Senior Quest Designer

Summary

Join our team as a passionate and experienced Senior Quest Designer! You will create immersive storylines and direct complex projects within the iconic worlds of The Witcher and Cyberpunk. This key role involves crafting and implementing your own stories, engaging our global community, and creating unforgettable player experiences. You will be responsible for detailed storyline creation, quest design and implementation using Unreal Engine 5, asset planning, and collaboration with other departments. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in quest design, exceptional narrative proficiency, and strong technical skills. We offer a remote/hybrid work model, flexible hours, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of experience working in a Quest or Mission Design position, with at least 1 AAA shipped title with strong narrative design elements
• High creativity and exceptional level of narrative proficiency
• Proven high proficiency with writing scenarios, screenplays or short stories
• Very high proficiency with visual scripting tools
• Experience with game editors and game design tools
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills
• Sense for designing in-game features as well as tools for efficient implementation
• Ability to receive and apply feedback in a highly iterative environment
• Proven ability to effectively work across teams involved in a game development lifecycle
• Excellent communication skills & proven ability to work within a team
• Experience with mentoring other designers and ability to deliver accurate feedback
• Ability to work under pressure and meet production deadlines
• Real passion for playing games (cRPGs or pen & paper role playing systems)
• Fluent English

Responsibilities

• Create the storyline on a detailed level
• Design quests and implement them using Unreal Engine 5
• Plan assets required for the creation of the quests
• Cooperate with other departments
• Integrate delivered assets (like gameplay elements, locations, characters, dialogue etc.) into a seamless, engaging and unique experience
• Maintain the highest possible quality of quests, and fix reported bugs
• Create and maintain design documentation

Preferred Qualifications

• Credited work on narrative field for movies, plays or books
• Knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 Blueprints
• Knowledge of Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher universe
• Familiarity with the fantasy genre in games, movies and literature

Benefits

• Remote/Hybrid working model
• Flexible working hours — start your workday anytime between 8:00 and 10:00 AM
• A welcome pack filled with goodies
• Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, external training for each employee, ‘Meet a star’ events, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available
• Merch — gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!
• Private medical healthcare — a selection of medical plans with dental care to choose from, which are also accessible for your partner and relatives
• Psychological care — free mental health support and various well-being webinars
• Multisport card — gain access to a wide number of sporting and fitness facilities across the city
• Dog-friendly office
• Social events
• Healthy selections — organic fruit, snacks, muesli, organic honey, vegan milk, and speciality coffee are all at your disposal around the studio
• Truly international working environment
• Sustainable campus with an eco ethos — solar panels provide green energy, 2000 plants and an air-filtering system to help provide clean air, electric car charging points, flower meadows, and more green features in the works
• An onsite, well-equipped gym with a climbing wall, daily Gym Assistant support and yoga and healthy spine classes
• Car and bike parking spaces
• A designated space for your bicycle, as well as bicycle repair equipment and showers available whenever you need them
• No dress-code — we like to keep it casual