Art Director \u007C Directeur.rice Artistique

Are you ready to dive into the world of cutting-edge video game development? Headquartered in Montreal, Behaviour Interactive is at the forefront of the gaming industry, crafting unforgettable experiences across PC, console, and mobile platforms. We’re a dynamic, independent studio of over 1200 passionate employees, with studios in Toronto (Behaviour Toronto), Seattle (Midwinter Entertainment), Rotterdam (Behaviour Rotterdam) and in the UK (Behaviour UK–North & South). Our day to day revolves around two core business focuses: Services and Original Games. Our Services team collaborates with gaming and entertainment giants like Disney, Sony, Activision, and Nintendo, delivering exceptional work-for-hire development and pioneering immersive location-based entertainment (LBE). Meanwhile, our Original Games unit pushes our creative limits, with our signature IPs, including the iconic Dead by Daylight. Join us and be a part of the future of interactive entertainment!

At Behaviour Interactive, we believe in giving everyone a fair shot. We embrace a diverse and creative environment where everyone is celebrated. We value folks of all ages, sex, ethnicity, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, civil status, disability, or any other protected characteristics as per applicable law.

As an Artistic Director, you will be responsible for working on our Co-Dev vertical within the Studios Business Unit to work with external partners. You will lead and supervise our internal artistic teams on several projects and be in touch with our dedicated clients for these projects. You will also be actively involved in game pitches and in the elaboration of the artistic vision to illustrate these concepts.

Working closely with the creative director, designers, programmers and external suppliers, you will ensure the highest quality artistic vision.

In this role, you will:

• Design attractive visuals inspired by new intellectual properties or existing properties and ensure that the material produced is consistent;
• Actively participate in the definition, maintenance and development of the artistic vision in interdepartmental artistic discussions;
• Guide team members, freelancers and external studio teams as needed;
• Lead the process of defining objectives, standards, processes and feedback mechanisms;
• Approve and participate in the creation of visual elements, define quality standards, content structure and optimization;
• Provide artistic support to Game Designers in the realization of their ideas;
• Maintain demographic and psychographic consumer awareness and take into account the latest market trends.

What we're looking for:

• Bachelor of Arts or another related degree, or equivalent experience;
• At least five years experience as Artistic Director or Lead Artist and have delivered at least two titles of high quality and varied styles;
• Experience in creating original intellectual properties in a video game context;
• Mastery of Photoshop, knowledge of Maya and experience working with a game engine;
• Excellent innovation and communication skills, and a strong understanding of the creative process;
• Proficiency in French and English, both oral and written;