Company description
Ubisoft is a global leader in video games, with teams spread across the world creating original and memorable gameplay experiences, from Assassin's Creed to Rainbow Six, Just Dance and many more. We believe that diversity of perspectives drives progress for both players and teams. If you are passionate about innovation and want to push the boundaries of entertainment, join our adventure and help us create the unknown!
Job description
As Narrative Director at Ubisoft Montréal, you will define, structure and evolve the long-term narrative vision of a brand. Working closely with the Head of Content, the content leadership and the franchise leadership, you will help ensure a consistent player experience, a strong narrative identity and a shared writing culture across projects, while respecting the creative autonomy of the teams.
This role acts as the strategic and architectural reference for the shared narrative foundations. You will work in partnership with the creative and narrative directors of each project, who remain responsible for the creative vision, quality and final narrative experience of their games.
What you will do:
- Define a long-term narrative vision aligned with the brand's identity, tone and strategy.
- Establish core narrative principles guiding the evolution of the shared narrative universe.
- Align the project narrative directions and franchise stakeholders around a shared vision.
- Design and oversee shared narrative systems, including the canonical narrative universe, cross-cutting character arcs and narrative frameworks.
- Ensure the consistency, credibility and scalability of the narrative ecosystem across the brand.
- Support projects in intentional narrative deviations, when required by their own vision.
- Develop and maintain a narrative roadmap aligned with the overall brand strategy.
- Support teams on staging, narrative pacing and the integration of story into gameplay.
Qualifications
- Proven ability to think about and structure narrative at the scale of a brand over the long term.
- Excellent understanding of player experience consistency, narrative identity and brand strategy.
- Experience collaborating closely with game directors and creative directors.
- Influential leadership and ability to align and mobilize without direct hierarchical authority.
- Strong skills in strategic communication and synthesis.
- Ability to disseminate and encourage narrative best practices in multi-project or multi-studio contexts.
- Good understanding of AAA game development processes.
- Strong interest in creative watch and measured narrative innovation.
What to send us
- Your résumé highlighting your experience and skills.
- Examples of narrative work, conceptual frameworks or delivered projects relevant to a Narrative Director role.