Senior Technical Narrative Designer

Take-Two Interactive Software

308d • Remote

About The Position

Ghost Story Games is a self-publishing game development studio. We are currently working on our next project and would love for you to be part of our team. Ghost Story Games is on the search for a Senior Technical Narrative Designer to join the Narrative Team to bring our stories and characters to life. Take your passion for narrative first-person shooters and help our teams turn ideas into fun, challenging and cohesive experiences. Your experience working through the full life cycle of a multi-platform game will take you to the next level.

Requirements

• 5+ years of development experience in the game industry with recent hands-on implementation experience.
• Strong understanding of timing and pacing of narrative beats.
• Contributed to at least one shipped title recognized for its strong narrative and/or mission design.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
• Excellent visual scripting or programming skills.
• Have worked on projects throughout the entire production cycle, from conception through shipping.
• Passion for narrative first-person shooters.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to work within a scale and deliver effectively to deadlines.
• Ability to receive feedback and not only it but learn from it.
• Ability to work independently to diagnose and solve problems.
• Experience with task/bug-tracking software and pipelines.
• Experience with Perforce or similar version control software.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the rules and conditions for triggering narrative content.
• Design, implement, and maintain scripted events, quests, and other narrative content.
• Participate in narrative design meetings and provide feedback on the overall narrative design of the game.
• Use Unreal 4 and Blueprint scripting to implement quests and narrative content.
• Work closely with the Narrative team and other departments to bring the project's story and characters to life.
• Work across departments to turn deliverables into a fun, cohesive experience.
• Write and maintain design documentation.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Publishing Industries