Lead Artist (Procedural) / Chef.fe d’équipe Artiste (Procédural)

NBCUniversal • Montreal, QC

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

NBCUniversal is seeking a Lead Artist (Procedural) to spearhead the creation of procedurally generated content, including vegetation, organic assets, and architectural facade kits, for an ambitious interactive project set in a contemporary real-life urban environment. This role is responsible for overseeing the creation of content assets used by procedural tools, enabling the creation of large-scale environments with consistency and visual fidelity.

Reporting to the Associate Art Director – Environment, the Lead Artist (Procedural) will work closely with Tech Art teams, Houdini specialists, and cross-functional teams to ensure that procedural systems support the artistic vision and production constraints. The role includes managing a team of artists creating assets used by procedural systems and serving as a key liaison between art and technical teams to ensure scalable solutions from high-end to mobile.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7+ years of experience in AAA game development with a focus on procedural asset content creation or environment systems.
• Proven experience leading and managing a team of artists or technical artists.
• Experience contributing to at least one shipped AAA title.
• Strong expertise in procedural workflows, systems design, and content scalability.
• Experience with tools such as Houdini or similar procedural systems.
• Solid understanding of real-time pipelines and environment production workflows.
• Experience working on large-scale environments or open-world productions.
• Excellent collaboration, leadership, and communication skills.
• Must be legally authorized to work in Canada.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building scalable tools and systems for large-scale asset content creation.
• Strong understanding of procedural world-building and systemic design approaches.
• Experience working with Unreal Engine pipelines.
• Positive experience working with outsourcing partners or distributed teams.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to bridge creative and technical constraints.

Responsibilities

• Translate artistic direction into scalable asset creation used by procedural systems to support natural environment setting and Building generation
• Drive the development of the assets (building facades and vegetations) feeding the procedural workflows for large-scale world building.
• Lead and manage the procedural art team, providing mentorship, feedback, and direction.
• Design and maintain pipelines for asset content with a strong focus on scalability and consistency.
• Collaborate closely with Houdini, Tech Art, Environment, and Production teams.
• Act as a bridge between artistic vision and technical implementation of procedural pipelines.
• Optimize assets creation workflows for efficiency and scalability from high-end to mobile platforms.
• Support production planning, milestone readiness, and pipeline improvements.
• Maintain visibility on quality, risks, and challenges across procedural systems and content.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed