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Story Lead
6 months ago
Your mission
We are Vertigo Games, developers and publishers of big hit VR titles like Arizona Sunshine, The 7th Guest and the highly anticipated Metro Awakening. Our Amsterdam studio is gearing up to start development for a big IP project and we are looking to recruit a Story Lead with strong writing skills, game development expertise, and exceptional creative leadership.
Are you looking for a studio that celebrates creativity and sets the bar in immersive entertainment? Then we should meet!
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Oversee all project writing, collaborate with internal and external talent to ensure consistency, quality, and IP compliance.
- Manage the status and accuracy of story assets, including scripts, character bios, world-building, and narrative arcs.
- Own casting and planning of recording sessions to ensure top talent and budget efficiency.
- Coordinate cross-discipline alignment for the planning and execution of performance/motion capture and voice action recordings.
- Lead an internal team of narrative designers, responsible for designing and implementing story assets in the game engine.
- Champion the story's implementation, driving collaboration across animation, game/artistic direction, and production.
Your profile
- Proven writing ability, from high level story shaping to screenplay and dialogue. Both solo and in collaboration with external writers and within IP lore.
- Experienced in planning for and executing performance capture/voice recording, and is comfortable in offering feedback to actors.
- Strong English communication and organizational skills tested by working across discipline in a team of 50+ people.
- 2-3 years’ experience in a leadership role on a successful narrative driven console action-adventure title.
Bonus points for
- Hands on knowledge of implementing story content in the Unreal Engine – familiarity with managing animation and audio data and hooking it up using the sequencer and blueprints.
- Good understanding of the challenges and opportunities of writing for VR.
We offer
- A company culture that values a healthy work-life balance.
- A hybrid working model with two office days per week.
- Income tax reduction for eligible expats.
- Relocation cost compensation depending on your situation.
- 26 standard vacation days with an option to buy 5 more.
- Free train commuting to and from the office.
- Free pension plan.
- A healthy lunch in our canteen.
- Group activities and an annual VR game jam.
- Thursday afternoon drinks.
- The latest VR hardware and titles which you can borrow and take home.
- Whilst working from home we provide all the relevant hardware, budget for a desk and chair and a contribution toward your energy costs.
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