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NBCUniversal

Associate Design Director | Directeur(trice) Design Associé(e)

#410,6300 du Parc Avenue, Montreal, QC, H2V 4H8, Canada

Full-time

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Job type: Full-time
Posting language: English · French
Posted: Nov 3, 2026

Original job description

English section of this bilingual listing.

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Job Description

As an Associate Design Director, you will support the Design Director in driving the execution, alignment, and day-to-day coordination of the project’s design vision across pillars and disciplines. You will act as a key operational and creative partner, helping ensure design decisions, priorities, and follow-through remain consistent across the project.
Partner closely with the Design Director to define the architecture of shared systems at the intersection of design and programming, including the creator facing-UGC API through which creators build their own experiences. Strong architectural thinking is central to this role: defining clear systems, reusable capabilities, and consistent interfaces.
Support the execution and communication of the gameplay systems and player experience.
Maintain visibility across multiple pillars, strike teams, and cross-disciplinary initiatives to help ensure alignment and consistency.
Help drive follow-up, coordination, and resolution of cross-team design topics and dependencies.
Support design decision-making on gameplay systems, player experience, workflows, and feature implementation.
Collaborate closely with Production, Engineering, Art, UX, Animation, Audio, and other disciplines to ensure alignment between creative goals and execution realities.
Help identify risks, blockers, communication gaps, and production challenges, and proactively work toward solutions.
Mentor and support designers across the team by providing feedback, guidance, and design oversight.
Ensure documentation, communication, and design intentions remain clear and actionable across teams.
Contribute to reviews, playtests, iteration, and feature evaluations to help maintain quality and consistency across the experience.
Help maintain consistency between long-term vision, short-term priorities, and day-to-day execution.

RESPONSIBILTÉS

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Basic Requirements:

Demonstrated experience defining system architectures at the intersection of design and programming, translating complex needs into clear abstractions, reusable building blocks, and well-defined interfaces.
Strong understanding of modularity, abstraction, and composition, with the ability to explain architectural decisions and their tradeoffs to both designers and engineers.
Strong experience in game design on AAA or high-quality indie productions.
Experience leading or coordinating multidisciplinary teams or large gameplay initiatives.
Strong understanding of gameplay systems, player experience, progression, systemic design, and production realities.
Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to align multiple teams and stakeholders.
Ability to balance creative vision with practical production constraints and technical feasibility.
Strong knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 and Blueprint scripting workflows.
Comfortable operating across multiple gameplay domains, features, and team structures.
Experience collaborating closely with Design, Production, Engineering, Art, and UX leadership.
Ability to make informed moment-to-moment decisions while maintaining alignment with broader project goals.

Desired Characteristics:

Experience with UGC systems, sandbox gameplay, live services, or player-driven experiences.
Strong systems design sensibilities and understanding of emergent gameplay.
Experience supporting feature teams, strike teams, or horizontal cross-project initiatives.
Experience designing creator tools, scripting interfaces, APIs, or frameworks used by others to build gameplay experiences.
Experience reviewing implementation quality and ensuring consistency across multiple gameplay features.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to navigate ambiguity in fast-moving production environments.
Interest in iterative development, rapid prototyping, and collaborative creative workflows.

Eligibility Requirements:

Must be willing to work in our Montreal office a minimum of 4 days a week.
Must be willing to work overtime when required, in accordance with Quebec labor standards.
Must be legally authorized to work in Canada.
Must be willing to travel for work related business, if necessary

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].

Business Segment: NBCU Corporate

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Company Description

NBCUniversal est l’une des plus importantes entreprises de médias et de divertissement au monde. Nous créons du contenu de calibre mondial que nous diffusons par l’entremise de notre portefeuille de marques de cinéma, de télévision et de diffusion en continu, et auquel nous donnons vie grâce à nos destinations de parcs thématiques à l’échelle mondiale, à nos produits de consommation et à nos expériences. Nous détenons et exploitons des marques de premier plan dans les domaines du divertissement et de l’information, notamment NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo et Peacock, notre service de diffusion en continu haut de gamme financé par la publicité. Nous produisons et distribuons des productions cinématographiques et des émissions de premier plan par l’entremise de nos puissants studios de cinéma et de télévision, notamment Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation et Focus Features, ainsi que des quatre studios de télévision mondiaux regroupés sous la bannière Universal Studio Group. Nous exploitons également des parcs thématiques et des expériences de premier plan partout dans le monde par l’entremise d’Universal Destinations & Experiences, notamment Universal Orlando Resort, qui abrite Universal Epic Universe, et Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal est une filiale de Comcast Corporation. Visitez www.nbcuniversal.com pour en savoir plus.

