Technical Art Director

1 month ago

Montreal, Quebec, Canada Mediabistro Full time
Job Title: Technical Art Director

Ubisoft is seeking a highly skilled Technical Art Director to join our team in Montreal. As a key member of our art team, you will be responsible for providing expert insight, tools, and support to steer our games towards success.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with other core team members to develop the overall vision and determine technical feasibility.
  • Identify and analyze risks (engine, data, features, etc.).
  • Assess existing tools and occasionally design custom ones to support art pipelines and workflows and sustain the vision.
  • Meet with technical artists and assistant technical art directors to share information and updates, enforce standards, set benchmarks, give feedback, etc.
  • Resolve specific, complex, escalated issues and approve technical specifications.
  • Prepare post-mortems and recommend ways to evolve how we create and integrate graphic data.
  • Anticipate technological advancements and stay up to date on market trends to define our best practices and share them with our studios and the industry.
  • Participate in recruitment to build the technical art team and foster their growth.
Requirements:
  • UI, technical art, or programming experience, or other related experience plus leadership experience.
  • A solid understanding of graphics/UI libraries (such as NGUI and React Native) and Unity and their limitations.
  • In-depth knowledge of game engines (e.g. Unity or Unreal) and their limitations, 2D art tools (e.g. Photoshop), 3D software (3DS Max, Maya, and Substance Painter), and an understanding of scripting languages (e.g. C#, Python, JavaScript, MaxScript).
  • Familiarity with bug tracking software (e.g. Jira) and version management systems (e.g. Perforce).
  • A highly innovative, collaborative, empathetic, and solution-oriented spirit.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, mentorship, and presentation skills.
  • Critical thinking, time management, and organizational capabilities.
  • Attention to detail, curiosity, resourcefulness, and plenty of flexibility.
What to Send Our Way:
  • Your CV highlighting your education, experience, skills, and games shipped.
  • Samples of your work or any supporting documentation you find relevant.

At Ubisoft, we value diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from qualified candidates of all backgrounds. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, harnessing cutting-edge technologies, and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join us on our journey and help us create the unknown.

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