Sr Game Writer

Requisition Number: 171078

Position Title: Sr Game Designer

External Description:

Electronic Arts Inc. is a global interactive entertainment software company. EA delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and tablets.

Finding great talent and supporting our studios to be the best place for people to do their best work is central to our philosophy. This is the principle behind our newly formed Seattle Studio focusing on open-world action-adventure games and pioneering next generation emergent storytelling. Join us to pursue your passion to create unique, groundbreaking and inclusive games that empower players to create incredible stories of heroic adventure.

Become a foundational part of a respectful and diverse team as we are looking for an Advanced Game Writer to help us build a AAA open world game with an emphasis on procedural narrative. The Advanced Game Writer will collaborate closely with the Directors to create the game's characters, world and narrative so that they come to life as they emerge through interwoven narrative and gameplay systems.

The Advanced Game writer will champion the story to the team throughout the development process. You will use a variety of narrative tools and systems including dialogue, world-building and narrative design to ensure that players engage their imaginations to co-author incredible emergent stories.

You will help players to discover and remember amazing moments of intense emotion between characters that they profoundly love or passionately hate.

Responsibilities:

• Build and manage a team tasked with creating, developing and polishing the narrative experience across all areas of the game with an emphasis on characters and dialogue.
• Contribute to all areas of the narrative including documentation, in game content, and dialogue with a focus on creating memorable and emotional moments for the player.
• Work with the Audio Director on all voice over sessions to ensure the narrative and performance goals are being met.
• Lead a writer's room with a group of writers, guiding collaborative story improvements and working with the team to punch-up dialog
• Review and/or edit submissions from other writers.

Qualifications:

• Shipped at least one successful AAA title from start to finish as a Lead Writer or Narrative Design Lead.
• Desired: Experience in procedural narrative or interactive fiction.
• Desired: Experience with high profile and beloved IP.
• Deep understanding of modern AAA games and their narrative mechanics

We love to celebrate our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, 401k with company match, of course, free video games and more!

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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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About Electronic Arts

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.

Days Open: 12

Can this position be remote?: 1

EEO Employer Verbiage:

About Electronic Arts

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.