Notre impact repose sur l’amélioration des communautés où notre personnel, notre clientèle et nos publics vivent et travaillent. Nous avons une longue tradition d’engagement communautaire et veillons à offrir à notre personnel la possibilité de s’investir au sein de leurs communautés. Nous favorisons une culture inclusive et nous nous efforçons d’attirer et de développer une main-d’œuvre talentueuse afin de créer et d’offrir un vaste éventail de contenus qui reflètent notre monde.

Job Description

RESPONSIBILTIES

As an Associate Design Director, you will support the Design Director in driving the execution, alignment, and day-to-day coordination of the project’s design vision across pillars and disciplines. You will act as a key operational and creative partner, helping ensure design decisions, priorities, and follow-through remain consistent across the project.

Partner closely with the Design Director to define the architecture of shared systems at the intersection of design and programming, including the creator facing-UGC API through which creators build their own experiences. Strong architectural thinking is central to this role: defining clear systems, reusable capabilities, and consistent interfaces.

Support the execution and communication of the gameplay systems and player experience.

Maintain visibility across multiple pillars, strike teams, and cross-disciplinary initiatives to help ensure alignment and consistency.

Help drive follow-up, coordination, and resolution of cross-team design topics and dependencies.

Support design decision-making on gameplay systems, player experience, workflows, and feature implementation.

Collaborate closely with Production, Engineering, Art, UX, Animation, Audio, and other disciplines to ensure alignment between creative goals and execution realities.

Help identify risks, blockers, communication gaps, and production challenges, and proactively work toward solutions.

Mentor and support designers across the team by providing feedback, guidance, and design oversight.

Ensure documentation, communication, and design intentions remain clear and actionable across teams.

Contribute to reviews, playtests, iteration, and feature evaluations to help maintain quality and consistency across the experience.

Help maintain consistency between long-term vision, short-term priorities, and day-to-day execution.

RESPONSIBILTÉS

En tant qu’Associate Design Director, vous soutiendrez le Design Director dans l’exécution, l’alignement et la coordination quotidienne de la vision design du projet à travers les différents piliers et disciplines. Vous agirez comme un partenaire créatif et opérationnel clé afin d’assurer la cohérence des décisions, priorités et suivis design à l’échelle du projet.

Collaborer étroitement avec le directeur du design pour définir l’architecture de systèmes partagés à la croisée du design et de la programmation, notamment l’API de création de contenu utilisateur (UGC) permettant aux créateurs de construire leurs propres expériences. La capacité à penser en termes d’architecture est au cœur de ce rôle : définir des systèmes clairs, des fonctionnalités réutilisables et des interfaces cohérentes.

Collaborer étroitement avec le Design Director afin de soutenir l’exécution et la communication de la vision globale du gameplay et de l’expérience joueur.

Maintenir une visibilité sur plusieurs piliers, strike teams et initiatives transversales afin d’assurer l’alignement et la cohérence entre les équipes.

Aider à assurer le suivi, la coordination et la résolution des sujets et dépendances design entre les équipes.

Soutenir la prise de décision design concernant les systèmes de gameplay, l’expérience joueur, les workflows et l’implémentation des fonctionnalités.

Collaborer étroitement avec les équipes de Production, Ingénierie, Art, UX, Animation, Audio et les autres disciplines afin d’assurer l’alignement entre les objectifs créatifs et les réalités de production.

Identifier les risques, blocages, problèmes de communication et défis de production, puis contribuer activement à leur résolution.

Encadrer et soutenir les designers de l’équipe en fournissant du feedback, du mentorat et de la supervision design.

Veiller à ce que la documentation, la communication et les intentions design demeurent claires et exploitables pour les équipes.

Participer aux revues, playtests, itérations et évaluations de fonctionnalités afin de maintenir la qualité et la cohérence de l’expérience.

Contribuer à maintenir l’alignement entre la vision long terme, les priorités court terme et l’exécution quotidienne.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Basic Requirements:

Demonstrated experience defining system architectures at the intersection of design and programming, translating complex needs into clear abstractions, reusable building blocks, and well-defined interfaces.

Strong understanding of modularity, abstraction, and composition, with the ability to explain architectural decisions and their tradeoffs to both designers and engineers.

Strong experience in game design on AAA or high-quality indie productions.

Experience leading or coordinating multidisciplinary teams or large gameplay initiatives.

Strong understanding of gameplay systems, player experience, progression, systemic design, and production realities.

Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to align multiple teams and stakeholders.

Ability to balance creative vision with practical production constraints and technical feasibility.

Strong knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 and Blueprint scripting workflows.

Comfortable operating across multiple gameplay domains, features, and team structures.

Experience collaborating closely with Design, Production, Engineering, Art, and UX leadership.

Ability to make informed moment-to-moment decisions while maintaining alignment with broader project goals.

