Associate Art Director — Characters (AAA Games)

NBCUniversal; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NBCUniversal is seeking an experienced Associate Art Director – Characters to lead the visual direction for the character ecosystem on a new interactive entertainment experience. You'll define the look for hero characters and crowd systems, ensuring quality, cohesion, and scalability.

Reporting to the Art Director, you'll mentor Character Art Leads, set standards, and collaborate across Animation, Design, Tech Art and Lighting to align pipelines and production goals for high-end, large-scale

Qualifications

• 10+ years in AAA game development with a focus on character art.
• Proven experience leading multiple teams or disciplines on published AAA title.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality character work and artistic direction.
• Strong understanding of modular character pipelines and real-time production workflows.
• Experience with large-scale character systems including crowd or customization pipelines.
• Strong experience with real-time engines. Unreal Engine 5 and Metahuman experience is a plus.
• Ability to translate artistic vision into clear direction for teams.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the visual direction for characters across the full project.
• Ensure consistency and quality across the full character ecosystem (hero characters and crowd systems).
• Lead and manage Character Art Leads and Review Artists, providing mentoring, direction, feedback, and alignment.
• Review assets and validate quality to ensure alignment with artistic and technical standards.
• Drive cross‑discipline collaboration with Animation, Design, Tech Art, and Lighting teams.
• Ensure alignment between art direction, production constraints, and scalable pipelines.
• Maintain visual consistency across internal production and external partners.
• Identify risks and guide teams to deliver quality at scale across large production environments.

Skills

Character Art

Leadership

Unreal Engine 5

Metahuman

Real-time pipelines

Portfolio

Communication

Collaboration

Art Direction

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Metahuman

Job description

NBCUniversal is seeking an experienced Associate Art Director – Characters to lead the visual direction for the character ecosystem on a new interactive entertainment experience. You'll define the look for hero characters and crowd systems, ensuring quality, cohesion, and scalability.

Reporting to the Art Director, you'll mentor Character Art Leads, set standards, and collaborate across Animation, Design, Tech Art and Lighting to align pipelines and production goals for high-end, large-scale