Writer

Skills
Business Continuity PlanningCultural DiversityDialog ProgramsFictionInternet ProtocolLegal WritingPlaytesting
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • Demonstrable experience writing for interactive fiction mobile games or similar transferable experience
  • Understanding and experience of choice-based narratives
  • Strong understanding of player agency
  • Understanding of free-to-play game mechanics
  • Ability to be flexible nimble and solution-focused in a fast moving creative environment
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Enthusiasm and respect for giving receiving sharing and implementing feedback
  • Ability to replicate an existing world with rules characters continuity and tone as well as create new ones
  • Excellent ear for dialogue proficiency at writing multiple tones and keen understanding of narrative pacing
  • Passion for serialised storytelling and interest in Interactive Fiction and innovation

Nice to have

  • Creative
  • Collaborative
  • High attention to detail
  • Solution focussed
  • Strong communicator
  • Efficient
  • Positive
  • Calm under pressure
  • Hard working

Day to day

  • Draft high quality episode scripts for interactive games and stories under tight deadlines
  • Shape premium scenes and sells that enhance player experience and retention
  • Collaborate in writers' rooms review sessions and cross-department meetings to refine story content