Game Writer - Contract

Location: Seattle, WA, USA

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Requisition Number: 158195

Position Title: Contingent

External Description:

WE WANT YOUR BRAINS… PopCap is on the hunt for bright, talented people with a passion for making the world’s best games. What’s in it for you? A super-fun environment, rewarding work, and lots of great perks. It takes big, delicious brains to make award-winning titles like Plants vs. Zombies, Bejeweled, and Peggle. Are you up for the challenge?

Summary:
PopCap is seeking a Game Writer who can develop and implement narrative content for Plants vs. Zombies 3 while staying true to the voice of the PvZ brand, PopCap’s values and our commitment to quality. This position will be responsible for developing and refining storylines for the overarching game narrative as well as for characters.

What you’ll do:

In collaboration with the narrative team and lead designer, assist in the development of compelling, engaging, and immersive narrative game experiences.
Write outlines, story treatments, character guides, world guides, casting documents, and other supporting narrative content.
Write concise and evocative dialogue in multiple voices.
Deliver stories, dialog and text on a deadline.
Contribute to establishing best practices for storytelling in a mobile environment.
Collaborate with other departments and assist their narrative-focused goals.
Maintain narrative documentation.
Copy edit text for correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and adherence to the game’s style guide.
Convert text to a scripting format so that it appears correctly in game.
Listen to feedback from players and react accordingly.
Write in formal zombie scrawl.
Champion the eating of brainz for a healthy and successful future.
Hatch fiendishly obvious schemes for players to foil.

What you’ll bring to the table:

Exceptional sense of humor, and a flair for conveying it in short, quippy dialogue.
Experience as a game writer on shipped big-budget titles. Mobile and cartoon writing experience is ideal.
Strong understanding of story and game development process.
Creativity - Writers will be expected to contribute to the direction of the game and script.
Excellent written English skills required.
Ability to write from a variety of voices and perspectives (different genders, social classes, ages, etc.).
Willingness to work under direction while maintaining creativity.
Ability to apply appropriate spelling, capitalization, and punctuation rules.
An ability to pun above and beyond dad jokes
Ability to develop a script to occur in a nonlinear format or take an unpredictable amount of time to complete, independent of side plots
Organized - need to handle multiple story arcs and their relationships with each other.
Strong ability to communicate with peers, team and leadership.
Passionate about modern storytelling in television, film or video games.
Experience working with Unity and modern software workflow and source control tools (like Perforce and Jira)
Ability to process and react to feedback from multiple sources. The ability to self-critique and accept outside critique.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

PopCap is the leading global developer and operator of casual video games: fun, easy-to-learn, captivating games that appeal to all ages across mobile, PC, social and other platforms. Based in Seattle, Washington, PopCap was founded in 2000, was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2011. PopCap's games have been downloaded over 1.5 billion times by consumers worldwide, and our flagship franchises, Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombies, have sold more than 80 million units collectively.

This is a 6 month contract position, no relocation assistance, local candidates only. We thank all applicants however will only be contacting short-listed candidates.

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

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