Senior Writer - Creative Development

Description

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a talented and experienced individual to the join creative development team as a senior writer. Duties will focus on screenwriting, dialog writing for games, comics, short fiction, and general collaborative story development. The ideal candidate will have proven success as an animation writer or screenwriter, outstanding people skills, experience in a writers' room setting, and an absolute passion to tell great stories in various cinematic mediums. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Take a lead role in the development of Blizzard Entertainment's intellectual properties (IP), focused on animated content and game writing.
• Create original story and series concepts for Blizzard Entertainment's intellectual properties.
• Contribute to IP development for all of Blizzard Entertainment's franchises.
• Work with internal development teams to evolve Blizzard Entertainment's intellectual properties and expand them to various media types.
• Work closely with storyboard artists, directors, development executives, and creative directors to develop epic entertainment experiences.

• A minimum of 5 years’ industry or related-industry experience as a screenwriter or story editor
• Successfully produced writing work, preferably in genre content
• Thorough knowledge of the story-development process
• Excellent written and oral business-communication skills
• Passion for Blizzard Entertainment's intellectual properties
• Vast knowledge of successful intellectual properties in today's popular culture
• Able to inspire and manage others
• Able to work and thrive in a team environment
• Able to produce writing without constant supervision
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to work well under deadlines

• Experience in playing massively multiplayer online role-playing games, especially World of Warcraft
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Experience in designing and playing computer games

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