Summary of the Senior Scriptwriter [Assassin’s Creed] job at Ubisoft
Ubisoft is hiring a Senior Scriptwriter [Assassin’s Creed]. Based in Québec, Canada. Working arrangement: On-site.
About Ubisoft
Ubisoft est une référence mondiale du jeu vidéo, avec des équipes réparties aux quatre coins du monde qui créent des expériences de jeu originales et mémorables, de Assassin’s Creed à Rainbow Six en passant par Just Dance et bien d’autres encore. Nous croyons que la diversité des points de vue fait progresser à la fois les joueurs et les équipes. Si vous êtes passionné·e par l’innovation et que vous souhaitez repousser les limites du divertissement, rejoignez notre aventure et aidez-nous à créer l’inconnu ! Studio pionnier d’Ubisoft, le studio de Paris est à l’origine des premiers succès de l’éditeur suite à sa création en 1992. Il est aujourd’hui à la tête de licences incontournables comme Just Dance, Ghost Recon ou Mario + The Lapins Crétins. Ubisoft Paris s’est également construit une solide réputation comme partenaire de choix dans les collaborations inter-studios comme Watch Dogs, Skull & Bones, Beyond Good & Evil 2 ou encore Star Wars. Fort de cette expérience, le studio continue d’aller plus loin en termes de créativité en travaillant sur des projets très prometteurs encore non-annoncés. Regroupant 750 talents de 35 nationalités, Ubisoft Paris est aujourd’hui le plus grand studio de France et l’un des plus expérimentés de l’industrie. Les jeunes talents peuvent bénéficier de la présence importante de profils seniors, dans les métiers créatifs, techniques ou artistiques. Chacun·e reste animé·e par la même passion : repousser les limites du possible et proposer de nouvelles expériences à nos joueurs et joueuses. Prêt·es à rallier l’aventure ? Rejoignez-nous au Studio de Paris !
Senior Scriptwriter [Assassin’s Creed] job description
Company Description
Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help create the unknown!
Job Description
As a Senior Scriptwriter on the Assassin’s Creed Franchise at Ubisoft Quebec City, you will play a key role in shaping the narrative vision of the game. With a strong focus on story, tone, characters, and dialogue, you will provide narrative leadership while working closely with quest and mission designers, narrative teams, and production. Reporting to a Lead Writer, you will contribute senior-level expertise within a highly collaborative writer’s room environment.
What you’ll do
- Define, evolve, and uphold the narrative tone and voice of the game in alignment with the Creative Director’s vision
- Write and oversee scripts, dialogue, and in-game narrative content including cinematics, missions, scripted events, and gameplay systems
- Partner closely with quest and mission designers to shape story structure and player experience
- Lead the development of key characters, voices, and relationships within the Assassin’s Creed universe
- Drive and contribute to world building, including cultures, locations, and historical or fictional context
- Provide narrative guidance and feedback to other writers within a writer’s room setting
- Ensure narrative consistency, quality, and clarity across all story assets and reference documentation
- Support narrative planning, integration, and collaboration with production teams and external partners when required
Qualifications
What you bring to the team
- Significant experience in narrative writing and dialogue for interactive media
- Advanced expertise in narrative writing and dialogue
- Proven experience collaborating with multiple writers in a team-driven environment
- Strong understanding of video game narrative design and player-driven storytelling
- Ability to adapt writing to diverse tones, styles, and narrative needs
- Confidence giving and receiving high-level narrative feedback
- Strong communication, organization, and mentorship skills
- Curiosity, creativity, and a deep interest in people, history, and worlds
What to send our way
- Your CV highlighting senior-level narrative and collaboration experience
- Writing samples totaling no more than 10 pages
- If possible, a variety of additional samples showcasing your best work, either as attached files or via a link to your personal website or online portfolio
- Your samples should demonstrate your ability to tell a compelling story, your understanding of scene structure, dialogue, and characterization, and how these elements apply to interactive game experiences
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