Content Designer

Winterkeep Interactive · Sweden

Discipline
Design
Seniority
Not stated
Work model
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Employment type
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Pay
SEK 27.1k–SEK 32.5k / mo
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9 Nov

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Content Designer (junior level)

Umeå, on-site, Full-time. Start: January or February 2027.

About Winterkeep

Winterkeep is a studio in Umeå, founded in 2025 by developers who worked together at Paradox Interactive. We are developing a 4X fantasy strategy game built on our own IP.

We're an AA studio. Small enough to stay flexible, experienced enough to make ambitious games. The vision is set, and feature teams own their part of the game and decide how to get there. You shape the game, not just execute tasks.

Our culture

  • Openness and honesty. Share ideas freely, and give and take direct feedback.

  • Calm and focused. We don't crunch, and we don't panic. Sometimes we sprint to hit a goal we've promised, but that's the exception.

  • High standards and accountability. We hold our work, and each other's, to a high bar, and we take responsibility for the game and the studio.

We're playful and professional. We take the work seriously, not ourselves.

We share our office in central Umeå with two other game studios. Umeå is a university town with short commutes, reasonable housing, and a good life for families.

The role

We need a Junior Content Designer to help bring the world of our game to life. You'll design, write, and script content that makes a systems-driven world feel alive. We are a small team, and we sometimes work outside our ordinary roles.

What you will do

  • Design, write, and implement events and other narrative content in English

  • Script content and tune values to balance it

  • Build content that works with the game's systems, not just alongside them

  • Work with design, art and code to get your content into the game

  • Play the game regularly and improve content based on what you see

We are looking for

  • Some experience with content, narrative or game design, through work, studies or your own projects

  • Strong written English

  • Familiarity with scripting: reading, writing, and debugging scripts

  • An interest in how stories can emerge from systems

  • Experience with modding strategy games is a plus

  • Experience with Unreal Engine is a plus

  • Able to work full-time on site in Umeå

Extra bonuses, but not required: You play 4X and/or Strategy Games. You enjoy fantasy RPGs (tabletop or computer).

Salary

Junior: SEK 27,100 to 32,500 per month depending on experience, plus 6% occupational pension, a full insurance package, 5 weeks paid vacation per year and a wellness allowance. Your placement in the range depends on your experience, independence, ownership, and problem-solving.

How to apply

Email: jobs@winterkeep.com with your CV and portfolio links.

As a small studio, we're not able to sponsor work permits at this stage, so you'll need the right to work in Sweden.

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From the studio's careers page (site). Checked 10 Nov.