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
  

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