Assassin's Creed Origins: Dev Team

Sara Veggi, June 13th, 2017
Translated by: Stefania

	GAME DIRECTOR Ashraf Ismail - Ubisoft Montreal
	Ashraf started his career as a programmer at Electronic Arts working on the FIFA franchise. After a few years he followed his passion and switched to the design aspect of development working on Champion’s League and EA Skate. Since joining Ubisoft he has worked on Prince of Persia, and then became Game Director for Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag and Assassin’s Creed Origins.

SENIOR CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jean Guesdon - Ubisoft Montreal

Jean is a veteran designer with almost 20 years of experience in creative industries. After a first career in traditional toys, he took the leap into interactive play and joined Ubisoft Montréal in 2005, becoming part of the original Assassin’s Creed team. A Game Designer on Assassin’s Creed 2, Jean was then put in charge of the content of the franchise for the next 2 years. Being one of the key members of the franchise he was deeply involved in the conception of all AC games on all platforms as well as novels, comics, short movies and licensing. From 2012 to 2014, Jean was the Creative Director of the critical and commercial success Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag. Since 2014 he's been directing Assassin's Creed Origins with one clear goal: refresh the Assassin's Creed experience in the perfect setting for an epic gaming adventure, Ancient Egypt.

FRANCHISE ART DIRECTOR Raphael Lacoste - Ubisoft Montreal

Raphaël Lacoste was the Art Director at Ubisoft on such titles as Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed, winning a VES Award in February 2006 for his work on the "Two Thrones" cut scene from Prince of Persia. Wanting to challenge himself in the film industry, Raphaël stepped away from the game industry for a few years to work as a Matte Painter and Senior Concept Artist on such feature films as Terminator Salvation, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Death Race, Immortals 2011, Repo Men, Jupiter Ascending... As of 2009, Raphael has returned to the video game industry, working as a Senior Art Director for Electronic Arts Montreal and now for Ubisoft, as Franchise Art Director on the Assassin’s Creed Franchise. He was the Art Director for Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag.

FRANCHISE HISTORIAN Maxime Durand - Ubisoft Montreal

Days after graduating in History from his hometown Université de Montréal in 2010, Maxime moved in directly at Ubisoft to work as the Assassin’s Creed franchise historian. Making his grand debut with Assassin’s Creed III, he has collaborated on most games and projects of the brand ever since. His main interest is to give the fans the best historic immersion through all game aspects. His unofficial task at work is to wear spandex between triathlon trainings.

LEAD LIGHTING ARTIST Virginie Cinq-Mars - Ubisoft Montreal

Gamer, globe-trotter, photographer, boxer, fencer and cat lover, Virginie has her degree in Art history and a specialized formation in 3D. She has worked in the industry as a lighting artist for more than 15 years in video games, films and television. She joined Ubisoft in 2006 to work on Rainbow Six titles, CG cinematics and became part of the Assassin’s Creed family in 2010. She’s now lighting and ambiance expert for the AC brand at Ubisoft Montreal.

GAME PRODUCER Julien Laferrière - Ubisoft Montreal

Julien has been working at Ubisoft Montreal for the past 10 years, working mainly on the Assassin’s Creed and FarCry franchises. The first game he shipped was Assassin’s Creed II, managing the Presentation team, followed by Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, on which he was in charge of the Missions team, also leading the production of The DaVinci Disappearance DLC. He was associate producer on Assassin’s Creed 3: managing the design, missions, gameplay and pipeline teams. He shipped FarCry 4, overseeing the narrative, cinematics, characters and art teams, as well as the production of all demos and marketing events. He is currently producer on Assassin’s Creed Origins. Prior to working in the game industry, he worked as a UX designer, software engineer and project manager in Web-related companies.

GAME PRODUCER Karl von der Luhe - Ubisoft Singapore

Karl made the smooth transition from a Chemistry PhD to the games industry in early 2006, when he joined Free Radical Design in Nottingham. As a designer, he spent 3 years with Free Radical before changing continents to work for Ubisoft Singapore. Within the Singapore studio, Karl has shipped Assassin’s Creed II, Assassin’s Creed Revelations and Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, amongst other titles, in a variety of design and production roles. Since 2013 he has been the Producer of the Ubisoft Singapore Assassin’s Creed team; first on Assassin’s Creed Rogue and for the last 3 years on Assassin’s Creed Origins.