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Story Lead
2 years ago
PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play —it’s also the Best Place to Work. We’ve thrilled gamers since 1994, when we launched the original PlayStation. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment. The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.
Insomniac Games is searching for a talented Story Lead responsible for writing game narrative, including original treatments, stories, scripts and/or dialogue for assigned projects. This role provides a critical component of the studio’s mission to create games that have a positive and lasting impact on people’s lives by writing compelling stories and by modeling craft mastery and great collaboration.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
- Demonstrates craft mastery in both traditional dramatic writing and game-specific narrative considerations (interactivity, systemic thinking, integration of story and gameplay, etc.) and autonomously creates work that sets the quality bar.
- Helps drive the creative process in developing characters, plot, and key storytelling moments by working with the project directors and other production team members.
- Plans the structure of the player experience in collaboration with directors, designers, and animators.
- Develops episodic and nonlinear storylines.
- Engages with the community to author game stories that promote compelling player stories.
- Writes scripts for games with emphasis on complete description of scenes and characters (camera moves, facial expressions, sets, lighting, etc.)
- Writes scripts for real-time and cinematic sequences, and coordinates with various groups to get them implemented.
- Participates in or leads writer’s room sessions for brainstorming, story development, and narrative problem solving.
- Participates in strategy and decision-making as a member of the department’s leadership group.
- Finds opportunities for innovation and workflow improvements and effectively advocates for them.
- Works with department leadership to develop, refine, and document best practices.
- Regularly plays games in development and reviews scripts to provide feedback and help identify opportunities for craft development.
- Educates the production team through presentations and documents on storytelling practices that can be applied to other departments.
- Meets with team members to offer craft guidance, provide constructive feedback, and facilitate the team’s best work.
- Communicates proactively and anticipates production/scheduling issues. Works with PM to create achievable schedules and meets all production deadlines.
- Advocates for studio cultural values and fosters an environment of craft excellence, collaboration, and inclusion.
Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities, however, participates in determining approaches, developing new or enhanced technical tools, and mentoring less experienced members of the team.
Education and/or Experience:
- Seven to ten years of experience, or combination/equivalent of education and experience.
- Shipped a AAA game in a writer role preferred.
- Experience in a lead role preferred.
Other Skills:
- Expert knowledge of the principles of writing, performance, and design.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to present ideas clearly and work well within a large team environment.
- Experience with multiplayer narratives is preferred.
- Proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite, Final Draft and/or other screenwriting software. Photoshop and Illustrator a plus.
If this sounds like a good fit for your next career opportunity, please apply directly to the role by submitting your application below. We look forward to hearing from you.
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