Destiny Senior Narrative Designer

At Bungie, we believe story comes from character. We believe in authentic representation of diversity and experiences. Our narratives allow you to immerse yourself in worlds unlike any other. Do you love good story? 

Bungie is looking for a Senior Narrative Designer to join the Destiny 2 team working on our annual expansions. In this role you will work closely with the various small teams to write strings, create scripts, and collaborate on narrative experiences in activities and missions. You will participate in a process and culture that relies on providing and receiving feedback to shepherd content through all phases of production.
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Align with the Narrative Lead and Narrative Director on pillars and goals for Expansion level Narrative content.
• Ensure narrative scope and schedules align with the production plan and are achievable
• Advise, and facilitate the development of narrative content through documentation, review, and regular syncs with the small teams
• Generate and maintain story treatments, character bios, environment guides, casting documents, and other supporting narrative documentation
• Own, build and execute on the vision for the narrative experience of the expansion campaign
• Create captivating mission dialogue and cinematic content that remain on tone with the established style of the franchise and the product
• Mentor and guide the team members to level up their narrative craft and core development competencies
• Promote excellence in storytelling craft through feedback
• Identify opportunities to expand and deepen narrative channels
• Promote an inspiring, creative, and enjoyable work environment

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Experience working in the games industry on AAA games or MMOs
• Outstanding communication, diplomacy, and negotiation skills
• Detailed understanding of all aspects of the narrative design development process, including design methodology, craftsmanship, production, and collaboration with external cinematic and voice vendors
• Experience orchestrating high quality, large-scale narrative content across multiple story channels
• Understanding of game production, design tools, and systems
• Ability to assess and emulate the tone, themes and character voices of Destiny
• Comfortable working with proprietary tools

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS

• Experience working on a live game ("game as a service")

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