TFT Senior Writer (Apex Legends) Job at Respawn Entertainment in California

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

Apex Legends is seeking a Senior Writer to join our team as a Maternity Leave replacement. We’re a small, agile team seeking an experienced writer who is a great collaborator and problem solver, can work independently, but doesn’t shy away from asking for help when they need it.

The role is a Temporary Full-Time position and located Hybrid in Los Angeles, Vancouver, or Madison.

Responsibilities

• Help develop new Legend personalities, backstories, dialogue, trailers, and story pieces.
• Work collaboratively with Design, Art, Animation, Marketing, and Audio to develop detailed, cohesive characters and features.
• Write seasonal dialogue, with a solid understanding of matching the voice for all our Legends.
• Attend recording sessions and ensure VO sessions deliver on character and context.
• Develop in-game and social media story ideas using the game’s vision with minimal oversight, and guide them from early planning stages to launch.
• Find innovative opportunities to tell a story in our battle royale, without disrupting gameplay flow.
• Ensure all details of your assigned focus areas are tracked and delivered on time, at quality.
• Help plan, track, write, and organize conditional dialogue.
• Invite story ideas from anyone, and effectively filter or bring forth the best ideas without ego.
• Collaborate closely with other writers, finding ways to build better story ideas together.
• Can effectively gather and filter feedback, gauge player reactions, and iterate on story.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience working as a writer for games, ideally in a live service environment.
• Highly organized and able to work independently, with minimal supervision.
• Has a strong understanding of character-led storytelling, story building, and video games as a story-telling medium.
• Familiarity with the Apex and Titanfall universe is a major asset.

Compensation And Benefits

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$111,600 - $152,800 CAD
• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. San Francisco) *$124,100 - $182,800 USD

In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to temporary full-time employees scheduled to work full time.

In British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, and extended health/dental/vision coverage and basic life insurance.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.