Overview

ZeniMax Online Studios is seeking a Technical Designer (Narrative) to join our studio for the development of our next AAA game. This is a chance to join an experienced group of developers in pre-production for a new IP. This role will work closely with our narrative and cinematic leads to help design, develop, and maintain a AAA-quality narrative/cinematic toolset and pipeline from the ground up for a new IP. As one of the first members of the team to get their hands dirty in these workflows, you will be expected to help guide best practices and workflows by creating solid examples and sharing your findings across a team of various disciplines. Directly working with our various design and engineering teams, you will be relied upon to push boundaries and turn ambiguous situations into concrete solutions. Being able to navigate between ‘big picture’ and ‘in-the-weeds’ is essential for making effective decisions that will have a substantial impact on the project.

The preferred location for this role is Hunt Valley, MD, Austin, TX, or Madison, WI. Will consider remote.

Responsibilities

• Contribute and maintain complex narrative and cinematic content
  
• Create the first examples of new techniques and technologies and document findings for the broader team
  
• Collaborate with experts of various disciplines to be a force multiplier to the narrative department
  
• Provide strong direction for user workflows and usability in tools and pipeline development
  
• Help bring our narrative and cinematic vision to life

Qualifications

• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-discipline development environment
• Deep experience working with narrative-related content, tools, and pipelines
• Experience working with various forms of coding and/or scripting
• Comfortable bringing chaos to order by operating within ambiguous or nascent toolsets
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with any DCC tools and workflows (Maya, Blender, Houdini, etc.)
  
• Familiarity with narrative techniques across genres

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do – from recruiting for our studios, publishing and operations to fostering safe and respectful workplaces that encourage collaboration. Our culture is based on principles of respect, inclusion, and fair treatment and we welcome anyone into our family without regard to race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age.

Our diversity fuels our innovation and inspires us to create game worlds that bring us closer to the global community of players we serve.