Posted 2 months ago
Only considering candidates eligible to work in Montreal, Canada ⚠️
Position description
As a Technical Art Director at Ubi MTL, you will be a high-level expert on the potential, capabilities and limits of our technology while maintaining a clear vision of the overall project. You will play a key role by providing expertise, tools and support to guide a game — and its creators — to success.
Working with the other directors from the earliest stages, you will help define the project intentions before committing resources. You will consider measurable factors such as rendering, performance and memory, as well as less tangible factors like timing and rhythm. Taking a realistic and forward-looking approach, you will establish concrete plans to realize ambitious ideas.
Although each development day brings expected and unexpected challenges, you will always keep a big-picture perspective. As a strategic thinker and tactical planner, you will balance immediate priorities with long-term goals, always considering the future impact of your decisions.
What you will do
- Collaborate with the leadership team to define the overall vision and assess technical feasibility.
- Identify and analyze risks related to various aspects (game engine, data, features, etc.).
- Evaluate existing tools and, when needed, design custom solutions to support art pipelines while preserving the project vision.
- Communicate with technical artists and associate technical art directors to share information, enforce standards, provide references and give feedback.
- Resolve complex and high-priority issues, and approve technical specifications.
- Prepare project reviews and propose improvements to optimize creation and integration of graphical data.
- Anticipate technological evolutions and stay informed of market trends to establish best practices and share them internally and within the industry.
- Participate in recruitment to grow your technical art team and strengthen its expertise.
Qualifications
What you bring to the team
- Experience in art, technical art or programming, combined with strong leadership skills.
- Mastery of game engines (e.g. Unity, Unreal) and their constraints, 2D art tools (e.g. Photoshop), 3D software (e.g. 3DS Max, Maya, Substance Painter) and scripting languages (e.g. C#, Python, JavaScript, MaxScript).
- Familiarity with bug tracking software (e.g. Jira) and version control systems (e.g. Perforce).
- An innovative, collaborative, empathetic and solution-oriented mindset.
- Strong critical thinking, time management and organizational skills.
- A detail-oriented approach, strong curiosity, adaptability and resourcefulness.
What to send us
- Your CV highlighting achievements, skills and published games.
- A portfolio or documented samples of your work (include visuals or a link to your online portfolio).
Additional information
About us
Ubisoft is a global leader in video games, with teams around the world creating unforgettable experiences from Assassin’s Creed to Rainbow Six to Just Dance. We believe diverse perspectives advance our players and our teams.
We adopt a hybrid work model that allows team connection and flexibility for personal balance. Note, however, that some roles are office-based and do not permit remote work.
