Designer, Narrative Systems

Job Description

Avalanche is a Warner Bros. Games studio located in downtown Salt Lake City nestled against the backdrop of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains. We've been in the video game business since 1995, creating interactive experiences for fans of the world's largest franchises. Join the team behind the blockbuster open world, action RPG Hogwarts Legacy as we create what's next!
The Job
WB Games is looking for a Designer, Narrative Systems to join the team that created Hogwarts Legacy.
**This is a hybrid position requiring up to 2-3 days per week onsite at Avalanche's Salt Lake City studio.
We are looking for a visionary storyteller. Applicants should be creative, self-motivated problem solvers who enjoy collaborating with other writers and designers to create immersive narrative experiences.
The Daily
• Craft compelling quests, satisfying dialogue, and rich stories that support the developer and project vision.
• Champion narrative, thematic, and mechanical coherence across story and gameplay.
• Visualize, track, manage and communicate outward the ''spaghetti monster'' inherent in games with narrative choice.
• Collaborate with writers, designers and the game director to champion story in design and provide narrative support for design elements, such as: story beat creation, game mechanics delivery, character profiles, character motivations, narrative feature design, player choices and player emotional journey as delivered through narrative during game development.
The Essentials
• Minimum of 3 years progressively complex game industry experience within design or narrative.
• A strong record of quality in writing and game design.
• Previous experience in interactive storytelling, narrative design, and game writing.
• Proven ability to create within an established franchise, authoring exciting new experiences that still feel authentic and tonally consistent.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with standard game-development processes and workflows.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a cross-culture and multi-time-zone team.
• Possess a deep literacy in games, film, literature, and television, and a love of fantasy.
Nice-to-Haves
• Experience in visual scripting languages like Unreal 5, Blueprints.
• Experience with dialogue authoring systems like Articy.

Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-9z6vpz-216-73-216-0-42 in your application.