Lead Writer

Benefits

Sky Castle Studios offers a comprehensive suite of benefits including:

• Health, vision, and dental insurance coverage for all US employees.
• 401k with 6% company matching for US employees after 6 months.
• Membership to if available in your city.
• Reproductive health travel coverage.
• 15 days of paid vacation accrued per year.
• 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
• 11 paid company holidays per year, plus a week of paid summer vacation and a week of paid holiday vacation.
• Parental leave benefits, including 8 weeks of paid leave, 8 weeks of unpaid leave, and 8 weeks of flexible scheduling.
• A generous home office reimbursement stipend, which can be used for internet and phone expenses as well as technology, office furniture, and more.
• Education reimbursement.
• Free Hero Forge Minis

Lead Writer Job Description:

Sky Castle Studios is currently seeking a creative and resourceful Lead Video Game Writer with a clear talent for composing compelling storylines as well as developing the stories' characters, dialogue, and backstory details with an iterative approach to development, a collaborative spirit, excellent communication skills, and an enthusiasm for RPG and turn-based video games.

The ideal candidate enjoys working with talented engineers, designers, writers, artists, and management, and has a drive to create a fun and cohesive gameplay experience with the ability to empathize with both new players and with experts of the genre. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of writing and story structure.

Lead Writer Responsibilities:

• Work with leadership to define and structure a story in a non-linear format for use within a new video game and write substories within the overall game story
• Identify compelling characters, events, and places within a fantasy setting for inclusion within the game’s story
• Engage in all aspects of the game narrative including dialogs, cutscenes, intros and outros, as well as environmental storytelling
• Work with the Art Team to maintain narrative quality throughout the development process
• Actively collaborate with the rest of the Development Team, openly communicating progress and problems, helping us set realistic project timelines and expectations
• Participate in game testing and feedback
• Help to create and maintain project documentation regarding narrative, including character and location profiles, subplot summaries, and the like
• Balance and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines, working within agreed timeframes and budgets
• Ensure that the narrative elements are organized and oversee their implementation in the game

Lead Writer Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience as a video game writer
• Must have successfully shipped a AA or AAA game in the role of writer
• Excellent written, visual, and verbal English language communication and presentation skills
• A strong researcher with a passion for fantasy lore and an attention to detail
• An experienced gamer with a passion for video games as a storytelling medium
• Enthusiastic for quality gameplay and a familiarity with many games and genres, both past and present
• Excellent problem-solving skills, resourceful, able to find solutions when needed
• Strong self-discipline, motivated, a self-starter with a drive for excellence
• Organized, detail-oriented, able to work fast and loose or carefully with quality when each is needed
• Able to work effectively with people having a variety of personalities and backgrounds
• Able to work remotely using various collaboration tools
• Passionate about learning new tools and technologies
• Ability to work autonomously and manage your own workload