Narrative Director [Assassin's Creed]

Ubisoft; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ubisoft is seeking a Narrative Director in Montreal to define and evolve the narrative vision of its brands. This role involves collaboration with various directors, ensuring a cohesive player experience and strong narrative identity across projects. The ideal candidate will possess proven narrative structuring abilities, strategic communication skills, and a solid understanding of AAA game development. This leadership position requires one to foster best practices in storytelling and narrative culture across multiple studios.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to structure narrative at a brand level over the long term.
• Strong understanding of player experience coherence and brand strategy.
• Experience collaborating closely with Game Directors and Creative Directors.
• Demonstrated influence-based leadership, aligning teams without direct authority.
• Strong strategic communication and synthesis skills.
• Ability to foster best practices and shared narrative culture across multiple studios.
• Solid understanding of AAA game development pipelines.
• Curiosity and engagement with narrative innovation in games and related media.

Responsibilities

• Define a long-term narrative vision aligned with brand themes.
• Establish core narrative principles that guide shared universe evolution.
• Align project narrative leaders and stakeholders around a common vision.
• Design and oversee shared narrative systems including canon lore.
• Ensure coherence and scalability of the narrative ecosystem.
• Support projects with intentional narrative deviations.
• Build and maintain a narrative roadmap aligned with brand strategy.
• Act as a strategic partner in storytelling and narrative integration.

Skills

Narrative structuring

Player experience coherence

Game Director collaboration

Influence-based leadership

Strategic communication

Best practices fostering

AAA game development understanding

Narrative innovation engagement

Job description

Job Description

As a Narrative Director at Ubisoft Montreal, you will define, structure, and evolve the long‑term narrative vision of a brand. Working closely with the Head of Content, the Content Director, and the Franchise Game Director, you will help ensure a consistent player experience, a strong narrative identity, and a shared writing culture across projects, while respecting each team’s creative autonomy.

This role acts as a strategic reference and narrative architect for shared narrative foundations. You will collaborate closely with Creative Directors and Narrative Directors on each project, who remain accountable for the creative vision, quality, and final narrative experience of their games.

What you’ll do:

• Define a long‑term narrative vision aligned with brand themes, tone, and player experience.
• Establish core narrative principles that guide the evolution of a shared universe.
• Align project narrative leaders and franchise stakeholders around a common vision.
• Design and oversee shared narrative systems, including canon lore, cross‑project character arcs, and narrative frameworks.
• Ensure coherence and scalability of the narrative ecosystem across the brand.
• Support projects when intentional narrative deviations are needed.
• Build and maintain a narrative roadmap aligned with brand strategy.
• Act as a strategic partner to project teams on storytelling, pacing, and narrative integration with gameplay.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to structure narrative at a brand level over the long term.
• Strong understanding of player experience coherence, narrative identity, and brand strategy.
• Experience collaborating closely with Game Directors and Creative Directors.
• Demonstrated influence‑based leadership, aligning teams without direct authority.
• Strong strategic communication and synthesis skills.
• Ability to foster best practices and shared narrative culture across multiple studios.
• Solid understanding of AAA game development pipelines.
• Curiosity and engagement with narrative innovation in games and related media.