Lead Narrative Designer
Postuler maintenant Postuler ultérieurement Job ID 10135393 Emplacement Glendale, Californie, États-Unis Entreprise Disney Experiences Date de publication 30/10/2025Ce rôle est considéré comme un poste à distance, ce qui signifie que l’employé(e) travaillera à distance de manière continue et qu’il n’aura pas d’espace de travail attribué à un endroit désigné par la Société.
Résumé du poste:
About The Role & Team:
Disney Digital Entertainment, a division of Disney Experiences, is embarking on a mission to create the ‘digital front door’ for The Walt Disney Company, bringing all of the magic of Disney together into a new interactive universe.
Disney Digital Entertainment is looking for a Lead Narrative Designer to join us on an ambitious and exciting new project. If you are an imaginative creator with superb game development skills, and have a love of Disney/Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel properties, you’ll want to check out this opportunity! We are building an experienced development team that will help create groundbreaking game experiences that will herald the next generation of Disney to the world. Working with top-class industry talent, this role is perfect for the seasoned game developer looking to create something epic - collaborating with a robust group of developers focusing on individual experiences to create a wonderfully rich and cohesive product that is truly “Disney”.
This is a remote opportunity with potential travel.
What you will do:
- Work with project leads and other developers to create compelling narrative experiences that are fun and engaging.
- Manage the work for a narrative team and lead the development of narrative design while working in a cross-disciplinary pod structure.
- Work with internal partners to ensure narrative and dialogue meets the standards and needs of various IPs.
- Be a hands-on developer in the creation of narrative content for several interactive games and experiences based on Disney’s robust portfolio of characters and worlds including Disney/Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars.
- Work with the leadership team on voice over casting and participate in and direct voice over sessions.
- Implement, test, and iterate on narrative systems and narrative content.
- Help design narrative design systems and tools to be used in the development of narrative content.
- Create and implement narrative content using Unreal Engine, UEFN (Unreal Editor Fortnite), and scripting in Verse in both the development and live service environments.
- Write, update, and maintain detailed design documentation.
- Provide guidance and mentorship for other Narrative Designers.
Required Qualifications and Skills:
- 8 years of game development experience, including at least one shipped game in a Lead role.
- Implemented narrative content using an industry-standard toolset (Unity, Unreal, etc.).
- Have been a leader and developer on multiple shipped products and have familiarity with developing products on various gaming platforms – Console/PC and Mobile.
- Excel at partnering and collaborating with key stakeholders, working through challenging problems and reaching consensus to achieve great things.
- Have a special appreciation of Disney’s IP, including characters and lore, linear media and movie franchises, theme parks design, and overall aesthetics.
- Are familiar with the narrative requirements of writing within existing IPs.
- Have experience designing narrative systems such as conversations, barks, and chatter as well as designing tools to implement these systems.
- Are familiar with various narrative tools and using them to put narrative content in game.
- Have participated in the VO(Voice Over) casting/recording process and have directed voice-over sessions.
- Enjoy creative problem-solving and creating something new and innovative.
- Have a strong sense of what makes for interesting and compelling narratives in video games.
- Have strong storytelling abilities and a deep understanding of interactive narrative design.
- Understand best standards and practices of writing within a variety of different genres.
- Able to communicate effectively with other teams and groups.
Education:
- A Bachelor’s degree in English or Creative Writing or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Additional Information:
Please include a portfolio showcasing your work and projects you have worked on. Please share or disable any passwords for efficient review of portfolios.
Our Benefits: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits
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The hiring range for this remote position is $126,800 to $170,000 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Sur Disney Experiences:
Disney Experiences donne vie à la magie des histoires et des franchises Disney à travers des parcs à thème, des complexes hôteliers, des bateaux de croisière, des expériences de vacances uniques, des produits et bien plus encore dans le monde entier. Disney excelle dans l’industrie du voyage avec six destinations de villégiature aux États-Unis, en Europe et en Asie, une compagnie de croisières de premier plan, un programme de propriété de vacances très populaire, et une agence primée d’aventures guidées en famille. De plus, les opérations mondiales de produits de consommation de Disney comprennent la plus grande entreprise de licences au monde, les plus grandes marques d’édition pour enfants au monde, l’un des plus grands concédants de licence de jeux au monde sur toutes les plateformes, et les magasins Disney dans le monde entier et sur le Web.
Sur The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, ainsi que ses filiales et sociétés affiliées, forme l’une des principales entreprises internationales diversifiées de divertissement familial et de médias. Elle comprend trois secteurs d'activités essentiels : Disney Entertainment, ESPN et Disney Experiences. Depuis ses modestes débuts en tant que studio de dessins animés dans les années 1920 jusqu’à son statut de référence actuel dans le secteur du divertissement, Disney poursuit fièrement sa tradition de création d’histoires et d’expériences exceptionnelles pour tous les membres de la famille. Les histoires, les personnages et les expériences de Disney touchent les consommateurs et les visiteurs du monde entier. À travers nos activités présentes dans plus de 40 pays, nos employés et cast members collaborent pour créer des expériences de divertissement appréciées à la fois au niveau universel et local.
Le poste est rattaché à Disney DPEP Services Co., Inc. , qui fait partie d’une entreprise que nous appelons Disney Experiences.
Disney DPEP Services Co., Inc. est un employeur qui souscrit au principe d’égalité des chances à l’emploi. Les candidat(e)s seront pris(es) en considération pour un emploi sans distinction de race, de religion, de couleur, de sexe, d’orientation sexuelle, de genre, d’identité de genre, d’expression de genre, d’origine nationale, d’ascendance, d’âge, d’état matrimonial, de statut militaire ou d’ancien combattant, d’état de santé, d’informations génétiques ou de handicap, ou de tout autre motif interdit par la loi fédérale, étatique ou locale. Disney défend un environnement commercial où les idées et décisions de tous et toutes nous aident à grandir, innover, créer les meilleures histoires et être pertinents dans un monde en évolution constante.