Narrative Systems Designer

Elsewhere Entertainment is looking for a Senior Game Designer to join the development of a new IP.  
 
Feed your creativity while collaborating with our team of highly-skilled developers to build something innovative, exhilarating, and expansively entertaining! 
 
As a member of the technical design department, you’ll support the narrative, cinematics, and audio teams in designing gameplay systems and by programming technical tools to enable the narrative experience in the game.  

As a member of the project, you’ll help take the studio and our game from great to even better—with a focus on inclusivity, mutual respect (for ourselves and our players), thoughtfulness, empathy, professionalism, and collaboration.  
 
If you’re a passionate technical designer and a positive, respectful collaborator who enjoys cross-department communication and creative problem-solving as a part of your workflow, we’d love to talk to you! 
 
You’ll help us by… 

• Developing a new intellectual property’s foundational systems 

• Collaborating with the narrative, technical, gameplay, audio, and art teams in creating the game’s narrative and cinematic systems 

• Helping to create and improve the game's proprietary narrative, cinematics, and related audio tools 

• Ensuring all tasks are completed according to given specifications and deadlines 

• Performing any additional systems and technical responsibilities as assigned by Design Leadership 

You’re awesome because you have… 

• 3+ years experience as a professional Technical Designer with focus in Narrative and/or related Systems (or some combination of applicable training and experience) 

• Demonstrable and strong skills as a designer and programmer 

• The ability to collaborate and thrive as part of a creative team 

• Creativity in problem solving and a positive, respectful team-first attitude 

• Organization methods and the capability to meet deadlines 

• A habit of regularly playing and understanding modern video games 

Bonus points for… 

• Experience with writing for AAA games 

• One or more shipped titles 

• Interest in game narratives and the art of storytelling in games 

• Cross-over skills from other departments (UI, etc) 

• Enjoyment of playing a variety of video game genres and titles 

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.