Technical Art Director - CCTG Imaginarium
- Montreal, QC, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Game Development
5+ years
Technical Art
Company Description
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 create the unknown!
Job Description
As a Technical Art Director at Ubisoft Montréal in the CCTG Imaginiarum team, you will help production teams integrate generative artificial intelligence into their workflows. You will connect the capabilities of these tools with practical production needs, working closely with Product, Development, and Production teams.
What you’ll do
What you bring to the team
5+ years
Technical Art
Company Description
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 create the unknown!
Job Description
As a Technical Art Director at Ubisoft Montréal in the CCTG Imaginiarum team, you will help production teams integrate generative artificial intelligence into their workflows. You will connect the capabilities of these tools with practical production needs, working closely with Product, Development, and Production teams.
What you’ll do
- Serve as a technical resource for generative artificial intelligence tools used by production teams
- Track technology developments and contribute to the team’s technical direction
- Assess the feasibility of production requests and recommend suitable solutions
- Define and share good practices for using generative artificial intelligence
- Understand team needs and propose solutions that account for production constraints
- Identify workflow improvements and prioritize initiatives by their value and impact
- Help users adopt tools and build confidence in using them
- Present new tools and share practices across teams
- Explain technical concepts clearly to users
- Work with Product, Development, and Production teams on integration needs
What you bring to the team
- Experience in game, film, visual effects, or animation production, or a related field, including an understanding of deadlines, quality, and performance needs
- Familiarity with game engines and technical art workflows; technical art experience is an asset
- Experience with generative artificial intelligence tools in production, or a strong interest in applying them to production needs
- Knowledge of generative artificial intelligence models and platforms, including open-source and proprietary options and concepts such as LoRA and ControlNet
- Experience with ComfyUI, Houdini, or another node-based system
- Technical and artistic judgment and the ability to explain complex topics to different audiences
- A thoughtful approach to focused initiatives, teamwork, and continuous learning, including when production is under pressure
- Experience in a small or mid-sized studio as an asset
- Your CV highlighting relevant skills and experience
- Links to relevant technical projects or tools, if available
More about this job
Responsibilities
Support production teams in integrating generative AI tools into their workflows, serving as a technical resource and assessing production needs to recommend practical solutions. Track technology developments, improve workflows, promote good practices and tool adoption, and coordinate integration needs with Product, Development, and Production teams.
Requirements
Candidates should have experience in game, film, visual effects, animation, or a related production environment, with familiarity in game engines and technical art workflows. They should understand generative AI models and platforms, including LoRA and ControlNet, and have experience with ComfyUI, Houdini, or another node-based system; technical art experience and small- or mid-sized studio experience are assets.
Skills
- Generative AI
- Technical Art
- Game Engines
- Production Workflows
- ComfyUI
- Houdini
- Node-Based Systems
- LoRA
- ControlNet
- Workflow Improvement
- Technical Communication
- Production Feasibility Assessment
- Tool Adoption
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
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Categories
- Creative & Media
- Technology
- Software
- Art & Design
Keywords
- Generative Artificial Intelligence
- Technical Art
- Game Development
- Game Engines
- Production Workflows
- ComfyUI
- Houdini
- Node-Based Systems
- LoRA
- ControlNet
- Open-Source Models
- Proprietary AI Platforms
- Workflow Improvement
- Production Constraints
- Technical Direction
- Tool Integration
- Production Feasibility
- Visual Effects
- Animation
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Product Teams
- Development Teams
- Production Teams