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NarrativeStorytellingLead
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“Narrative Storytelling Lead at Proximity Works. Skills: Narrative Storytelling, GenAI, Supervising writers. Craft writing policies. Craft guardrails”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years professional narrative writing experience, 3 years experience running writers’ rooms, 3 years experience giving notes, 3 years experience supervising other writers, Experience with GenAI, 6 years as a screenwriter, 3 years of experience in TV and/or serialized short form writing supervision, Idiomatically fluent in English and Hindi, Experience with structure, scene, and dialog punch-up of other writers’ work, Proficiency in GenAI and traditional screenwriting tools, Understanding of content production principles and workflows, Ability to handle multiple productions simultaneously, Excellent attention to detail, Creativity, Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, communication skills, openness to feedback
Nice to Have
Familiarity with filmmaking or animation
What You'll Do.
Craft writing policies
Craft LLM-as-judge prompts
Craft agentic role prompts
Steer AI driven story generation
Leverage AI to develop new stories
Expand artist capabilities
Supervise storytelling for multiple series
Provide guidance to creative teams
Help teams understand concept development
Help teams understand plotting
Help teams understand character development
Help teams understand screenplay structure
Help teams understand dramatic dialog writing
Help teams understand narrative elements
Work with technical teams on AI capabilities
Develop policies for AI
Develop guardrails for AI
Develop creation prompts for AI
Develop validation prompts for AI
Develop agentic architectures for AI
Oversee AI-generated content quality
Provide creative direction feedback
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with marketers; Work closely with designers; Work closely with subject-matter experts; Collaborate with technical teams; Collaborate in a fast-paced environment
Communication Scope
communication skills
Process & Methodology
Handle multiple productions simultaneously
Full Job Description
A Narrative Storytelling Lead is an AI-native version of a Head Writer / Showrunner role and requires both experience working with GenAI and 10+ years professional narrative (television, film, microdramas) writing experience, with at least 3 years experience running writers’ rooms, giving notes, and supervising other writers. This role is responsible for crafting the writing policies, the guardrails, the LLM-as-judge prompts, and the agentic role prompts (ideator, plotter, characterizer, scenecrafter, dialog writer, etc.) to steer AI driven story generation. Leverage AI to develop new stories, new genres, new experiences – and expand the capabilities of every artist on the team to create more and better than ever. This role is also responsible for creatively supervising overall storytelling for multiple simultaneous series of innovative content developed leveraging an state-of-the-art AI-driven platform. ### ### Key Responsibilities * Provide guidance and direction of creative teams for GenAI serialized short form content: Help content production teams understand concept development, plotting, character development, screenplay structure, dramatic dialog writing (in Hindi and English), and the narrative elements of short form serialized content. * AI innovation: Work with technical teams to help bring more AI capabilities into the creative writing workflow by helping develop policies, guardrails, creation prompts, validation prompts, and agentic architectures that become force multipliers for the entire story team. * Familiarity with filmmaking or animation: Understand traditional foundations, principles and procedures of producing filmed entertainment, especially serialized short form content. * Oversee AI-generated content quality: Conduct human review and provide creative direction feedback to artists to drive them to create a compelling narrative for the audience. * Collaboration: Work closely with marketers, designers, and subject-matter experts to align AI-assi
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