Narrative Designer (Gamedev)

Location: Stockholm, Sweden. Hybrid schedule with 4 days per week in the office and 1 optional day working from home; onboarding is fully on-site.

Company

hirify.global is a Swedish video game studio and publisher developing cooperative multiplayer games for PC and consoles, including Warhammer: Vermintide and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.

What you will do

• Establish strong narrative foundations and act as a creative driver for the game.
• Define and communicate narrative priorities and their importance to the game and development team.
• Drive the narrative while accounting for production realities and constraints.
• Build dynamic, reactive narrative worlds rather than purely linear written-story structures.
• Collaborate with designers, artists, directors, and the wider development team.
• Integrate storytelling with gameplay and find creative solutions that keep production moving.

Requirements

• Prior game development experience in a narrative role.
• Strong understanding of interactive, non-linear storytelling and narrative craft.
• Strong collaboration skills in a game production environment.
• Genuine interest in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
• Ability to work fully on-site at the Stockholm office is required.

Nice to have

• Background in tabletop role-playing games.
• Game design experience that broadens the skill set.
• Experience with live service games.

Culture & Benefits

• Playful, friendly, inclusive, and collaborative workplace.
• Varied projects, experienced co-workers, personal growth opportunities, and recurring hack weeks.
• Regulated flex time, paid overtime, and a minimum crunch policy.
• Occupational pension, healthcare benefits, annual health checkups, and a bonus program.
• Relocation package for international talent.
• Dog-friendly office in central Stockholm with social events and team-building activities.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed and interviews are conducted continuously until the position is filled.