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Middle/Senior Narrative Designer (PC, Strategy, UE5) (#2512)

Middle/Senior Narrative Designer (PC, Strategy, UE5) (#2512)

1 Month ago • 3-8 Years • Game Story Writing/Narrative Design • Undisclosed

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Job Description

This is a Middle/Senior Narrative Designer position for a PC premium strategy game using Unreal Engine 5. The role involves creating the narrative for a new hard sci-fi IP, defining the player's emotional journey, and crafting compelling stories for locations, objects, and characters. Responsibilities include designing story and narrative-driven content, maintaining design documentation, conducting progress reviews, gathering feedback, and anticipating the game's needs. Collaboration with other designers to improve the overall game experience is also expected. The ideal candidate will have at least three years of experience in the games industry, with two years specifically in narrative design. Advanced Ukrainian language skills are required, and experience with Unreal Engine and a shipped commercial title is highly desirable. The position offers a flexible working format (remote, office-based, or flexible).

Must have:

3+ years game industry experience
2+ years narrative design experience
Design story & narrative content
Maintain design documentation
Gather feedback from play testers
Advanced Ukrainian language skills

Good to have:

Shipped commercial title
Unreal Engine experience
Excellent communication skills
B2 English proficiency
Hard sci-fi & strategy game familiarity
Strong portfolio

Perks:

Flexible working format
Competitive salary & benefits
Career growth opportunities
Professional development tools
Active tech communities
Education reimbursement
Corporate events

is looking for a Narrative Designer for a PC premium game.

You’ll be responsible for a game’s story description behind locations, objects, and characters. You’ll create the narrative of a new IP, and define and build a player’s emotional journey by creating all narrative aspects of a captivating, hard SCI-FI world. If you’re a team player, and can work in a team where everyone has a voice, join us!

Requirements:

At least three years in the games industry and two years in the narrative design area.
Design story and narrative-driven content;
Creating and maintaining design documentation to communicate changes to the team.
Conduct progress reviews of narrative elements, gathering feedback from the team members and play testers to reach the best possible result within project limitations.
Be forward-thinking and anticipate the game's needs with a high degree of self-motivation and initiative.
Desire and ability to support other Game Designers in defining systems and structures to improve the game experience throughout the entire game, not just in the story/narrative area.
Ukrainian language - Advanced or higher.

Nice to have:

At least one shipped commercial title is a huge plus.
Experience with Unreal Engine.
Great communication skills and a positive, can-do attitude
Written English (at least B2).
Familiarity with hard sci-fi genre, and narrative strategy games.
A portfolio containing examples of narrative work and examples of style variety is a plus.

We offer:

Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
A competitive salary and good compensation package
Personalized career growth
Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
Education reimbursement
Memorable anniversary presents
Corporate events and team buildings
Other location-specific benefits

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