owning the narrative design of a mobile game
• Casual / puzzle design knowledge and experience
• Full development cycle experience in a narrative or game design role, from pitching & prototyping, to launch and beyond
• Have managed writers or have experience outsourcing

Why Space Ape is right for you

• Be a part of one of several small empowered teams who inspire and challenge one another in the pursuit of our mission
• Autonomy to make your own impact with the support to help it happen
• Designated ‘Ape Space’ creative time where you are free to work on game concepts and ideas away from your day to day
• The freedom to further your skill set the way you want with a generous training budget
• An award winning studio that in 2017, 2018, 2019, & 2020 was crowned one of the best companies to work for in the UK by gamesindustry.biz.
• Help run and create games which bring joy to millions of players all over the world
• 4.7/5.0 Glassdoor rating - Check out our reviews
• Entered a long-term strategic partnership with Supercell in 2017
• Competitive salary & stock options

About Space Ape

At Space Ape we pride ourselves on our passion and the trust we place in our people. We look for passionate, productive, team players who are relentless in their pursuit of our mission. There’s no bureaucracy here, we just get things done. Space Ape’s mission is to make the highest quality and most successful mobile games in the world. Founded in 2012 we’ve since launched four games that have been installed by over 100 million people and generated over $250m revenue.

We are part of the Supercell family, giving access to some of the most talented game makers on the planet.

Our studio is currently 110 strong and built around the belief that small empowered teams make the best games. This philosophy enables us to innovate, move faster and have the creative ownership required to make the greatest games on mobile.

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