Senior Narrative Designer: Unreal Engine 5 & Immersive Play

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CAD 80,000 - 110,000

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5 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

100% paid benefits package by PCF
Full dental coverage
4% RRSP matching
Paid winter holidays
20 vacation days
Mental health & wellbeing sessions
Global environment & creative team
Career development opportunities

Job summary

People Can Fly seeks an experienced Narrative Designer to help develop interactive game systems and implement narrative content using Unreal Engine 5. You will collaborate across design, narrative, and production teams to deliver immersive storytelling experiences across distributed studio sites.

The role requires at least 5 years in game development with AAA credits, strong communication, and a passion for immersive interactive narratives.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in game development or similar field.
  • At least one AAA title credited as Narrative/Quest/Level Designer.
  • Proficiency with Unreal Engine 4 and/or 5.
  • Visual scripting experience preferred.
  • Strong understanding of interactive storytelling and narrative systems.
  • Ability to collaborate across distributed teams.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Design and Narrative teams to develop interactive game systems related to narrative delivery.
  • Work in Unreal Engine 5 to implement narrative content.
  • Participate in cross-disciplinary pods to deliver dynamic narrative experiences.
  • Develop and communicate creative and user experience guidelines for narrative techniques.
  • Contribute to development of narrative processes and pipelines with production team.
  • Communicate progress, workflows, and feature availability to content developers and writers.
  • Collaborate daily with global development sites.

Skills

Narrative design
Unreal Engine
Visual scripting
Communication
Cross-site collaboration

Tools

Unreal Engine 4/5

Job description

People Can Fly seeks an experienced Narrative Designer to help develop interactive game systems and implement narrative content using Unreal Engine 5. You will collaborate across design, narrative, and production teams to deliver immersive storytelling experiences across distributed studio sites.

The role requires at least 5 years in game development with AAA credits, strong communication, and a passion for immersive interactive narratives.

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