Lead Narrative Designer

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Jam City

πŸ“Remote - United States

Summary

Join Jam City as a Lead Narrative Designer to bring your expert writing and game design skills to our hit mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. You'll collaborate with top industry talent and take ownership in the narrative process from initial concept to final product.

Requirements

  • Mastery of writing and expert proficiency in narrative design techniques
  • High organizational, time management, and prioritizing skills in a rapidly changing creative environment
  • A team leader as well as a team player in motivation, communication, and attitude
  • Aptitude for managing and mentoring less experienced narrative designers
  • High-level understanding of the game development process and F2P mobile game design pipelines and market trends
  • Expert-level proficiency in reviewing work, giving constructive feedback, and maintaining narrative continuity
  • Ability to apply both qualitative and quantitative strategic thinking skills
  • Ability to efficiently multitask cross-departmentally without compromising creative quality
  • Exceptional writing, proofreading, and copy editing skills
  • Outstanding written and interpersonal communication
  • Experience scripting dialogue for large casts of original and canon characters
  • Experience structuring and tracking multiple branching storylines
  • Leadership experience in small team settings

Responsibilities

  • Leads a game’s narrative vision and adapts it to align with data, executive and partner feedback, and the game team’s changing needs
  • Manages, trains, and mentors a team of narrative designers, leading the design process and setting the quality bar for execution
  • Drives creative quality forward by example, and giving feedback and direction where needed
  • Leads the tactical (day-to-day) narrative operations, establishing best practices and aligning processes with the game’s production pipelines
  • Owns the relationship with external partners to determine upcoming narrative content, obtain approvals, and communicate the partners’ narrative and overall creative feedback to the team
  • Serves as a key stakeholder in creative meetings and in the development of the game’s initiatives and new features
  • Collaborates directly with Product, Design, Production, Art, and Animation Leads to coordinate all facets of Narrative with F2P mobile business goals
  • Leads the shaping of high-level overarching stories for upcoming features, events and/or large content releases
  • Produces high-quality quest outlines and copy on deadline as needed
  • Integrates inventive writing with design to support both creative and monetization objectives
  • Leads brainstorming sessions and evaluates pitches based on creative and monetization objectives, keeping within limited art and design scope
  • Innovates with high accuracy across multiple iterations, addressing feedback, incorporating notes, and executing revisions
  • Facilitates the training of new hires and narrative designers
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