Technical Art Director [Rainbow Six Siege]

Ubisoft Entertainment; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global gaming company is seeking a Technical Art Director to oversee the artistic vision and ensure the technical feasibility of game projects. You will collaborate with teams, analyze risks, and resolve complex technical issues, while fostering a culture of innovation and creativity. Strong leadership and art experience are essential. This position offers a hybrid work environment to balance work and personal life effectively.

Benefits

Flexible working conditions

Opportunity for innovation

Qualifications

• Experience in art, technical art, or programming.
• Familiarity with bug tracking and version management systems.
• Strong organizational capabilities and flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members to develop the overall vision.
• Identify and analyze risks and technical specifications.
• Meet and provide feedback to technical artists and assistant technical art directors.

Skills

Art or technical art experience

Leadership experience

Collaborative and empathetic spirit

Critical thinking

Attention to detail

Tools

Jira

Perforce

Job description

Technical Art Director [Rainbow Six Siege]

• Full-time
• Contract: Permanent
• Flexible Working Organization: Hybrid

As a Technical Art Director at Ubi MTL, you have the highest-level understanding of what our tech can do, can’t do, yet could do, plus visibility on the project as a whole. You’re responsible for providing expert insight, tools, and support to steer a game – and its creators – towards success.

Working with other directors early on, you discuss intentions before making any commitments. You take into account not only measurable factors such as rendering, performance, and memory, but also intangible ones like timing and momentum. Seeing the facts realistically, you establish an actionable plan to bridge the gap between coming up with ideas and putting them into practice.

Though every day of development brings its own mix of both expected and unforeseen challenges, you never lose sight of the big picture. As a strategic thinker and tactical planner, you balance short-term priorities with long-term goals, while consistently considering the future impacts of your choices.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate with other core team members to develop theoverall vision& determine technical feasibility.
• Identify and analyzerisks (engine, data, features, etc.).
• Assess existing tools + occasionally design custom ones to support art pipelines and workflows &sustain the vision.
• Meet with technical artists and assistant technical art directors toshare informationand updates, enforce standards, set benchmarks, give feedback, etc.
• Resolve specific, complex, escalated issues & approvetechnical specifications.
• Preparepost-mortems+ recommend ways to evolve how we create and integrate graphic data.
• Anticipatetechnological advancementsand stay up to date on market trends to define our best practices + share them with our studios and the industry.
• Participate inrecruitmentto build the technical art team & foster their growth.

What you bring

• Art, technical art, or programming experience, or other related experience + leadership experience
• Familiarity with bug tracking software (e.g. Jira) and version management systems (e.g. Perforce)
• A highly innovative, collaborative, empathetic, and solution-oriented spirit
• Critical thinking, time management, and organizational capabilities
• Attention to detail, curiosity, resourcefulness, and plenty of flexibility

What to send our way

• Your CVhighlighting your education, experience, skills, and games shipped
• Samples of your work or any supporting documentation you find relevant

About us

Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help us create the unknown!

We embrace a hybrid work model helping you stay connected with your team and aligned with business priorities, while giving you the opportunity to maintain your work-life balance. Note, that some roles are fully office-based and are not eligible for hybrid work.