Seasonal Storyteller for Immersive Game Experiences
🏢 Company: Pocket Worlds
📍 Location: USA
🌍 Remote: Yes
💼 Type: Contract
💰 Salary: Not specified
📋 Overview
Join Pocket Worlds as a remote contract Creative Writer crafting engaging narratives for a video game’s Season Pass. Collaborate closely with Product Leads to develop storylines, characters, and dialogue that resonate with players.
📝 Job Description
About the Role
At Pocket Worlds, we craft games that foster player connections through shared, immersive experiences. This contract role is vital for our upcoming Season Pass, requiring a creative writer skilled in developing compelling lore, dialogue, and narrative arcs that enhance gameplay and deepen player engagement.
Your Responsibilities:
- Develop storylines, character arcs, dialogue, and game-world lore for the Season Pass
- Collaborate with Product Leads to ensure narrative consistency with gameplay mechanics and seasonal themes
- Swiftly iterate and refine story concepts based on team feedback
- Deliver polished, timely scripts and narrative documentation
- Maintain consistent tone, style, and themes to align with Pocket Worlds’ brand and community expectations
Qualifications We Seek:
- Proven experience in creative writing, screenwriting, narrative design, or story development for games, interactive media, TV, or comics
- Demonstrated ability to create characters, themes, and story arcs that connect with diverse audience segments
- Adaptability and comfort with rapid iteration; open to multiple drafts and collaborative feedback, not preciousness
- Excellent communication skills with a collaborative mindset
- A portfolio showcasing narrative work (scripts, short stories, game design contributions, etc.), required
Why Excel Here?
At Pocket Worlds, success is driven by accountability, speed, and innovation. Writers thrive if they:
- Take initiative and ownership of their craft
- Prioritize shipping content quickly while iterating to improve
- Proactively champion ideas to enhance player connection
- Cultivate a deep love for storytelling and its ability to unite players
✅ Qualifications
- Experience in creative writing, narrative architecture, or screenwriting for games, television, comics, or interactive media
- Ability to create and implement engaging characters, themes, and story arcs for broad audiences
- Comfort with fast-paced iteration and responsiveness to feedback throughout the creative process
- Exceptional communication ability and collaborative spirit in cross-functional team settings
- Portfolio demonstrating narrative work, including scripts, character development, game design narratives, or other relevant examples
🎁 Benefits
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