{"id":494495,"date":"2026-02-23T17:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/494495\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:22:07","slug":"new-leadership-team-set-to-shape-the-next-era-of-assassins-creed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/494495\/","title":{"rendered":"New Leadership Team Set to Shape the Next Era of Assassin\u2019s Creed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Vantage Studios, a Ubisoft subsidiary, announced the appointment of three seasoned leaders who will play a pivotal role in driving the Assassin\u2019s Creed brand\u2019s long-term vision, creative ambition, and continued growth.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Schelling has been named Head of Assassin\u2019s Creed Brand, responsible for overall strategy and long-term vision of the brand. Martin brings with him a combination of deep production expertise and a profound understanding of Assassin\u2019s Creed, shaped through his leadership on some of its most defining titles, including Revelations, Black Flag, Origins, and Valhalla. Most recently, Martin served as Ubisoft\u2019s Chief Production Officer, responsible for redefining development workflows across the company\u2019s portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>Jean Guesdon has been appointed Head of Content for the brand. In this role, Jean will lead its overall creative direction, support individual games, and guide the future of Assassin\u2019s Creed while staying true to its core DNA. Jean is a veteran designer at Ubisoft, whose key credits trace back to the 2007 original. He is best known for serving as Creative Director on both Assassin\u2019s Creed Origins: and Assassin\u2019s Creed IV: Black Flag.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Fran\u00e7ois de Billy is the brand\u2019s Head of Production Excellence, where he will strengthen production practices and execution across the brand. Another veteran of the brand, Fran\u00e7ois more recently served as Production Director on Assassin\u2019s Creed: Valhalla and Assassin\u2019s Creed: Origins. He is internally recognized for his ability to optimize processes and remove friction across complex production workflows.<\/p>\n<p>Martin, Jean and Fran\u00e7ois have collaborated closely on multiple flagship Assassin\u2019s Creed games throughout the years, across creative, production, and brand strategy. Over the next few weeks, they will transition from their current roles to formally join the Assassin\u2019s Creed leadership team alongside Andr\u00e9e-Anne Boisvert, Producer for Assassin\u2019s Creed\u2019s cross-brand initiatives and Head of Technological Excellence, and Lionel Hiller, VP Brand and Go-to-Market Strategy, where they are set to steer the brand\u2019s ambitious new chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, Vantage Studios, a Ubisoft subsidiary, announced the appointment of three seasoned leaders who will play a pivotal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-494495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}