Remote Senior Narrative Designer — 6-Month Contract

Gunfire Games, LLC; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Gunfire Games, LLC is seeking a Senior Narrative Designer for a 6-month contract. You will shape stories, characters, and worlds across PC and console projects, collaborating with Design, Art, Engineering, Audio, and Creative Direction to weave narrative into gameplay.

The role requires a proven track record in narrative design, shipped AAA/AA titles, and strong storytelling. Portfolios with game-focused samples are essential. Remote-friendly work with a production-focused team.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional game development experience in Narrative Design or closely related field.
• Experience working in Unreal Engine.
• You have shipped at least one AA or AAA title in a Narrative Designer role.
• Exceptional storytelling, dialogue writing, and world-building abilities.
• Deep understanding of how narrative supports gameplay, player agency, and level design.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams throughout all phases of game development.
• Strong communication, documentation, and organizational skills.
• Portfolio demonstrating narrative design work including shipped games, documentation, dialogue samples, or quest design.

Responsibilities

• Develop compelling narrative concepts, story arcs, characters, factions, and world lore.
• Collaborate with creative direction and cross-functional teams to deliver a cohesive narrative vision.
• Partner with level designers to create meaningful environmental storytelling and memorable gameplay-driven narrative moments.
• Write, edit and implement dialogue, item descriptions, codex entries, and other in-game narrative content.
• Update and maintain narrative documentation, including lore guides and dialogue documentation.
• Work closely with cinematic, audio, and voice-over teams to support high-quality narrative implementation.
• Utilize Jira, Trello and Miro to track narrative tasks and ensure cross-discipline alignment.

Skills

Narrative design experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Portfolio of narrative work

Strong communication

Documentation

Shipped narrative for AA/AAA

Tools

Unreal Engine

Jira

Trello

Miro

Job description

Gunfire Games, LLC is seeking a Senior Narrative Designer for a 6-month contract. You will shape stories, characters, and worlds across PC and console projects, collaborating with Design, Art, Engineering, Audio, and Creative Direction to weave narrative into gameplay.

The role requires a proven track record in narrative design, shipped AAA/AA titles, and strong storytelling. Portfolios with game-focused samples are essential. Remote-friendly work with a production-focused team.