Narrative Director [Assassin's Creed]

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 teams 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 youll 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.

What to send our way

• Your CV highlighting relevant skills and experiences.
• Examples of narrative work frameworks or shipped projects relevant to the Narrative Director role.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time