Senior Narrative Writer

@ Riot Games

Senior Narrative Writer at Riot Games

As a Narrative Writer with extensive professional experience across various media, you will drive creative initiatives including dreaming up new champions, fleshing out their stories, and imagining their worlds. You will work closely with artists, designers, and passionate players to bring unique narratives to life.

Your role requires not only exceptional writing skills but also the ability to pitch ideas and generate excitement among seasoned storytelling professionals.

Responsibilities

• Own the narrative space including vision setting and execution.
• Write dialog for in-game characters balancing experience and backstory.
• Collaborate with Marketing on scripts for linear and external content.
• Work with artists and designers to develop bios, backstories, and worldbuilding.
• Partner with Creative Leads to explore alternate character thematics.
• Define narrative frameworks and quality standards for the game.
• Organize and estimate narrative team needs.
• Help prototype and build narrative tools.
• Make informed decisions for diverse, international audiences.
• Edit and iterate based on feedback for highest quality output.
• Contribute to process documentation and style guides.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional narrative writing experience.
• 3+ years of game industry experience.
• Deep understanding of interactive narrative and game integration.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working in cross-disciplinary teams through all game development phases.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Professional experience in writing, iterating, and editing within production schedules.

Perks & Benefits

Riot Games emphasizes work/life balance with an open paid time off policy, flexible work schedules, comprehensive health insurances, parental leave, 401k with company match, and more.

Key skills/competency

• Narrative Writing
• Game Development
• Storytelling
• Creative Collaboration
• Dialogue Writing
• Worldbuilding
• Interactive Narrative
• Process Documentation
• Cross-disciplinary Teamwork
• Pitching Ideas