Senior Narrative Designer - Studio Elevation (Remote within the UK)

nDreams; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A VR gaming company is seeking a Senior Narrative Designer to shape engaging gameplay experiences. This role involves crafting storylines and working with various departments to align with creative visions. Candidates need a minimum of 5 years in narrative design with a strong understanding of interactive storytelling and Unreal Engine expertise. The position allows for flexible working hours with a strong emphasis on a positive work culture and benefits, including personal development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Birthday off

Health insurance

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience as a narrative, gameplay or level designer focusing on implementing narrative.
• Excellent understanding of interactive storytelling.
• Extensive knowledge of Unreal engine.

Responsibilities

• Work with designers to craft scenarios that deliver quality narrative.
• Take ownership of gameplay dialogue implementation.
• Ensure consistency of voice, tone, and theme across the project.

Skills

Interactive storytelling

Communication skills

Narrative design

Feedback incorporation

Tools

Unreal

Job description

nDreams Studio Elevation are re-establishing the boundaries of VR. We are looking for a Senior Narrative Designer to play a key role in shaping gameplay experiences. Passionate about crafting and taking ownership of a narrative that can further elevate the player's experience for our VR games.

As a Senior Narrative Designer, you will be accountable for creating and implementing engaging storylines and characters. Working closely with the designers, animators and other departments, ensuring that they are all aligned with the overall creative vision.

The rundown:

• 12 month fixed term contract
• Full time (37.5 hours per week) OR part time (xx hours)
• Fully remote within the UK
• Salary is competitive and dependent on experience

Key responsibilities:

• Work with level designers and writers to craft scenarios that deliver both quality narrative and the story beats across the game.
• Take ownership of gameplay dialogue implementation.
• Ensure consistency of voice, tone and theme across the project.
• Creating and maintaining design documentation.
• Write specifications for new narrative features.
• Able to provide critique of others’ work with respect and constructive feedback.
• A team player with excellent communication skills.
• Drive the narrative across multiple disciplines.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience as a narrative, gameplay or level designer focusing on implementing narrative and systems.
• Take direction as well as ability to drive your own tasks.
• Excellent understanding of interactive storytelling.
• Ability to address and incorporate creative feedback in an effective and constructive manner.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication, documentation skills and the ability to convey abstract concepts.
• Extensive knowledge of Unreal.

The nice to haves:

• A keen VR enthusiast, knowledgeable about the trends and hottest games in this sector of the industry and in particular the games design and playable content perspective.
• Experience with VR development.
• Script writing experience.

Benefits

We are nDreams – creators of some of the world’s most immersive VR games. You might know us from Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, Synapse, Phantom: Covert Ops, Fracked, FRENZIES, Wreckin Racoons, or our latest adventure, Reach. From humble beginnings as an independent studio, we’ve grown into a leading VR developer, combining ambitious projects and global scale with a personal, caring touch.

We believe the best workplaces and games are created by diverse, happy and safe teams. We're committed to building a culture centred on respect, wellbeing and balance. It's crucial we make our games and industry more accessible to underrepresented communities. We strive to live this through the people we hire, the experiences we create and the causes we support.

We want everyone to have the opportunity to bring their best, authentic self to work. Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments during the interview process by emailing [e-mail] or speaking to your nDreams recruiter. For more information about reasonable adjustments, check out guidance from Scope.

We offer great perks, including flexible hours, duvets days, your birthday off, dedicated personal development time and support, as well as regular socials. Beyond this, there’s an excellent holiday offering, pension scheme, health insurance, life cover and much more.