Writer

About This Role

This role at Ubisoft Montreal involves designing and overseeing all narrative content for a project, including the development of the universe, characters, tone, and in-game texts. You will ensure narrative consistency with game systems and translate creative intentions into clear, playable, and integratable content.

Responsibilities

• Design and supervise the narrative content of the project, including the universe, characters, and tone
• Translate narrative intentions into playable and integratable content adapted to gameplay constraints
• Ensure alignment between narrative structure, gameplay, pacing, and replayability
• Collaborate closely with design, level, audio, technology, and production teams to validate narrative choices in context
• Write narrative content for cinematics, scripted events, and gameplay sequences
• Produce and maintain in-game narrative texts, such as missions, documents, and systemic narrative elements
• Make necessary narrative arbitrations between depth, clarity, production constraints, and durability
• Maintain clear and up-to-date narrative documentation throughout development

Requirements

• Excellent skills in scriptwriting and narrative design for interactive media
• Demonstrated ability to make narrative decisions in the context of game and production constraints
• Good understanding of game development pipelines and narrative integration
• Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams and integrate feedback
• Experience in narrative design for iteration and replayability
• Sense of organization, clear communication, and rigor
• Creativity, curiosity, and keen observation skills
• Strong interest in narrative as an interactive system

Application Process

• Your CV highlighting your experiences and skills
• Writing samples or narrative projects relevant to games or interactive media

About the Company

Ubisoft is a global leader in video games, with teams worldwide creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin's Creed to Rainbow Six and Just Dance, among many others.