VFX Team Lead

Position description

As a VFX Team Lead at Ubisoft Montréal, you will supervise your team in creating high-quality, optimized visual effects while ensuring their professional growth and motivation. You will support the Production Manager in overseeing work quality and meeting deadlines for a small team. You will track and validate deliverables, coach team members, and supervise certain stages of game development when necessary.

What you'll do

• Lead the team on technical (performance, integration) and artistic (textures, animation, emitters) aspects of VFX production.
• Represent the team and act as the liaison with other stakeholders.
• Organize and run team meetings.
• Master the game's story, gameplay and design documents, as well as technical and artistic constraints, to guide and coach the team effectively.
• Assign tasks and follow up regularly on progress and deliverables.
• Anticipate and identify potential conflicts and propose solutions to the Production Manager.
• Participate in performance reviews in collaboration with the Production Manager.
• Coordinate fixes for bugs related to the team's work.
• Promote onboarding of new employees into the team.
• Contribute to recruiting new team members.

Qualifications / What you bring to the team

• Experience in visual effects in a management role in the video game industry.
• Expert mastery of Embergen.
• Experience with Houdini (asset/preferred).
• Excellent understanding of technical aspects of shaders, rendering and particle technology.
• Initiative and strong leadership.
• Effective prioritization and time management.
• Ability to build and mobilize high-performing teams.
• Flexibility and adaptability in work organization.
• Resourcefulness and proactivity in problem solving.
• Ability to delegate.
• Stress and change management skills.
• Knowledge of database/tools (JIRA, Perforce, etc.) — an asset.
• Understanding of technical constraints related to real-time 3D engines and level editors.

What to send

• Your CV describing your VFX, team management and/or complex systems experience.
• A portfolio or other relevant examples of your work (for creative positions).

Additional information About us Ubisoft is a global reference in video games, with teams around the world creating original and memorable game experiences, from Assassin’s Creed to Rainbow Six and Just Dance among many others. They believe diversity of viewpoints helps both players and teams progress. If you are passionate about innovation and want to push the boundaries of entertainment, join their adventure and help create the unknown!

We adopt a hybrid working model that helps you stay connected with your team and aligned with company priorities while allowing you to maintain work-life balance. Note that some roles are fully office based and are not eligible for hybrid work.