Senior Narrative Designer: Craft Immersive Game Worlds

Placements24; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Professional development

Randburg studio environment

Team events

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Senior Narrative Designer & Writer to join our Randburg studio, shaping compelling storylines, lore, and character arcs across immersive games. You will craft the narrative framework, write dialogue, and script quests, collaborating with designers, artists, and programmers to weave narrative into gameplay.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in narrative design, a portfolio of shipped titles, and exceptional writing skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in narrative design or writing for video games.
• Proven track record with shipped titles and narrative contributions.
• Excellent writing, editing, and storytelling skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the overarching narrative vision for game projects.
• Write dialogue, backstories, and in-game text.
• Design and script quests and narrative-driven events.
• Collaborate with designers to integrate narrative with gameplay.
• Create narrative documentation: plots, profiles, lore.
• Coordinate with voice actors and audio teams to match intent.
• Mentor junior writers and contribute to narrative pipelines.

Skills

Creative writing

Narrative design

Storytelling

Collaboration

Communication

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Scripting languages

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Senior Narrative Designer & Writer to join our Randburg studio, shaping compelling storylines, lore, and character arcs across immersive games. You will craft the narrative framework, write dialogue, and script quests, collaborating with designers, artists, and programmers to weave narrative into gameplay.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in narrative design, a portfolio of shipped titles, and exceptional writing skills.