Scénariste sénior / Senior Writer

3 Months ago • 5 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

Gearbox Studio seeks a passionate and creative Senior Writer to join their team. Reporting to the narrative director, you will play a vital role in shaping immersive worlds. Responsibilities include crafting main and side missions, battle dialogue, and other story elements. You'll lead a writer's room, collaborate with various teams, and guide other writers. Experience in shipping at least one AAA game and strong collaboration skills are essential. Ideal candidates possess the ability to proactively identify writing needs, manage workload, and deliver high-quality, engaging dialogue. Familiarity with VO casting and recording processes is beneficial.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of professional writing experience
  • Shipped at least one AAA game
  • Excellent collaboration skills
  • Proactive identification of writing needs
  • Ability to balance quality, workload, and deadlines
  • Skilled in writing engaging dialogue
Good to have:
  • Experience with mentoring junior writers
  • Familiarity with VO casting and recording
  • Experience in other game development areas
  • Experience with game editors and text systems
Perks:
  • Flexible and accommodating schedule
  • Competitive benefits package

Job Details

English to follow  


États-Unis et Canada seulement 


Gearbox Studio, développeur de jeux à succès tels que Borderlands, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands et Brothers In Arms, recherche un.e scénariste sénior passionné.e et créatif.ve pour rejoindre notre équipe. Sous la supervision de la direction narrative, tu joueras un rôle clé dans la construction de mondes riches et immersifs, en collaborant étroitement avec nos équipes de design. 


La personne idéale possède une solide expérience dans la création narrative, avec une maîtrise des outils narratifs et un esprit orienté solution 


Gearbox offre des conditions avantageuses incluant un horaire flexible et accommodant, un bouquet d’avantages sociaux compétitifs et une contribution d’entreprise substantielle au REER collectif.  

 

RESPONSABILITÉS 

  • Créer les missions principales, les missions secondaires, les dialogues de bataille et toute autre écriture liée à la création d'histoires. 
  • Lorsque cela est assigné, agir en tant que Scénariste en chef d'un projet ou d'une zone spécifique d'un projet. Les scénaristes en chef guident le ton, le contenu et la stratégie d'écriture du projet assigné selon la vision de la direction narrative. 
  • Diriger une salle d'écriture avec un groupe de scénaristes, en guidant l'amélioration collaborative des histoires et en travaillant avec l'équipe pour affiner les dialogues. 
  • Collaborer avec d'autres scénaristes, groupes narratifs et développeurs de toutes disciplines pour développer les histoires de Gearbox. 
    • Revoir et/ou éditer les soumissions d'autres scénaristes, qu'ils soient internes ou externes. 
    • Occasionnellement, interagir avec les événements marketing et la presse pour la promotion de nos jeux. 

     

    QUALIFICATIONS 

    • Plus de 5 ans d'expérience professionnelle en écriture. 
    • Avoir participé à la sortie d'au moins un jeu AAA ou posséder une expérience équivalente. Plus précisément, le ou la scénariste doit avoir du matériel qui a été publié et critiqué publiquement, de préférence en lien avec un projet collaboratif. 
    • Excellentes compétences en collaboration, avec une expérience prouvée dans le développement et le maintien de relations professionnelles constructives avec des collègues issus de diverses disciplines et niveaux hiérarchiques. Un scénariste senior est un collaborateur bienveillant, capable de mettre son ego de côté pour codévelopper du contenu avec d'autres parties prenantes et concepteurs. 
    • Capacité à identifier de manière proactive les besoins d'écriture non définis et à développer des stratégies et des délais pour y répondre. 
    • Capacité à équilibrer qualité, charge de travail et délais. Les scénaristes seniors savent identifier les endroits où l'écriture atteint les objectifs de qualité du projet et ajuster leurs stratégies et priorités en conséquence. 
    • Compétences avérées dans l'écriture de dialogues divertissants et engageants, avec des interactions de personnages significatives. 
    • Solides compétences en révision et édition. 
    • Avoir un intérêt pour le genre science-fiction.  
    • Capacité à développer un style et un ton pour un personnage ou un projet et à guider les autres dans la création de textes supplémentaires dans ce style et ton avec la direction narrative.  
    • Maîtrise des outils professionnels d'écriture (Final Draft, Word, WriterDuet, etc.). 

     

    POINTS BONUS 

    • Expérience en mentorat de scénaristes juniors. 
    • Familiarité avec le processus de casting et d'enregistrement de voix off (VO) et capacité à assister dans le casting et la direction des acteurs de VO. 
    • Expérience dans d'autres domaines du développement de jeux (conception de jeux, design narratif, etc.). 
    • Expérience avec les éditeurs de jeux et les systèmes de texte et de dialogues dans les éditeurs de jeux. 

     

     

    English version 


    United States and Canada only 


    Gearbox Studio, the game developer of successful titles such as Borderlands, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands and Brothers In Arms, is looking for a passionate and creative Senior Writer to join our team. Under the supervision of the narrative director, you will play a key role in building rich and immersive worlds, working closely with our design teams. 


    The ideal candidate has strong experience in narrative creation, mastery of narrative tools, and a solution-oriented mindset. 


    The studio offers advantageous conditions, including a flexible and accommodating schedule, and a competitive benefits package 


    RESPONSIBILITIES 

    • Write main missions, side missions, battle dialog, and any other writing assigned to the creation of stories.  
    • When assigned, function as Lead Writer of a project or project area. 
    • Lead a writer’s room with a group of writers, guiding collaborative story improvements and working with the team to punch-up dialog  
    • Collaborate with other writers, narrative groups, and developers of all disciplines to develop stories for Gearbox  
    • Support the Narrative Director's goals and objectives and mentor writers in the adherence to tone, strategy, world logic, and narrative cohesion.  
    • Review and/or edit submissions from other writers, both internal and external. 
    • Occasionally, interact with marketing events and press in the promotion of our games. 


    QUALIFICATIONS 

    • 5+ years of professional writing experience.  
    • Has shipped at least one AAA game or has equivalent experience.  
    • Specifically, the writer must have previous work that is published and has been publicly critiqued, ideally related to work on a collaborative project.  
    • Excellent collaboration skills, and a track record of developing and maintaining constructive professional relationships with colleagues across multiple disciplines and degrees of seniority.  
    • A senior writer is a gracious collaborator, able to put their ego aside to codevelop content with other stakeholders and designers.  
    • Ability to proactively identify undefined writing needs and develop strategies and deadlines to fulfill those needs.  
    • Ability to balance quality, workload, and deadlines. Senior Writers can identify places where the writing meets quality targets for the project and adjust their strategies and priorities accordingly.  
    • Skilled in writing entertaining and engaging dialogue with meaningful character interactions.  
    • Interest in Sci-Fi genre. 
    • Strong editing skills. 
    • Ability to develop style and tone for a character or project and can instruct. others in crafting additional writing in that style and tone with the narrative Director. 
    • Mastery of professional writing tools (Final Draft, Word, WriterDuet, etc).  

     

    BONUS POINTS 

    • Experience with critiquing and/or mentoring junior writers.  
    • Familiar with the VO casting and recording process and is comfortable and capable of assisting in casting and direction of VO actors.  
    • Experience in other areas of game development (game design, narrative design, etc.)  
    • Experience with game editors and text and dialog systems in games editors. 

     

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