Project Lead Writer (Narrative)

About this task

Location: Remote (UK)
Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview
- Own the narrative delivery of an entire game season from concept through launch.
- Lead a team of writers, collaborate with Production, Product, Design and QA teams, and work closely with external IP partners to ensure releases meet creative and commercial standards.
- Maintain narrative quality, ensure milestones are met, coach writers and improve interactive storytelling workflows.

Responsibilities — Project Leadership
- Lead the narrative delivery of a complete game season from concept through release.
- Own project planning alongside Production and the Narrative Producer.
- Coordinate and lead writers' rooms, script development, reviews, rewrites, playtesting and launch.
- Ensure narrative milestones are delivered on time and to a consistently high standard.
- Drive continuous improvements to narrative workflows and delivery processes.

Responsibilities — Writing and Narrative Quality
- Write, edit and review interactive scripts to an exceptional standard.
- Maintain consistency of character voice, tone, branching narrative and player agency.
- Ensure all narrative content aligns with the IP, creative vision and established narrative standards.
- Identify and resolve quality issues before release.
- Champion best practice across interactive fiction writing and narrative design.

Responsibilities — Team Leadership
- Line manage and develop a team of writers across different experience levels.
- Conduct regular one-to-ones, performance reviews and development conversations.
- Coach writers to improve their storytelling, technical writing and delivery.
- Support recruitment, onboarding and development of new team members.
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive and high-performing team culture.

Responsibilities — Stakeholder and Partner Management
- Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders across Product, Production, QA, Art and Design.
- Work closely with external IP partners throughout development.
- Present creative ideas, narrative documentation and project updates with confidence.
- Balance creative ambition with gameplay, monetisation and production requirements.

Qualifications
- Extensive professional experience writing narrative content for games or interactive media.
- Experience leading writers or narrative teams on large-scale creative projects.
- Excellent editing skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Strong understanding of branching narrative, player agency and interactive storytelling.
- Experience working with licensed IP or established brands.
- Excellent planning, prioritisation and project management skills.
- Experience managing multiple deadlines and stakeholders simultaneously.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- A collaborative, positive and solutions-focused approach to leadership.

Desirable Experience
- Experience working on mobile free-to-play games.
- Experience supporting live service products.
- Familiarity with narrative design tools and scripting pipelines.
- Experience using player data and insights to inform narrative decisions.
- Experience collaborating with external licensors or commercial partners.