Technical Design Director
Technical Design Director
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Job Description
As a Technical Design Director at Ubi MTL youre the link between a design vision and its technical implementation.
With a highlevel understanding of our tech plus visibility on the project as a whole you provide expert insight tools and support to steer a game and its creators towards success.
Though every day of development brings its own mix of anticipated and unforeseen challenges you never lose sight of the big picture. As a strategic thinker and tactical planner you balance shortterm priorities with longterm goals to efficiently handle whatever comes your way while consistently considering the future impacts of your choices.
Thanks to your knowledge adaptability and willingness to help not only can team members on your project look to you for information and direction but so can others. Youre a goto person for guidance and a valuable resource for Ubisoft employees worldwide.
What youll do
- Collaborate with other core team members to develop the overall vision & determine technical feasibility of your area of ownership (e.g. AI mission world cinematics etc..
- Identify and analyze risks (engine data features etc..
- Assess existing tools occasionally design custom ones to support design pipelines and workflows.
- Train team members on tools and techniques raise awareness of new processes.
- Assist content creators with their technical needs & bridge communication between design and programming.
- Review and give your input on integrated work & find solutions to fix bugs.
- Maintain technical documentation (e.g. procedures howto guides etc..
- Prepare postmortems recommend ways to evolve how we create and integrate data.
- Anticipate technological advancements and stay up to date on market trends to define our best practices share them with our studios.
- Participate in recruitment to build the technical design team & foster their growth.
Qualifications :
What you bring
- A college diploma in Game Design or equivalent (undergraduate degree an asset)
- At least 7 years of experience in the video game industry or other related experience 3 years of leadership experience
- Indepth knowledge of game engines (e.g. Unity or Unreal) & their limitations and the Microsoft Office suite (especially Excel PowerPoint and Visio)
- Familiarity with bug tracking software (e.g. Jira) version management systems (e.g. Perforce) and basic programming
- A highly innovative collaborative empathetic and solutionoriented 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
Additional Information :
About us
At Ubisoft Montreal a preeminent developer of video games located in Montreals dynamic MileEnd neighbourhood since 1997 we offer a work environment unique in the industry for allowing you to build and cultivate games that are part of critically acclaimed iconic AAA franchises of international repute.
When you join Ubi Montreal you enter a community of passionate extraordinary developers connected by their need to innovate to be creative and to work with the latest technology. Youll discover a world where employees enjoy constant career advancement a supportive learning environment and competitive compensation packages.
More than anything at Ubi Montreal you will regularly ship a variety of big quality titles Assassins Creed Far Cry Rainbow Six WatchDogs For Honor and well we cant disclose all our secrets just yet and work with some of the most talented people in the industry.
We are an equalopportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race ethnicity religion gender sexual orientation age or disability status.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
