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NarrativeStorytellingLead

United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Lead candidates.

The Brief

“Narrative Storytelling Lead at Proximity Works. Skills: Narrative Storytelling, GenAI, Supervising writers. Craft writing policies. Craft guardrails”

Industry & Context.

Media

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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