Lead Narrative Designer (UK Remote)

Posted 03 February 2023

Salary Negotiable

LocationLiverpool

Job type Permanent

DisciplineDesign

Reference18626

Contact NameLawrie Brennan

Job description

We are supporting Firesprite as they look for a Lead Narrative Designer to join their team.



In 2012, Firesprite was founded by a group of creative veterans with years of industry experience. The studio have created some of the most memorable and exciting games, with a core focus to develop innovative and memorable experiences for players on cutting edge gaming hardware.



Your responsibilities…

• Help to maintain the vision and narrative of the game


• Align with directors on the tone and feel of the game


• Guide narrative designers in the creation and implementation of the game story


• Collaborate with game designers and engineers to deliver on the narrative vision


• Create mission structures that identify narrative beats and plot lines to support the story


• Work with tools teams to improve writing workflows and processes

• 5+ years of industry experience as a narrative designer, with 2 or more shipped AAA titles


• Creatively agile and able to pivot with evolving vision


• Experience in people management and have an interest in mentoring


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills


• Scripting experience with text or visual scripting languages


• Technically proficient in-game editors to implement work into the mission and maps


• Able to act independently on writing tasks


• Excellent organisational skills and able to work well under deadlines


• Knowledge of current successful intellectual properties in today’s popular culture


• Play and harbour knowledge of modern video games