Blizzard Entertainment is looking to hire a talented senior quest designer for the World of Warcraft team. The senior quest designer is responsible for creating, writing, and scripting new quests as part of a cohesive, directed gameplay experience in the world of Azeroth. The ideal candidate has proven experience in game design, a deep understanding of the mechanics of persistent online multiplayer games, aptitude for critical thinking and analysis, a strong writing ability, instincts for storytelling via gameplay, outstanding people skills, boundless creativity, extensive knowledge of World of Warcraft, and a long standing passion for playing video games.
Requirements
- A minimum of 3 years game design experience including senior or lead design experience on a shipped product
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Experience with Office tools such as Microsoft Word, Visio, and PowerPoint
- Experience with game editing tools such as level editors, map editors, mission builders
- Strong creative writing skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Able to work creatively in a demanding team environment with tight deadlines
- Experience playing massively multiplayer online role-playing games
- Experience writing character dialogue, short stories, or in-game text
- Extensive World of Warcraft experience
- Absolute passion for playing and making computer games
Pluses
- Non-design development experience (artist, programmer, etc.)
- Experience with visual tools such as Illustrator or Photoshop
- Project management experience
- Experience managing and / or mentoring others
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience
