Story Department Lead

3 Months ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

Larian Studios seeks a Story Department Lead to oversee the creation and development of original narrative content for upcoming projects. This role involves building and mentoring a team of writers, editors, and external contributors; evaluating and refining narrative pitches, storylines, characters, and settings; ensuring narrative consistency and quality across multiple projects and genres; establishing internal narrative processes; and collaborating with stakeholders to shape long-term story strategy. The ideal candidate possesses substantial experience in story development, narrative direction, or creative leadership, a proven track record of creating original content, strong leadership and communication skills, and a passion for genre storytelling, particularly expansive narratives with strong world-building. The position is based in Guildford, UK, with occasional international travel.
Must have:
  • Substantial experience in story development
  • Strong leadership & communication skills
  • Creative leadership & narrative consistency
  • Build and mentor a storytelling team
  • Evaluate and refine narrative pitches

Job Details

At Larian, storytelling is core to our identity. As we prepare for our next chapter, we’re looking to bring the best storytellers from every medium together in a dedicated department. Different disciplines, different backgrounds, different voices, all contributing to the outstanding narratives of our next projects for decades to come.

As the Lead of this department, you will drive our world-building and storytelling initiatives. This role will oversee the team responsible for creation and development of original narrative content, guiding a growing team of writers, editors, and external contributors. If you have a history of leading creative teams, a keen editorial eye, and proven experience identifying and shaping compelling stories, this is a unique opportunity to define the creative core of our future projects.

Responsibilities

    • Build, manage, and mentor a dedicated storytelling team, ensuring strong creative direction and oversight
    • Evaluate, refine, and approve narrative pitches, storylines, characters, and settings
    • Provide creative leadership and maintain narrative consistency and quality across multiple projects, formats and genres
    • Establish internal narrative processes and quality benchmarks
    • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to shape long-term story strategy
    • Act as the creative authority on story approval and development within the department

Requirements

    • Substantial experience in story development, narrative direction, or creative leadership (e.g. holding positions such as Showrunner, Narrative Director, Editor-in-Chief)
    • Track record of creating and developing original narrative content
    • Strong leadership, team management, and communication skills
    • Passion for genre storytelling, particularly expansive narratives with strong world-building
This position will be based full-time from our Guildford studio, and international business travel may be expected on occasion.

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