Narrative Designer - Games & Entertainment

Ethereal Labs; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethereal Labs in Bengaluru, India is seeking a Narrative Designer to craft compelling stories, original characters, and cinematic narratives for our upcoming projects.

The role focuses on storytelling in games, film, and TV, building immersive worlds, writing dialogue, and structuring narratives that captivate audiences. Collaboration with writers, filmmakers, and the founding team is essential to create entertainment IPs for global audiences.

Qualifications

• Experience crafting narrative-driven games and cinematic experiences.
• Ability to develop memorable characters and immersive worlds.
• Strong dialogue writing and narrative structure skills.
• Familiarity with open-world, RPG, and cinematic game storytelling.
• Creative storytelling focus, not programming.
• Collaborates with writers, leads, filmmakers, and producers.

Responsibilities

• Develop original IP narratives for games and entertainment projects.
• Create characters, lore, quests, and dialogue that engage audiences.
• Outline story arcs, world-building, and cinematic sequences.
• Collaborate with creative leads and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Narrative design

Storytelling

Character development

Dialogue writing

World-building

Narrative structure

Job description

Ethereal Labs is building original consumer entertainment experiences for global audiences.

We're hiring a Narrative Designer - Games & Entertainment to develop compelling stories, original characters, and cinematic narratives for our upcoming entertainment projects.

We're looking for someone who understands what makes storytelling in games, films, and television genuinely engaging. Someone who can build memorable characters, develop immersive fictional worlds, write emotionally compelling dialogue, and structure narratives that keep audiences invested.

Experience with narrative-driven games, open-world storytelling, RPGs, and cinematic games is particularly valuable.

This is a creative storytelling role, not a game-development or programming role.

You'll collaborate closely with writers, creative leads, filmmakers, and the founding team to develop original entertainment IPs for US and international English-speaking audiences.