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Games Writer, Plarium
Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Plarium Ukraine is a team of over 500 specialists that work on mobile and browser games. It is Plarium’s largest studio and home to 12 of our best-known games, including:
Total Domination
Stormfall: Age of War
Sparta: War of Empires
We’re proud of delivering best-in-class quality, but also of giving our employees the time and resources they need to grow their careers both in the company, and in the gaming industry as a whole.
Who We’re Looking For
Plarium Ukraine is looking for an experienced games writer with a background in a range of published mobile, console, or PC titles. You will have worked on multiple projects from pre-production prototypes all the way through to go-to-market localization.
At Plarium you will help craft the voice, UI text, lore, content, and storytelling of our social and mobile gaming titles. Your work will support our extensive portfolio of existing game titles along with new development projects.
As part of the Creative Department, you will be working closely with the Localization, Marketing, and Product Development teams to create immersive, engaging game worlds, campaigns, and UI content. You will be expected to work independently on proofing and editing content for accurate translation, and support daily operations at our studio in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
What You’ll Be Doing
Work closely with the Creative Department, Localization Department, and Product/Development Teams to:
Maintain quality standards of all English-language content through professional proofing and editing.
Develop and play-test UI text and strings for mobile, browser, and social platforms.
Support daily localization document workflow.
Develop engaging, original game-related content for our players, including but not limited to: gameplay tips, infographic texts, strategy guides, how-to guides, promotional copy, and storyboard texts.
Maintain IP content bibles that help codify, explain, and expand the universes for our games. This may include, but is not limited to, creating character backstories, world lore, wiki articles, codifying style, tone, etc.
Develop creative, thematically appropriate scripts to be performed and recorded in support of our ongoing game projects.
Conduct ad-hoc writing, proofing and editing as needed (including press releases, web copy, newsletters, collateral materials, game proposals and other written corporate materials and communications).
Requirements Hard Skills
Experience working on all stages of localization QA (from concept to game evolution) on at least one shipped game.
Experience in games writing on at least one shipped game.
Native English Speaker.
Soft Skills
Experience working in cross-cultural and cross-studio environments.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to multi-task in a multicultural, fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Strong logical and lateral thinking skills, and a problem-solving mindset.
Strong time-management skills, and ability to take the initiative.
