Scriptwriter (Gamedev)

Location: Montreal, QC, Canada

Company

hirify.global develops original gaming experiences across global teams, including Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six, and Just Dance.

What you will do

• Design and oversee narrative content, including world-building, characters, tone, and in-game text.
• Translate narrative intentions into playable and integrable content aligned with gameplay constraints.
• Align story structure with gameplay systems, pacing, clarity, and replayability.
• Write content for cinematics, scripted events, gameplay sequences, missions, documents, and systemic storytelling elements.
• Collaborate with design, level design, audio, tech, and production teams to validate narrative choices in-game.
• Maintain narrative documentation and make trade-offs between creative depth, clarity, production constraints, and long-term sustainability.

Requirements

• Strong expertise in scriptwriting and narrative design for interactive media.
• 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, with observation and curiosity.
• Passion for storytelling in games as interactive systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position within hirify.global’s gaming and design department.
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration with production, design, level design, audio, and tech teams.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV highlighting relevant skills and experience.
• Provide writing samples or narrative projects relevant to games or interactive media.