directeur.trice de la narration / Narrative Director

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen. (Pour visualiser la description de poste en français, veuillez sélectionner le français dans le menu déroulant au haut de la page sous "Select Language".) Battlefield is a storied franchise renowned for uncompromising combat gameplay and all-out warfare, for over two decades. 100 million players and 5 billion hours played later, Battlefield Studios is defining the future of the first-person shooter with the biggest launch in franchise history with Battlefield 6, and a new era beginning with a new free-to-play universe with Battlefield REDSEC. United under the banner of Battlefield Studios, 4 world-class teams across Criterion, DICE, Motive, and Ripple Effect have come together to focus on the future of the franchise, a connected Battlefield universe filled with immersive experiences built on our unique DNA. As a Narrative Director, you will direct our efforts to create a coherent fiction for our world. You will have broad influence, from contextualizing our gameplay, to defining the game's 'voice', to directing our writing team to deliver a compelling core story. You are willing to explore avenues that put more of the story into the player's hands while still delivering on narrative beats that contextualize and motivate the actions of our player and the character they are playing. You will report to the Creative Director. Working with the creative leadership, you will define the Narrative vision for the product. This will involve close collaborations with other chapter directors, producers, narrative team members, and other important partners. The goal is to develop a high-quality narrative AAA gameplay experience. What You'll Do: Be a necessary participant in shaping the themes, tones, and atmosphere of the game's setting and overall experience Build and direct a writing and narrative design team Set the narrative vision, pillars and strategy for the product. Establish and maintain the narrative direction for the project, both internally and externally. This direction is in harmony with the creative vision, gameplay goals, and structure. Ensure that the narrative direction is implemented to the expected quality, advocating for it throughout the project. Partner with the other discipline directors and producers to integrate the narrative into the game. Find innovative ways to communicate stories through the world that promotes player agency. Support and guide the environment team in researching history, locations, and events to develop the game's narrative vision and underlying themes Determine the production priorities, high-level schedule and eventual scope adjustments with the Producers and other senior partners, to ensure the game is completed on time and within budget. Be a partner in the casting and recording processes Guide the ideation process as the team brainstorms ideas, characters, quests and narrative structure. Manage senior members of the Narrative team. Develop others on the narrative and wider design team in narrative design principles and methodologies Collaborate with and lead other game writers and narrative designers to build narrative gameplay elements. Work with the game design team to develop gameplay features to support and convey the story Provide regular feedback Support and encourage a mindset of diversity and inclusion not just in the workplace, but in the content we create What We're Looking For: As a director, you are passionate about quality, innovation, and achieving a highly impactful and memorable player experience. You are focused on creating narrative designs that put the story in the player's hands. Previous experience as the Narrative Director on AAA game. Experience with narrative writing and game design. Understanding of best practices for creating high-quality narrative gameplay experiences Experience with games, and bringing your experience and passion for narrative to help shape the culture of a team. You excel at creating and communicating your vision to partners and leading strategic efforts with your team. Your team leadership experience equips you to navigate through challenges, provide constructive feedback, and improve workflows Experience managing quality, consistency and coherency across a team of creatives and designers Expertise in competitive intelligence We want to connect you with job opportunities that align with your interests, skills, and expertise. When you create an EA Careers Account and are logged into the portal, you can click “Get Recommendations” to view a curated list of job openings. These recommendations are enhanced by automated processing, including artificial intelligence, and take into account your skills and experience. However, all employment decisions are made by our hiring teams, not by automated systems. About Electronic Arts We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. 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