Are you ready to dive into the world of cutting-edge video game development? Headquartered in Montreal, Behaviour Interactive is at the forefront of the gaming industry, crafting unforgettable experiences across PC, console, and mobile platforms. We’re a dynamic, independent studio of over 1200 passionate employees, with studios in Toronto (Behaviour Toronto), Rotterdam (Behaviour Rotterdam) and in the UK (Behaviour UK–North & South). Our day to day revolves around two core business focuses: Services and Original Games. Our Services team collaborates with gaming and entertainment giants like Disney, Sony, Activision, and Nintendo, delivering exceptional work-for-hire development and pioneering immersive location-based entertainment (LBE). Meanwhile, our Original Games unit pushes our creative limits, with our signature IPs, including the iconic Dead by Daylight. Join us and be a part of the future of interactive entertainment!
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We're looking for an Art Director who is ready to set the visual direction and build a new universe. This is primarily a creative and conceptual role, where you'll spend most of your time visually exploring ideas to guide the development team.
If you've been waiting for the opportunity to visualize a new IP from the ground up this your chance.
In this role you will: Define the overall art direction and visual identity for a new, unannounced IP, in collaboration with our creative and design leads. Build out an art bible focused on story telling, characters, environments, factions, mood, and high-level visual language. Concept and iterate on character, vehicles and weapons, pushing design and silhouette to create a signature look the project can be known for. Quickly produce visual guidance for artists through sketches, paint overs and concept art. Help shape the worldbuilding as the foundation for visual choices. Collaborate with stakeholders, balancing their high-level pillars with your own creative authorship.
What we are looking for : Proven experience as an Art Director, Lead Concept Artist, or Senior Concept Artist, with strong character and environment fundamentals. A portfolio showing strong design work in the sci-fi or futuristic genres. Experience in world building or visualizing new IP from scratch. Experience in industrial design or designing exosuits, robots, vehicles and weapons is a plus. Working knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 and how art direction translates into a real-time pipeline is a strong plus. Experience in collaborating closely with stakeholders, ensuring alignment on goals, timelines, and deliverables while fostering strong, transparent relationships.