Narrative Director

2 Weeks ago • 8 Years + • Game Story Writing/Narrative Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As Narrative Director at Ubisoft Bordeaux, you'll lead the development of a yet-to-be-announced game's story, characters, and setting. Collaborating closely with various teams (designers, artists, animators, etc.), you'll ensure narrative elements are seamlessly integrated. Responsibilities include defining the narrative direction, building the game world and lore, guiding the ideation process for storylines and characters, and ensuring script quality. You'll collaborate extensively to ensure alignment with the creative vision from concept to release, and will play a key role in casting and recording sessions. The ideal candidate possesses extensive AAA game experience as a Narrative Director, exceptional communication and leadership skills, and a deep passion for storytelling.
Must have:
  • AAA game experience as Narrative Director
  • Team supervision/direction experience
  • Excellent communication & vision articulation
  • Advanced storytelling & narrative design skills
  • Strong understanding of narrative pipelines

Job Details

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Ubisoft’s 17,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.

Ubisoft Bordeaux

Founded in 2017, Ubisoft Bordeaux works with passion on the biggest AAA titles to deliver the best gaming experiences. Today, the studio is composed of 400 talents from 20 different nationalities, working on licenses such as Assassin's Creed, Beyond Good & Evil 2 and a free to play game, BattleCore Arena. At the same time, the studio has set up a Tech branch which works on all Ubisoft's online services (named Online Services) as well as on the Anvil game engine. Ubisoft Bordeaux is also home to a R&D team, La Forge, which brings together engineers and researchers to work together on prototypes for game production, particularly around AI topics.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As Narrative Director on a project not announced yet, you will be responsible for establishing and driving the development of the overall story, characters and settings together with other colleagues.  

As this role involves close collaborations, you will engage with all teams to support defining how the story is integrated. You will explore new ways to deliver unique, rich, and exciting stories, defining the narrative vision and how we communicate our worlds and stories to players. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Participate in defining, establishing and communicating the narrative direction for the game both internally and externally 
  • Build a robust understanding of our game world, characters and lore, serving as a key resource for others on the team 
  • Ensure alignment with creative vision when developing the main characters and vital narrative elements from the conception phase to the release of the game 
  • Guide the ideation process to develop storylines, characters, and narrative systems 
  • Collaborate with the different teams (level designers, game designers, artists, animators, audio designers, etc.) to ensure that all the narrative elements are correctly integrated 
  • Ensure the quality of the script, scene-breakdowns, and final edits of the scenes and cinematics 
  • Support the narrative strategy and ensure its constant communication to the development team and the project’s stakeholders 
  • Be a key stakeholder in casting and recordings 

QUALIFICATIONS

As a Director, you are enthusiastic about quality, innovation, and achieving a highly impactful and memorable player experience. You excel at communicating your vision to various stakeholders and leading strategic efforts with your team. Your team leadership experience equips you to navigate through challenges, provide constructive feedback, and streamline workflows. 

  • Experience in at least one full AAA videogame production as Narrative Director 
  • Professional experience in supervising/directing a team 
  • Capacity to clearly articulate and communicate vision and strategy 
  • Advanced level in Storytelling and Narrative Design 
  • A strong understanding of narrative-related pipelines 
  • Passionate about storytelling and good knowledge of video game industry 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • Contract: Permanent contract 
  • Location: role based in Bordeaux – France
  • On-Site based position - Weekly work from home pace to define

Hiring Process:

  • Phone interview with one of our recruiters
  • Several interviews with the Hiring Manager and the Core Team of the project
  • One interview with the Core Team of the project

If your application is not retained, you will receive a negative answer.

To find out more about our studio and Ubisoft's advantages, go to: 

We are working to enrich players’ lives through unique and memorable gaming experiences and by improving the positive impacts of our games. To get there, we are creating a safer, more inclusive work environment, we are giving back to the communities where Ubisoft operates by working with local non-profit partners and by working to reduce the environmental impact of our business. Learn more on our Social Impact .

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Ubisoft’s 21,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences.


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Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. 


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