Desired Characteristics:

Experience with UGC systems, sandbox gameplay, live services, or player-driven experiences.

Strong systems design sensibilities and understanding of emergent gameplay.

Experience supporting feature teams, strike teams, or horizontal cross-project initiatives.

Experience designing creator tools, scripting interfaces, APIs, or frameworks used by others to build gameplay experiences.

Experience reviewing implementation quality and ensuring consistency across multiple gameplay features.

Strong problem-solving skills and ability to navigate ambiguity in fast-moving production environments.

Interest in iterative development, rapid prototyping, and collaborative creative workflows.

QUALIFICATIONS

Exigences de base :

Expérience démontrée dans la définition d’architectures de systèmes à la croisée du design et de la programmation, en traduisant des besoins complexes en abstractions claires, en éléments réutilisables et en interfaces bien définies.

Solide compréhension des principes de modularité, d’abstraction et de composition, et capacité à expliquer les décisions d’architecture et leurs compromis aux designers comme aux ingénieurs.

Solide expérience en design de jeux sur des productions AAA ou des productions indépendantes de grande qualité.

Expérience en leadership ou en coordination d’équipes multidisciplinaires ou de grandes initiatives gameplay.

Excellente compréhension des systèmes de gameplay, de l’expérience joueur, de la progression, du design systémique et des réalités de production.

Excellentes compétences organisationnelles et communicationnelles, avec la capacité d’aligner plusieurs équipes et parties prenantes.

Capacité à équilibrer vision créative, contraintes de production et faisabilité technique.

Solide maîtrise d’Unreal Engine 5 et des workflows de scripting Blueprint.

Aisance à travailler sur plusieurs domaines de gameplay, fonctionnalités et structures d’équipe.

Expérience de collaboration étroite avec les directions Design, Production, Ingénierie, Art et UX.

Capacité à prendre des décisions éclairées au quotidien tout en restant aligné avec les objectifs globaux du projet.

Atouts recherchés :

Expérience avec les systèmes UGC, le gameplay de type bac à sable, les jeux en service continu ou les expériences façonnées par les joueurs.

Forte sensibilité en design systémique et bonne compréhension du gameplay émergent.

Expérience de soutien à des feature teams, strike teams ou initiatives transversales à grande échelle.

Expérience dans la conception d’outils de création, d’interfaces de script, d’API ou de frameworks permettant à d’autres de construire des expériences de gameplay.

Bonne sensibilité technique et capacité à communiquer efficacement avec des ingénieurs et des technical designers.

Expérience dans la révision de la qualité d’implémentation et le maintien de la cohérence entre plusieurs fonctionnalités gameplay.

Solides capacités de résolution de problèmes et aisance à évoluer dans des environnements de production rapides et ambigus.

Intérêt pour le développement itératif, le prototypage rapide et les workflows créatifs collaboratifs.

Eligibility Requirements:

Interested candidates must apply to be considered.
Must be willing to work in our Montreal office a minimum of 4 days a week.
Must be willing to work overtime when required, in accordance with Quebec labor standards.
Must be legally authorized to work in Canada.
Must be willing to travel for work related business, if necessary

Conditions d’admissibilité :

Les personnes intéressées doivent soumettre leur candidature pour être prises en considération.
La personne candidate doit être disposée à travailler à notre bureau de Montréal au moins 4 jours par semaine.
La personne candidate doit être disposée à faire des heures supplémentaires lorsque requis, conformément aux normes du travail du Québec.
La personne candidate doit être légalement autorisée à travailler au Canada.
La personne candidate doit être disposée à effectuer des déplacements professionnels, au besoin.

Additional Information

Business Segment: NBCU Corporate

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Responsibilities

The Associate Design Director supports the Design Director in driving the project's design vision, coordinating across disciplines, and ensuring consistency in gameplay systems and player experience. They act as a key operational partner, defining system architectures and mentoring design team members to ensure high-quality execution.

Requirements

Candidates must have extensive experience in game design for AAA or high-quality indie productions, with a strong background in system architecture and Unreal Engine 5. Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills are required to align multidisciplinary teams and manage complex production constraints.

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Game design
System architecture
Unreal Engine 5
Blueprint scripting
UGC systems
Gameplay systems
Player experience
Leadership
Cross-disciplinary collaboration
Technical design
API design
Prototyping
Iterative development
Project management
Mentorship

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Game Design
Associate Design Director
Unreal Engine 5
Blueprint
UGC
API
Systemic Design
Gameplay Systems
AAA
Indie
Cross-disciplinary
Architecture
Prototyping
Iterative Development
Mentorship
Player Experience
Sandbox
Live Services
Scripting
Production
Engineering
UX
Animation
Audio
Montreal
NBCUniversal
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