Creative Director | Directeur·trice Créatif·ve
Job Summary
Job Description
Creative Director with 10+ years of experience leading AAA game development, shipping at least 1 AAA project, and expertise in Unreal or Unity.
Must have:
- AAA game development
- Unreal or Unity
- Game Design Leadership
- Concept Pitching
Good to have:
- Live Operations
- Game Mechanics Design
- Market Trend Analysis
- Brand Extension
Perks:
- Flexible work mode
- Industry knowledge development
7 skills required
Job Details
Since several work modes are offered to all our employees (100% from home, Flex, 100% in-office), job opportunities posted here are available for candidates across the UK, unless indicated otherwise.
Headquartered in Montreal, Behaviour has more than 1,300 employees worldwide with studios in Toronto (Behaviour Toronto), Seattle (Midwinter Entertainment), Rotterdam (Behaviour Rotterdam) and in the UK (Behaviour UK–North & South). This role will be part of the team working on co- and full-development projects across all platforms for Behaviour’s roster of blue-chip clients, which includes Microsoft, Sony, EA, Warner, 2K, and many others.
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. Basically, we respect and appreciate each other no matter who we are!
Behaviour is seeking a dynamic creative director with experience leading a team of creative individuals. The selected candidate will have demonstrated the ability to lead and develop a game’s design and creative vision, and collaborate with multifunctional teams of designers, artists, programmers, product strategists and marketing to build compelling AAA console & PC games.
We look for contagious passion, undeniable experience, and a personable character.
Working closely with the Product Manager, Producer and other Directors, the Creative Director is responsible for the quality of their product and its creative health once live. The Creative Directoris a coach and advisor to the team. He ensures his team’s knowledge and skills development and keeps them current on the latest trends in the games industry and best practices. The creative director must have the ability to oversee the design of the product and oversee the provision of clear, detailed documentation to service all disciplines within the dev team. They will also be the “face” of the game towards external partners and internal executive leadership, and be called upon to travel to shows or supply media with material about the game’s development.
In this role you will:
- Assume responsibility for the quality while mindful of timelines of all creative tasks in the projects under their responsibility including concept development, pitching, prototyping, and production including live on multiformat games (PC / Console / Mobile);
- Demonstrate “hands-on” leadership by constantly reviewing game builds and providing constructive feedback;
- Mentor and train the creative staff as well as maintain and keep current on industry knowledge of competitive games, successful genres, market trends and innovative game mechanics;
- Provide support to Game Designers in the application of the business model on their game’s design by helping design creative and effective acquisition and retention mechanics;
- Develop new intellectual properties that take into account the most recent market trends and identify franchise and brand extension opportunities;
- Recognize the strengths and weakness of staff as well as coach and develop the team.
- Be able to come to our Middlesborough office on a regular basis.
What we’re looking for:
- A gamer with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience directing a product in a leadership role with proven success in previous creative endeavors, having shipped at least 1 AAA project;
- Experience with Unreal or Unity on AAA PC-Console or Mobile games;
- Solid experience overseeing projects through pre-pro, production and live operations;
- Relevant experience managing a game development process using the industry milestones;
- Solid ability to effectively pitch game concepts in drawings, writing, verbally and live presentations, both to existing and new clients;
- Video game history demonstrating solid creativity and innovation skills.
Behaviour est à la recherche d'un(e) Directeur·trice Créatif·ve dynamique possédant l'expérience nécessaire pour diriger une équipe de personnes créatives. Le candidat sélectionné aura démontré sa capacité à diriger et à développer la conception et la vision créative d’un jeu, et à collaborer avec des équipes multifonctionnelles composées de concepteurs, d’artistes, de programmeurs, de stratèges produits et de spécialistes du marketing pour créer des jeux AAA pour PC et consoles.
Nous recherchons une passion contagieuse, une expérience indéniable et une personnalité gagnante.
Travaillant en étroite collaboration avec le chef de produit, le Producteur et les autres Directeurs, le ou la Directeur·trice Créatif·ve est responsable de la qualité de ses produits et de leur santé créative une fois qu'ils sont en lancés. Le directeur créatif est un coach et un conseiller pour l’équipe. Il assure le développement des connaissances et des compétences des membres de son équipe et les tient au courant des dernières tendances dans l’industrie du jeu et des meilleures pratiques. Le directeur de création doit superviser la conception du produit, ainsi que fournir une documentation claire et détaillée destinée à toutes les disciplines de l'équipe de développement. Il peut également être le visage du jeu auprès des partenaires externes et du leadership exécutif à l’interne et être appelé à se rendre à des congrès ou à fournir du matériel au médias sur le développement du jeu.
Toutes nos opportunités d'emploi sont offertes aux résidents du UK et le mode de travail est choisi par l'employé (100% télétravail, Flex. ou 100% au bureau), sauf indication contraire.
Fondé au siège à Montréal, Behaviour compte plus de 1,300 employés dans le monde à travers nos studios à Toronto (Behaviour Toronto), Seattle (Midwinter Entertainment), Rotterdam (Behaviour Rotterdam) et au Royaume-Uni (Behaviour UK-North and Behaviour UK-South). Ce role fera partie intégrante des équipes qui œuvrent sur des projets de co-développement et développement complet sur toutes les plateformes pour nos clients, tels que Microsoft, Sony, EA, Warner, 2K et bien d'autres.
Chez Behaviour Interactif, on croit en l’équité des chances pour tout le monde et on célèbre la diversité des personnes, des perspectives et des idées. C’est donc important pour nous de travailler avec des talents qui proviennent de tous les horizons, et ce, indépendamment de leur âge, sexe, ethnicité, couleur, origine ethnique ou nationale, religion, orientation sexuelle, identité de genre, statut familial, handicap ou toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois applicables.
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