SG Campus Recruitment - Narrative & Worldview Designer

The role

This person will be responsible for product worldview setting and meta narrative copy. They will enhance long-term retention and emotional attachment through characters, storylines and thematic packaging for overseas markets.

What you will do

• Contribute to the product's worldview setting, character design and narrative line development
• Write in-game copy: story dialogue, quest text, event narratives and character lines
• Collaborate with the localization team to ensure cultural adaptation and language quality
• Work with operations / art teams to integrate narrative into LiveOps events and meta scenarios
• Research narrative preferences and pop culture trends in North America and Europe

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Creative Writing, Literature, Media, Drama, Game Design, Digital Media or related fields
• Native-level English writing ability
• Strong storytelling and character-building skills
• Must provide a writing portfolio / script samples
• Understanding of and passion for narrative-driven casual games
• Effective collaboration across cross-functional teams
• Fluent in Chinese (written and spoken)

Nice to have

• Published work or internship experience in game narrative / scriptwriting / content creation / screenwriting
• Multilingual ability (Chinese / others)
• Familiarity with the meta structure of merge / simulation / narrative-driven games

About the company

NetEase, Inc. is a leading internet technology company based in China that provides premium online services centered around content creation. The company develops and operates mobile and PC games with in-house R&D capabilities.