Senior Narrative Designer (Project 12)

11 bit studios is seeking a Senior Narrative Designer for Project 12. This hybrid role in Warsaw, Poland, requires at least 5 years of gamedev experience and excellent writing skills. Responsibilities include designing, writing, and implementing story arcs, ensuring narrative coherence, and owning the project's narrative vision. Candidates must be proficient in English (B2) and native Polish. The role offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, wellness, development opportunities, and flexible hybrid working conditions.

Must Have

• Design, write and implement story arcs
• Find new ways to tell meaningful stories by using unusual channels
• Take responsibility for the game’s narrative layer
• Ensure that the story supports the main themes in the game
• Create story arcs that support main themes
• Work with other designers to ensure a coherent world
• Own the story bible and narrative vision for the project
• Work closely with project leads to ensure project changes are reflected in the story
• Be based in, or open to relocate to Warsaw
• At least 5 years of professional experience in a similar position
• Professional experience in gamedev industry
• Excellent writing skills
• At least one shipped title
• English at a B2 level
• Native Polish

Good to Have

• Proficiency in Unreal Engine and Unreal Blueprints or other engine (Unity, inhouse)

Perks & Benefits

• Psychological support/care
• Private medical package
• Free weekly yoga in the office
• Multisport
• Team training budget
• In-office library
• English/Polish classes
• Office near Metro Stadion Narodowy and Dworzec Wschodni stations
• Dog-friendly office
• In-house gym
• No dress code
• Car and bike parking
• Chill zone
• Video, board and arcade games
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid work (3 days from office, 2 days from home + additional pool of remote days per year)
• 20 or 26 days of fully-paid holiday leave
• International working environment
• Attractive bonus system – annual bonus, motivation programme
• Transparent salary brackets
• Attendance in game dev events
• Relocation budget for candidates from abroad
• Referral program
• Annual company events
• Merch/swag
• Preferential loans

Job description

Your responsibilities:

• Designing, writing and implementing story arcs,
• Finding new ways to tell meaningful stories by using unusual channels,
• Taking responsibility for the game’s narrative layer:
• ensuring that the story supports the main themes in the game,
• creating story arcs that support main themes,
• working with other designers to ensure a coherent world, both on system and narrative side,
• owning the story bible and narrative vision for the project,
• working closely with project leads to ensure that project changes are reflected in the story.

Job requirements

Requirements:

• Being based in, or open to relocate to Warsaw (there is no possibility to work remotely for this role),
• At least 5 years of professional experience in a similar position,
• Professional experience in gamedev industry,
• Excellent writing skills,
• At least one shipped title,
• English at a B2 level and native Polish.

Nice to have:

• Proficiency in Unreal Engine and Unreal Blueprints or other engine (Unity, inhouse).

What we offer?

• Health and Wellness
• psychological support/care
• private medical package
• free weekly yoga in the office
• Multisport
• Development
• team training budget
• in-office library
• English/Polish classes
• Our office
• near Metro Stadion Narodowy and Dworzec Wschodni stations
• dog-friendly
• in-house gym
• no dress code
• car and bike parking
• chill zone
• video, board and arcade games
• Working conditions
• flexible working hours
• hybrid work (3 days from office, 2 days from home + additional pool of remote days per year)
• 20 or 26 days of fully-paid holiday leave
• international working environment
• Fair compensation
• attractive bonus system – annual bonus, motivation programme
• transparent salary brackets
• Events and more
• attendance in game dev events
• relocation budget for candidates from abroad
• referral program
• annual company events
• merch/swag
• preferential loans