Company description
Ubisoft is a global leader in video games, with teams spread across the four corners of the world who create original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin's Creed to Rainbow Six, including 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 a writer at Ubisoft Montréal, you design and oversee all of the narrative content of the project, including the development of the universe, characters, tone and in-game text. You ensure narrative coherence with the game systems and translate creative intentions into clear, playable and integrable content.
In close collaboration with production, as well as with the design, level design, audio and technology teams, you help guide narrative choices, validate them directly in-game, and reconcile creative ambition with production realities.
What you will do
- Design and oversee the project's narrative content, including the universe, characters and tone
- Translate narrative intentions into playable and integrable content adapted to gameplay constraints
- Ensure alignment between the narrative structure, gameplay, pacing and replayability
- Collaborate closely with the design, level, audio, technology and production teams to validate narrative choices in context
- Write narrative content for cutscenes, scripted events and gameplay sequences
- Produce and maintain in-game narrative text, such as missions, documents and systemic narrative elements
- Make the narrative trade-offs needed between depth, clarity, production constraints and sustainability
- Maintain clear and up-to-date narrative documentation throughout development
Qualifications
What you bring to the team
- Excellent skills in screenwriting and narrative design for interactive media
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of narrative decisions within gameplay and production constraints
- Good understanding of game development pipelines and narrative integration
- Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams and integrate feedback
- Experience writing narrative designed for iteration and replayability
- Strong organization, clear communication and rigor
- Creativity, curiosity and a keen sense of observation
- Strong interest in narrative as an interactive system
What to send us
- Your resume highlighting your experience and skills
- Writing samples or narrative projects relevant to games or interactive media