[Hiring] Writer @Fusebox Games

Role Description

To be one of our in-house writers working on existing and new games and interactive stories.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Drafting high quality episode scripts to tight deadlines
• Managing the scope and scale of your episodes to deliver scripts on time
• Doing rewrites which fully address all notes
• Writing compelling premium scenes that add appropriate value to player experience
• Writing compelling sells for premium scenes
• Ensuring cliff hangers land in a compelling way to maintain strong player retention
• Ensuring language and tone feels on brand for the IP and audience
• Reviewing and giving constructive, actionable notes to other writers
• Rewriting other writers' scripts where needed
• Actively contributing in writers' rooms
• Actively contributing in feedback, reviews and idea generation sessions
• Writes detailed and fun episode outlines which capture everything communicated in the writers' room and subsequent documentation
• Playtesting episodes with high attention to detail
• Keen understanding of what works and what doesn't in premium scenes and choices
• Contributing in meetings with other departments
• A proactive and solution approach within the narrative and other departments

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience writing for interactive fiction, mobile games or similar transferable experience
• Understanding and experience of choice-based narratives
• Strong understanding of player agency
• Understanding of free-to-play game mechanics
• Ability to be flexible, nimble and solution-focused in a fast moving creative environment
• Excellent communication skills
• Enthusiasm and respect for the process of giving, receiving, sharing, and implementing feedback
• Ability to replicate an existing world with its own set of rules, characters, continuity, and tone, as well as create new ones
• Excellent ear for dialogue, proficiency at writing multiple tones, as well as keen understanding of narrative pacing
• A passion for serialised storytelling and interest in Interactive Fiction as well as innovation

Competencies

• Creativity
  • Develops content that connects with and engages players
  • Creates and collaborates with team to develop inclusive storylines
• Communication
  • Is open and honest and encourages two-way communication
  • Is confident when speaking with a variety of colleagues and peers, pitching information at the right level
  • Aware of cultural differences and adapts style accordingly
• Decision Making
  • Confident in making sound decisions with minimal guidance
  • Demonstrates a proactive approach to problem solving
  • Learns from mistakes and is open to new ideas, embracing new processes and change

Behaviours

• Scriptwriting excellence
• Collaborative
• High attention to detail
• Solution focussed and proactive
• Strong communicator
• Creative
• Strives for excellence in their work and others
• Efficient, positive and calm under pressure
• Hard working