Lead Narrative Designer (TFT) in Surrey

This is a temporary full-time position for 14 months to cover parental leave.

We are seeking an experienced Lead Narrative Designer to join the Battlefield team on a fixed-term basis to provide maternity leave cover. In this role, you will partner closely with cross-discipline teams to drive the implementation and delivery of narrative content, ensuring a cohesive, immersive player experience that aligns with Battlefield’s tone, lore, and gameplay pillars.

Key Responsibilities

• Narrative Leadership
  • Define, champion, and uphold the narrative vision, tone, and storytelling goals across the game.
  • Lead and mentor a small team of narrative designers, providing clear direction, feedback, and support to maintain consistency and high-quality standards across all narrative content.
• Narrative Systems Design
  • Design, prototype, and iterate on narrative systems, including dialogue frameworks, branching logic, environmental storytelling, in-world messaging, and interactive narrative moments.
  • Ensure seamless integration of narrative with gameplay systems, UI, and player progression.
• Dialogue Implementation
  • Own the end-to-end implementation of dialogue content within the game engine.
  • This includes structuring conversations, setting up branching flows and conditions, integrating VO assets, and implementing triggers, volumes, and state-driven logic.
  • Collaborate with audio and cinematic teams to ensure performances are correctly hooked up, timed, and contextually responsive to gameplay.
  • Maintain clarity, scalability, and performance of dialogue systems across single-player and multiplayer contexts where applicable.
• Cross-Discipline Collaboration
  • Work closely with level design, gameplay, art, audio, and cinematic teams to embed narrative meaningfully into all aspects of the player experience.
  • Advocate for narrative needs during development and ensure storytelling opportunities are maximised without compromising gameplay.
• Documentation & Communication
  • Create and maintain clear, detailed narrative documentation, including system designs, implementation workflows, VO pipelines, and Confluence pages.
  • Communicate narrative intent effectively across disciplines to ensure alignment and efficient execution.
• Iteration & Feedback
  • Continuously refine narrative content based on playtests, team feedback, and production needs.
  • Conduct regular reviews to ensure narrative cohesion, pacing, and emotional impact throughout development milestones.
• Planning & Delivery
  • Manage narrative priorities and workload, ensuring timely delivery of assets in line with project milestones.
  • Identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities, and communicate progress clearly to project leadership.

Experience & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Narrative Design, with at least 1–2 shipped AAA titles in a Senior or Lead capacity (FPS/action experience preferred)
• Strong understanding of interactive storytelling, narrative structure, and character development
• Hands‑on experience implementing narrative content in game engines (e.g. Unreal, Unity, Frostbite)
• Familiarity with production tools and pipelines (e.g. Jira, Confluence, Perforce)
• Experience designing and implementing branching dialogue and narrative systems
• Proven leadership and mentorship skills, with the ability to guide and develop others