About the role
Location
Shanghai, China
Company Overview
Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused game development can result in great games. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to critical and player acclaim. The company looks for humble but ambitious, razor-sharp professionals who take play seriously, are passionate about games, embrace those who see things differently, are not afraid to experiment, and have a healthy disregard for constraints.
Role Overview
As a Senior Narrative Designer on the Unpublished R&D Product, you will partner closely with design and discipline leads to translate ambitious creative visions into actionable and scalable narrative designs. You will contribute hands-on to creating, prototyping, and tuning narrative experiences while helping establish the frameworks and standards that guide the team's narrative work. You will report into the Game Director of the team. You are the champion of all things story, ensuring that dialogue, script, and character bios are consistent, compelling, and exciting when delivered to players.
Responsibilities
- Establish methodologies for weaving story elements through various gameplay mechanics and systems.
- Partner with design leads to craft a vision for the overall narrative experience.
- Seek opportunities for innovative narrative design solutions within the genre.
- Define narrative frameworks and quality standards.
- Prototype and validate narrative ideas to test readability, emotional clarity, and production viability.
- Create and tune narrative content in partnership with cross-disciplinary teams.
- Identify opportunities to improve narrative design approaches throughout development.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of professional narrative design experience in the game industry.
- Experience leading significant portions of narrative design and content production for at least one game title or shipped narrative product.
- Professional experience writing and adapting narrative content.
- Experience integrating narrative design with gameplay and broader game design.
- Experience collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams across multiple stages of development.
- Fluency in Mandarin Chinese.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience working in a lead Narrative Design role.
- Experience with early-stage game development and prototyping.
- Leadership experience providing feedback and navigating creative disagreements across disciplines.
- Fluency in spoken and written English.
Success Criteria
Success is determined through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. The hiring team evaluates past studies, experience, personal relationship with games, and embodiment of player empathy.