Game Writer - CA Sofia

The Total War franchise is seeking a new Writer with a talent and passion for narrative, dialogue and world-building to help us create written content for our much-anticipated Warhammer DLCs.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please submit your resume along with a cover letter detailing your experience and enthusiasm for the role.

Your impact

• Write in-game descriptions, tooltips and world-building text as required by narrative designers and design teams.
• Collaborate with designers on both secondary game narratives and primary game-defining story arcs.
• Write dialogue, character VO scripts and biographies for characters and units.
• Learn gameplay elements quickly for the purposes of writing clear and concise instructional or tutorial pieces.
• Understand the writing pipeline and implement final text to game databases when necessary.
• Provide writing support for cinematic assets such as in-game movies or trailers.
• Deliver all writing tasks with spell-checked and grammatically correct text to given deadlines.
• Maintain high writing standards, conventions and tone of voice across Total War titles.
• Identify and fix text bugs.

How you can match

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in writing prose and dialogue within any form of published media.
• Ability to identify and use the correct tone, format and style to fulfil a given writing brief.
• Understanding of storytelling structures, characterisation and worldbuilding.
• Efficient at researching diverse topics and distilling information relevant to writing for Total War games.
• Ability to learn basic dev and debug tools helpful to all writing pipelines.
• Can estimate tasks and deliver within agreed timeframes.
• Works effectively with editorial leadership for revisions, rewrites and polish.
• Understanding of and basic ability to deliver editing and proofreading.
• Basic Excel proficiency.

Nice to have

• Works well independently or under occasional direction.
• Is willing to take on tasks at short notice or with challenging deadlines.
• Receives and acts upon constructive criticism and feedback well.
• Collaborates effectively with multiple disciplines in a diverse working environment.
• Writes with a clear understanding of quality and players’ needs.
• Is proactive and inquisitive to learn how writing aids all stages of game development pipelines.
• Identifies the best approach to complete writing briefs efficiently and to the highest possible quality.
• Is a good communicator who builds trust with cowriters and stakeholders.
• Is enthusiastic and passionate about games, books and other popular culture.

Studio benefits:

• Flexible working hours
• Health and dental care package
• Life insurance
• Additional paid leave
• Full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period
• Employee assistance programme
• Food vouchers
• Annual studio bonus
• Learning and development trainings, internal masterclasses and global conferences
• Free games and merchandise
• Breakfast and fruits at the office
• Office massages

What's next?

1. Shortlisted candidates will receive a test assignment which has to be completed in 7 days.

2. Successful candidates hold a screening call with the recruitment team.

3. Successful candidates hold an interview with the hiring team.

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