Smg4 Story/character Writer

Sydney, NSW | Full-Time | Flexible Work Arrangement

**About us**:
Glitch Productions’s partner channel SMG4 is a 10+ year long running story driven channel involving parody adventures with Mario and original characters going on incredibly insane and zany stories. The tone of the show can go from silly and light hearted to very dark and serious in a beat. Though the episodes may seem nonsensical at first, you’ll find at the heart of every SMG4 episode is the strong drive to create great characters, tell a compelling story and ultimately make the audience laugh and have a great time.

**Job Information**:
The story/character writer position will see you working with the staff writers and artists of SMG4 to expand the series’ characters, universe, and lore. You will have a strong hand in developing new ideas and stories for our beloved characters to experience and help shape the future of the series. You will be involved in planning and writing new episode story beats and helping the writing team execute them in tight scripts that delight our audience.

**Your duties will include**:

- Designing, improving, and expanding existing character backstory, motivations and relationships.
- Designing new character personalities and backstories if required.
- Designing and expanding the world and lore of SMG4.
- Planning out episode-by-episode events that build towards larger story arcs and plot lines.
- Create solid story beats for episodes to guide the staff writers, keeping in mind to build and allow beats for comedy but not necessarily designing the specific comedic moments yourself.
- Collaborating with the rest of the writing team to execute an exciting and comedic story.
- Provide constructive feedback and ideas to the writing team.
- Demonstrated experience in comedic writing, including physical and dialogue-based humour.
- An ability to work and write in an existing world with an established history, and capture the voice of the project you are writing for.
- Strong understanding of character development and dynamics.
- A love of world building and character creation.
- Strong communication and organisation.
- An ability to work on a regular deadline (SMG4 is a weekly show).
- Ability to analyse work and provide feedback to writing team.
- Passion to create and tell interesting stories with our characters.

Bonus Skills:

- Editing skills.
- Strong pre-established understanding of SMG4 and their story.
- Strong sense of gen-z culture and humour.

**What We Offer**
- A competitive starting salary with reviews every 6 months.
- A flexible work arrangement and schedule, with options for work from home and flexi-hours.
- A relaxed and fun office environment where individual input is valued.
- Regular work functions and free entry to conventions and events.
- Relocation assistance for workers wishing to move to Sydney.
- Close to public transport in the heart of Parramatta CBD.
- Paid for gym memberships.
- Regular company breakfasts/lunches.
- A diverse team that values independent input and career development.

**Our values**
Glitch Productions has an art-first mindset. Regardless of which team we’re in, every single team member’s core mission is to create the best art possible, and delight our audience that has given us so much. We achieve this mission through our values:
**Passion**: First and foremost, every team member has a passion for the work we do and why we do it. It’s what allows us to contribute our creative energy, pitch new concepts, and give everything we make a personal touch that resonates with our fans.

**Innovation**: From cobbling together sets in a living room, to inventing new pipelines using breakthrough technology, we have always had a focus on innovation and new ideas. We always try to push the boundaries of our industry and keep things fresh and exciting for both the team and our audience.

**Teamwork**: Animation takes a big team of incredibly talented people and everyone is always ready to pitch in and lend a hand. We believe that our diversity and range of skills are what allows us to create works none of us could do on our own.

**Integrity**: Our integrity is the heart of our core mission. It’s what allows us to do right for our projects and for each other.