Quest Designer

Techland S.A.; Wrocław; On-site; PLN 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Flexible working hours

Training opportunities

Gym access

Job summary

Techland S.A. in Wrocław seeks a Quest Designer to create engaging narratives for their games. Ideal candidates have a minimum of 3 years in the gaming industry, excellent storytelling abilities, and experience in collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities include designing quests, working with the Narration team, and ensuring that game narratives resonate with players. Join a dynamic and innovative company committed to excellence and employee growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in the gaming industry.
• At least 1 year of experience as a Quest Designer or similar role.
• Knowledge of storytelling basics.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain engaging quests in the proprietary C-Engine.
• Collaborate with the Narration team and interdisciplinary quest strike team.
• Report progress and feedback in Jira.

Skills

Storytelling

Quest Design

Leadership

Communication

Proactivity

Job description

Techland is one of the biggest video game companies in Poland, with over 30 years of experience in the gaming industry. From our studios in Wrocław and Warsaw, we’ve built an international team of more than 500 talented professionals, all dedicated to pushing the boundaries of game development.

We’re known for creating iconic franchises like Call of Juarez and the zombie genre-defining Dying Light, which has been played by over 45 million players worldwide. With a focus on open‑world action, storytelling, and community engagement, we’re committed to delivering unforgettable experiences to our players.

We’re constantly striving to improve, innovate, and take on new challenges. With ambitious plans for the future, we’re looking for passionate people to be part of this exciting journey.

Job Description

Your daily tasks:

• Designing, developing and maintaining engaging and original quests for our players both on paper and in our proprietary C‑Engine.
• Working closely and iteratively with the Narration team (the whole team creates, develops, and provides feedback for all ideas).
• Stepping into the shoes of a quest owner working in an interdisciplinary quest strike team with a common goal of bringing our story to life (Level Design, Level Art, Open World, Animation, Audio, Quality Assurance, etc.).
• Close cooperation with Quest Producer and Quest Director aimed at maintaining vision and monitoring progress.
• Working in an iterative pipeline and being responsible for addressing director’s feedback.
• Following trends in the industry and being up‑to‑date with innovative solutions allowing to achieve project goals in terms of quests, narration, and gameplay.
• Reporting and time‑tracking in Jira.

Qualifications

You meet our expectations if you:

• Have minimum 3 years of experience in the gaming industry,
• Have a minimum one year of experience as a Quest Designer or similar position.
• Have knowledge of the basics of storytelling.
• Have experience in creating narration for games (working on narration at least in one project), including the knowledge of any editor used for creating games.
• Are a born storyteller, having a head full of many diverse ideas and just wait to create new ones, being open to receive and provide constructive feedback.
• Are proactive and you like to take ownership of your assigned area of responsibility.
• Have strong leadership and communication skills.
• Are a team player; you like to listen to constructive criticism and provide feedback, you enjoy an atmosphere of tight interdisciplinary cooperation and brainstorming.
• Present limitless curiosity and good knowledge of the video game industry.
• Understand the difference between the narrative and gameplay layers in open‑world action RPG games.
• Are fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Additional Information

What we can offer:

• A wide array of benefits: private medical care, life insurance, pro‑health campaigns, gifts for different occasions.
• An outstanding work atmosphere in a highly‑skilled team of professionals, with flexible working hours, no dress code, and full support of the dedicated HR Business Partner.
• A constant stream of company newsletters, PR & project updates so you will always be in the know.
• Many opportunities for personal development: a dedicated development budget for each employee, extra two paid days for training and CSR, stable career paths, extensive internal and external training, and financing of English and Polish language classes.
• State‑of‑the‑art offices filled with chillout zones, a fully equipped kitchen, a gym (Wrocław office), and a free car park (Warsaw limited amount of space).