Senior Writer

Beamdog

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About The Position

Beamdog is seeking a Senior Writer to create engaging characters, dialogue, and stories for its games. The writer will work closely with creative leadership and other disciplines, contributing narrative ideas and expertise while building on each project’s established voice, themes, and creative direction. This hands-on role combines original writing, editing, and narrative implementation, with an emphasis on high-quality content that supports gameplay and production needs.

The position can be performed remotely within Canada, in a hybrid arrangement, or onsite. Beamdog strongly prefers candidates based in Edmonton, Alberta, who can spend time working from the studio. Applicants must include an up-to-date portfolio or writing samples; the recruitment process may also include an assessment.

Requirements

• Significant professional writing experience in the game or entertainment industry, including writing contributions to at least one shipped game.
• Strong understanding of interactive storytelling and game-design fundamentals, including experience developing branching dialogue or nonlinear narratives.
• Demonstrated ability to write clear, engaging stories and distinctive characters with consistent voices, motivations, and emotional depth.
• Ability to quickly understand an established brand and creative direction and sustain its themes, tone, style, and character voices.
• A record of sustained, high-quality writing output, with the ability to work independently, prioritize assignments, and meet the volume, pace, and revision demands of game production.
• Strong editing skills and experience revising creative content for clarity, structure, pacing, and consistency.
• Ability to interpret and incorporate creative feedback, including making substantive revisions to meet project needs.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with experience working across disciplines and clearly presenting narrative ideas.
• Strong research and problem-solving skills, including the ability to adapt narrative ideas to technical, production, and resource constraints.
• Experience implementing narrative content in game engines such as Unreal or Unity, or comparable narrative development tools.
• An up-to-date portfolio or writing samples must be included with the application.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in English, Creative Writing, Theatre, Film, or a related field.
• Familiarity with JIRA, Perforce, and other production or version-control tools.
• Experience developing narrative style guides, maintaining continuity across substantial bodies of content, and providing peer mentorship.
• Based in Edmonton, Alberta.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Design Director and/or project leadership to develop and maintain narrative themes, tone, and style in support of the game’s creative vision and intended player experience.
• Write characters, dialogue, quests, and storylines, including character biographies, motivations, relationships, and arcs that remain consistent across narrative content and gameplay.
• Write and revise combat barks, quest banter, lore, and other in-game text, adapting voice and style to the project.
• Produce high-quality narrative content that meets production targets and maintains the project’s voice, tone, and brand; communicate progress and dependencies to support timely delivery.
• Turn narrative concepts, outlines, and creative briefs into production-ready content, incorporating feedback from creative leadership and relevant partners during drafting and revision.
• Work with designers, artists, and other disciplines to integrate storytelling with gameplay, worldbuilding, and visual presentation.
• Review and edit narrative content for clarity, pacing, continuity, character voice, and consistency with established lore and style guidelines.
• Implement and refine narrative content using project tools and game engines, collaborating with other disciplines to address technical constraints and issues identified through playtesting.
• Contribute to narrative documentation, including style guides and story outlines.
• Provide constructive peer feedback and mentor less experienced writers and narrative designers.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.
• Three weeks of paid vacation, generous paid sick leave, additional paid personal days, and a paid studio closure over the holiday season.
• Comprehensive health and dental benefits, including enhanced mental health support.
• RRSP matching.
• Flexible work arrangements, with remote, hybrid, and in-office options.
• A collaborative environment where employees can share ideas, strengthen their craft, and help shape the player experience.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed