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 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.