Senior Writer - Creative Development

Description

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a talented and experienced individual to join the Anvil as a senior writer. Duties will focus on screenwriting, dialog writing for games, and 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’s intellectual properties, focused on animated content and game writing.
• Create original story and series concepts for Blizzard’s intellectual properties.
• Contribute to IP development for all of Blizzard’s franchises.
• Work with internal development teams to evolve Blizzard’s intellectual properties and expand them to various media types.
• Mentor the story team in television and animation writing.
• Work closely with storyboard artists, directors, development executives, and creative directors to develop epic entertainment experiences.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years’ of 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-communications skills
• Passion for Blizzard’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

Pluses

• 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

Submission / Portfolio requirements

• Resume
• Cover letter
• Portfolio, and / or reel demonstrating relevant artistic skills required

Only online artwork submissions will be accepted (e.g. website, blog or online album)