Story Development And Production Associate

Pocket Gems develops free-to-play mobile games that are ridiculously fun. Pocket Gems was founded in 2009 by Daniel Terry and Harlan Crystal. Their first products pioneered the free to play mobile games industry and have delighted and entertained millions of players.

We are looking for a creative talent to join Episode’s Story team, helping develop and launch new Episode series.

• Support the development of new Episode series, working with the story lead and team from pitch through multi-season production
• Build and maintain relationships with great writers, story artists, and other storytellers
• Generate new Episode ideas/concepts as well as field pitches from outside storytellers
• Deliver great visual storytelling, using Episode’s existing visual libraries and partnering with Episode’s artists and animators to expand those libraries as necessary for each production
• Seek out, respond to, and iterate based on qualitative and quantitative feedback throughout the development and production process for story, scripts, art, and animation
• Partner cross-functionally on Episode launches, press, marketing, data analysis, and general programming needs

• Passion for great storytelling and for Episode’s vision and current audience
• Experience developing and/or producing commercially successful stories
• Demonstrated knowledge of the creative process from concept through production, including a deep understanding of story
• Existing relationships with writers and other storytellers a strong plus
• Excited to develop new ideas and build new relationships