Narrative Game Designer: Craft Cybersecurity Adventures

ROM Utrecht Region; Utrecht, Haarlem; Remote; EUR 45,000 - 60,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

25 vacation days

Company laptop

Growth & development opportunities

Job summary

Hero Center is seeking a narrative designer to merge storytelling with gameplay for cybersecurity education projects like HackShield. You will expand story worlds, craft characters, and design interactive moments while balancing player engagement with project goals and technical feasibility.

Minimum 2 years in a similar role and experience in narrative design, game design or serious games are expected. A 40-hour week offers 25 vacation days and a company laptop, with room to grow and develop

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in narrative/game design or related field.
• Experience with narrative design, game design, interactive storytelling or serious games.

Responsibilities

• Further develop story worlds, characters, and narrative structures, and monitor tone, logic, and continuity.
• Design scenarios, scripts, missions, choices, and interactive moments.
• Translate goals into engaging gameplay and immersive stories.
• Write and build narrative content within our platform.
• Collaborate with artists, developers, project managers, and knowledge partners.
• Test experiences and improve based on feedback.

Skills

Narrative design

Game design

Interactive storytelling

Serious games

Storytelling

Player agency

Collaboration

Analytical skills

Creativity

Feedback incorporation

Cybersecurity knowledge

Project management

Job description

Hero Center is seeking a narrative designer to merge storytelling with gameplay for cybersecurity education projects like HackShield. You will expand story worlds, craft characters, and design interactive moments while balancing player engagement with project goals and technical feasibility.

Minimum 2 years in a similar role and experience in narrative design, game design or serious games are expected. A 40-hour week offers 25 vacation days and a company laptop, with room to grow and develop