Senior Narrative Designer

Founded in 2012, N-iX Game & VR Studio is one of the biggest game development and art production vendors in Ukraine and Poland, working with leading publishers and media enterprises around the globe as a service provider. The team of 240+ professionals focuses on full-cycle game development, team extension, VR solutions, and content creation for all the most popular platforms. The studio has successfully collaborated with over 40 clients, including Blizzard Entertainment, Ubisoft, Gearbox Software, Paradox Interactive, Tempo Storm, Supermassive Games. 

What are you working on?

• Genres: Strategy
• Platforms: PC, Console

For which tasks (responsibilities)?

N-iX Games 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!

What kind of professional are we looking for?

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

As a plus:

• 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

Why do we enjoy working here?

We offer:

• Real impact on the development of the game;

• Competitive salary and compensation package with regular performance appraisals and salary reviews;

• 18 business days of payable annual free time

• 10 days of paid sick leave;

• Membership of the IT-BPO club card and loyalty program;

• Gym, Masseur, and Doctor;

• Professional growth with individual Development Plan and education budget.