Narrative Designer (Remote)

PLAY, GROW and WIN

To be a part of Virtuos means to be a creator. 

At Virtuos, we harness the latest technologies to make games better and more immersive than ever before. That is why we pride ourselves in constantly pushing the boundaries of possibility since our founding in 2004. 

Virtuosi is a team of experts – people who have come together to share their mutual passion for making and playing games. People with the same enthusiasm for exploring new ideas and the constant drive to excel in their field. People who believe in earning success through dedication.

At Virtuos, we are at the forefront of gaming, creating exciting new experiences daily. Join us to Play, Grow and Win – together.

Responsibilities

• Build narrative structure of a game and outline details of the game world, characters, and lore
• Write and compose cut-scenes and narrative sequences.
• Formalize documents, update the narrative structure and its implementation, according to principles established by client.
• Describe narrative situations, create documents defining their content and role in the course of the game.
• Participate in the development of specific features, assets, narrative/scripted events, as well as in their implementation and debug.
• Throughout the production, make necessary changes on narrative systems and scripted events according to feedback, to provide a consistent narrative experience and a desired player experience.
• Use our internal tools to design, and integrate narrative elements
• Participate in the defining of mission/campaign structure of the game
• Unify narrative goals with gameplay goals and structure
• Lead the development and presentation of main characters
• Participate in defining themes and tones that support a product’s creative vision

Qualifications

• Love to play games, especially RPG games and to write stories
• You understand the gameplay elements and how they impact a story
• Creativity, ability to challenge players
• Innovative, creative and strong problem solving skills.
• Ability to put yourself in the player’s shoes
• Ability to work under production pressure and deadlines
• Great organizational skills
• Good at written English
• Attention to detail
• A collaborative nature and desire to perfect team work
• A good sense of humor and a flair for the absurd
• Outstanding communication skills and an open mindset
• Experience as a narrative manger or lead writer on a AA or AAA game
• 5+ years of writing or narrative design experience in the game industry