As a Lead Systems Designer at Ubi MTL, you will be the fuel that drives team efficiency and design quality. You’ll guide a team of dedicated game designers to develop the features that make up the specific systems you’re responsible for.
With a player-oriented and future-focused mindset, you help your designers adjust and balance their features, bringing them from concept to playability. You channel the talents of your team members, motivating them to meet their full potential and inspiring them to do their best work.
Thanks to your expertise, leadership skills, and ability to make informed choices, not only can your own team look to you for information and direction, but so can others. You’re a go-to person for advice and a valuable resource for our studio.
What you’ll do
- Work closely with the game director to understand the overall game design vision.
- Design systems that support the creative and game directions (e.g. player engagement, artificial intelligence behaviours, combat modes, online playability, etc.).
- Meet with your game design team to discuss progress, tackle setbacks, provide feedback, set benchmarks, etc.
- Adapt to technical and production constraints, reworking designs when and as often as needed.
- Collaborate with designers, programmers, and artists to ensure consistency across the board.
- Participate in finding solutions to fix buggy features and optimize systems.
- Follow up on features post-launch to improve, add, or remove components (in certain cases).
- Stay up to date on best practices to keep up with the industry & develop your skills and refresh your knowledge.
Qualifications
What you bring
- A college diploma in Game Design or equivalent (undergraduate degree an asset)
- At least 5 years of experience in game design or related experience (live/online game development a huge plus)
- Experience with game engines (e.g. Unity or Unreal), productivity software (word processors, spreadsheets, etc.), and ranking systems (e.g. TrueSkill)
- A highly innovative, empathetic, and collaborative spirit
- Exceptional mentorship, communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
- Critical thinking, curiosity, resourcefulness, and plenty of flexibility
- Ability to sift through data and come to meaningful conclusions
- Familiarity with online gaming communities and live streaming platforms (e.g. Twitch)
- A solid understanding of the market and a (fiery) passion for video games
What to send our way
- Your CV, highlighting your education, experience, skills, and any games shipped.
Please feel free to send us samples of your work (attach files or send us a link to your demo reel or online portfolio).
About us
At Ubisoft Montreal, a preeminent developer of video games located in Montreal’s dynamic Mile-End 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. You’ll 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 – Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Rainbow Six, Watch_Dogs, For Honor and… well we can’t disclose all our secrets just yet… – and work with some of the most talented people in the industry.
