Netflix Senior Writer Games Studio 

United States, California, Los Angeles 

897396415

Writing at Night School Studio

About the Job

As a Senior Writer at Night School Studio you will...

• Write interactive scripts under the guidance of our Game Directors & Head of Story, within our proprietary tools in Unity

• Collaborate with cross-discipline teammates to ensure a compelling, immersive and fluid narrative that supports the game’s goals and design, from concept to ship

• Contribute in writers’ rooms for games founded on both pre-existing and new IPs

• Respond to and incorporate internal/external feedback throughout the development process

• Generate outlines, treatments, and other narrative support materials as needed

• Document and present story development, pillars, progress, and pivots to the team, studio stakeholders, and other partners

• Collaborate with high level showrunners, producers, writers and executives from series and film to develop interactive content authentic to the source material IP

• Direct VO sessions

Skills & Requirements

• 5+ years of game writing work, with senior level experience highly preferred

• 2+ shipped games as a hands-on game writer

• Strong game writing, communication, and presentation skills

• Screenwriting background and familiarity with current entertainment industry key players and trends

• Familiarity with the language of cinematic storytelling

• Experience directing high-level talent in VO sessions

• Experience collaborating with high level showrunners and talent in writers’ room settings

• Experience writing in a variety of genres (portfolio of shipped products and writing samples required)

• Experience writing in the horror genre highly preferred

About you:

• Not afraid of change or uncharted territory. Thinking about “what

  could
  be” is creatively exciting to you!

• Energized by innovation in interactive storytelling

• Passionate about and knowledgeable in stories across all mediums – you’re a walking encyclopedia of references that illustrate excellence in storytelling

• Familiar with both the game development process and entertainment industry

• Can pitch and present with clarity and compelling vision new ideas to teammates and partners

• A relentless advocate for excellent player experience across all stages of development and production

• Great at understanding the root of feedback, addressing and adapting to notes

• Quick on your feet

We’d also love to see a polished sample of your work, which could be a sample from a screenplay, teleplay, play, or interactive game script. Ideally this sample showcases both your approach to dialogue and how you structure a scene with a beginning, middle and end, within a 5 page limit. Please upload it as a single document with your resume below.

BUT, PLEASE ONLY SUBMIT A WRITING SAMPLE IF YOU AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING: You understand and acknowledge that Night School Studio may already have or may in the future receive or develop materials independent of your writing sample (the "Sample") which may be similar or identical to elements in the Sample. You agree that Night School Studio has the unrestricted right to use these materials without any obligation to you and that you will have no right or recourse against Night School Studio for use of these materials.

Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $90,000 - $600,000.