Narrative Designer - Trading Card Game
Fanatics Collectibles · Seattle, WA, United States
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days Fanatics Collectibles's roles stay open a median of 78 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 1% of Fanatics Collectibles's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Fanatics Collectibles
- high 152 stale, 7 reposted of 155 open
- Hiring momentum
- 237 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Fanatics Collectibles's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Fanatics Collectibles.
About this role
As a Narrative Designer at Fanatics Collectibles, you will be responsible for creating immersive worlds and narratives for trading card games. Your role involves developing foundational lore, integrating story with game mechanics, and collaborating with various teams to ensure narrative consistency across products. You will also write flavor text and support external storytelling efforts, contributing to the overall player experience.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Fanatics Collectibles as an employer.
What you need
- 3+ years of experience in narrative design, writing, or worldbuilding for games, publishing, or related media
- Strong ability to develop original worlds, characters, and narrative frameworks
- Experience working in collaborative, cross-functional environments
- Ability to balance creative vision with system constraints
- Excellent writing skills across both short-form (e.g., flavor text) and long-form (e.g., lore, story guides)
- Passion for fantasy, sci-fi, and worldbuilding-driven storytelling
Nice to have
- Experience working on trading card games, tabletop games, or live service games
- Background in fantasy or sci-fi writing
- Familiarity with how narrative can be expressed through game systems and mechanics
- Experience contributing to original IP or franchise development
Worth weighing
- No specific benefits listed in the posting
- Salary range provided is specific to Seattle and may not apply to other locations
- Role involves significant collaboration across teams, which may require flexibility in creative processes
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Listed by Fanatics Collectibles on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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