Senior Writer (Game Narrative)

Location: Remote from Canada, hybrid, or onsite in Edmonton, Alberta, with a strong preference for candidates based in Edmonton who can spend time working from the office.

Company

hirify.global is a video game studio creating enhanced editions of classic games and original content for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and mobile platforms.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain narrative themes, tone, style, characters, dialogue, quests, storylines, lore, and other in-game text in collaboration with the Design Director and project leadership.
• Create character biographies, motivations, relationships, and story arcs while maintaining consistency across dialogue, narrative content, gameplay, and established lore.
• Translate narrative concepts, outlines, and creative briefs into complete writing deliverables through drafting, revision, and implementation.
• Implement and refine narrative content using game engines or project tools, collaborating with designers, artists, and other disciplines to address technical constraints and playtesting issues.
• Review and edit content for clarity, pacing, continuity, character voice, tone, and style; incorporate creative feedback and provide constructive peer feedback.
• Manage writing deliverables, communicate progress and dependencies, meet production deadlines, contribute to narrative documentation, and mentor less senior writers and designers.

Requirements

• Significant professional writing experience in the game or entertainment industry, including writing contributions to at least one shipped game.
• Strong understanding of interactive storytelling and game-design fundamentals, including experience developing branching dialogue or nonlinear narratives.
• Ability to write clear, engaging stories and distinctive characters with consistent voices, motivations, and emotional depth.
• Ability to establish and sustain theme, tone, and style within an existing creative vision, brand, and creative direction.
• Demonstrated sustained writing output, balancing writing quality with the volume, pace, and revision demands of game production.
• Strong editing skills and experience revising creative content for clarity, structure, pacing, and consistency.
• Ability to interpret and incorporate creative feedback, including making substantive revisions to meet project needs.
• Strong collaboration, communication, research, and problem-solving skills, including adapting narrative ideas to technical, production, and resource constraints.
• Experience implementing narrative content in Unreal, Unity, or comparable narrative development tools; ability to work independently, prioritize assignments, and deliver within production timelines.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in English, Creative Writing, Theatre, Film, or a related field.
• Familiarity with JIRA, Perforce, and other production or version-control tools.
• Experience developing narrative style guides, maintaining continuity across substantial bodies of content, and providing peer mentorship.
• Based in Edmonton, Alberta.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-from-Canada, hybrid, and onsite work arrangements are available.
• Work with a diverse team and inclusive workplace committed to welcoming people from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
• Contribute to games released across console, PC, and mobile platforms.

Hiring process

• An up-to-date portfolio or writing samples must be included with the application.
• The recruitment process may include an assessment.
• Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.