About Ubisoft & Shanghai Studio:

Ubisoft’s 20,000 team members, working across more than 40 locations around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their dedication and talent has 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.

Created in 1996, Ubisoft Shanghai studio, is a vibrant and exciting place where our 600+ talents get opportunities to create innovative mobile games with the highest production values, operate Live games on Chinese and worldwide markets, and to develop great AAA blockbuster games partnering with the most talented teams all over the world working on some of the most renown IPs in the industry.

To learn more, please visit: www.ubisoftgroup.com

About the Role

As Narrative Director, you will be key in defining and executing the game’s narrative strategy. Working closely with the Creative Director, you will lead a group of passionate writers and narrative designers, and be the driver of all narrative-related matters within this record-breaking game.

What you will do

• Oversee the narrative context for all the missions, being responsible for all set pieces through storylines, screen-tests. Ensuring the quality of the script, scene breakdowns, and final edits of the scenes and cinematics;
• Coordinating with the Creative Director to define the story for upcoming releases;
• Coordinating with the Cinematics team, reviewing cutscenes to ensure they are on par with the vision;
• Work closely with the Game Director to make sure the game design lines up with the narrative experience, and with the Art Director on the characters and world.
• Leading casting and voice recording sessions;
• Ensuring the overall coherence of the storyline/scripted events throughout the game;
• Providing guidelines in regard to the development of specific narrative/scripted event features and assets;
• Contributing to the writing process and ensuring that the narrative scenes and cinematics are integrated into the gameplay;
• Ensuring constant communication between the development team and other project stakeholders;
• Participate in recruitment to build your scriptwriting team & foster their growth, training and coaching new narrative team members

岗位介绍

作为创意叙事总监，你将在确定和执行游戏叙事策略方面发挥关键作用。你将带领一支由充满激情的作家和叙事设计师组成的团队，与创意总监密切合作，在一款振奋人心的游戏中负责叙事相关工作。  

岗位职责

• 负责叙事工作相关的所有任务，确保高质量产出高质量的脚本，场景以及过场动画。 

• 与创意总监一同为游戏定义叙事走向 

• 与游戏和美术总监合作，确保游戏设计和美术指导与叙事体验保持一致。 

• 参与以及主导配音选角和录音环节。 

• 确保整个游戏中故事情节/脚本事件的整体连贯性。 

• 将叙事场景和动画融入游戏玩法中。 

• 为特定叙事/脚本事件功能和资产开发提供方向。 

• 参与团队招聘，建立你的编剧团队，促进团队成长，培训和指导新团队成员。 

Must Have

• A degree in Creative Writing, Literature, Film, or equivalent
• Proven narrative design or writing experience in game production
• Shipped at least one project as either a Narrative Lead, Lead Writer, or Narrative Director.
• Solid understanding of the video game industry, the market, and modern culture
• A highly creative, collaborative, empathetic, and innovative spirit
• Curiosity, flexibility, and resourcefulness, adapt to feedback
• Good problem-solving, organizational, communication, interpersonal, presentation, and mentorship skills

Nice to Have

• Speak both Mandarin and English fluently.
• Know how to use the Ubisoft proprietary narrative tools (like Oasis Next) it's a big bonus.

岗位要求

• 拥有创意写作、文学、电影或相关专业的学位。 

• 有游戏制作方向的叙事设计或写作经验。 

• 以叙事主管、首席作家或创意叙事总监的身份参与过游戏项目。 

• 对电子游戏产业的市场和它的文化有扎实的了解。 

• 具有非常强的创造性、协作性、同理心和创新精神。 

• 好奇心强，适应力强，足智多谋，能够快速响应反馈。 

• 具有较强的解决问题、组织团队、沟通、演讲和领导能力。 

加分项

• 使用过育碧专有叙事工具（比如Oasis Next）。 

• 流利使用普通话和英语 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Benefits and Perks from Ubisoft Shanghai:

• Future of Work framework: We believe that working location flexibility is essential to employee engagement and contributes to our high value of work-life balance
• A minimum of 15 days paid annual leave
• Monthly meal and snack allowance
• Premium medical insurance plan and free annual health check
• Game Package: free access to Ubisoft games on PC plus a rich and expanding library of games & books
• Employee Assistance Program: wellbeing solutions, emotional support, and life coaching
• Jumpstart your growth:  A rich resevoir of premium and exclusive learning resources to support your continuous learning, expand your skillset, and advance your career.
• 10+ staff clubs featuring weekly sports and gaming activities and events

Ubisoft CSR commitment

Making a long-lasting positive impact for our players, our teams, our partners and our planet.

In Ubisoft, 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.

为我们的玩家、团队、合作伙伴以及地球持续带来积极影响

育碧致力于通过打造新颖深刻的游戏体验及扩大游戏的积极影响，来丰富玩家的生活。为了实现这一目标，我们始终寻求为团队提供更加安全包容的工作环境。我们通过与世界各地的非营利机构合作开展项目，同时努力降低自身业务对环境的影响，来回馈社区。

To learn more about Ubisoft’s Environmental Commitment

了解更多有关育碧对环境的承诺

Play Green: Ubisoft’s Commitment to Global Carbon Neutrality

https://youtu.be/w2gstlpydks

2022 Update

https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/2xcruKK2rZJ22OSeyWzkKO/ubisofts-environmental-commitment-2022-update