Scriptwriter

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 Scriptwriter at Ubisoft Montreal, you will design and oversee the project’s narrative content, including world-building, characters, tone, and in-game text. You will ensure narrative coherence across gameplay systems while translating creative intentions into clear, playable, and integrable content.

Working closely with production and in collaboration with design, level design, audio, and tech teams, you will help shape narrative direction, validate narrative choices directly in-game, and balance creative ambition with production realities.

What you’ll do

Design and oversee narrative content across the project, including world-building, characters, and tone

Translate narrative intentions into playable and integrable content aligned with gameplay constraints

Align story structure with gameplay systems, pacing, clarity, and replayability

Collaborate closely with design, level design, audio, tech, and production teams to validate narrative choices in context

Write narrative content for cinematics, scripted events, and gameplay sequences

Create and maintain in-game narrative text, such as missions, documents, and systemic storytelling elements

Make informed narrative trade-offs between depth, clarity, production constraints, and long-term sustainability

Maintain clear and up-to-date narrative documentation throughout development

Qualifications

What you bring to the team

Strong expertise in scriptwriting and narrative design for interactive media

Proven ability to own narrative decisions within gameplay and production constraints

Solid understanding of game development pipelines and narrative integration

Ability to collaborate across disciplines and integrate feedback constructively

Experience writing narrative content designed for iteration and replayability

Strong organizational and communication skills

Creative mindset with a strong sense of observation and curiosity

Passion for storytelling in games as interactive systems

What to send our way

Your CV highlighting relevant skills and experiences

Writing samples or narrative projects relevant to games or interactive media