Responsable de l'équipe artistique de niveau / Lead Level Artist

Highdive•Montreal, QC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As the Lead Level Artist, you will drive the overall quality, visual consistency, and artistic delivery of all environments crafted by the Map team. Reporting directly to the Project Manager, your role is to lead, mentor, and empower the Level Art team by bridging creative, technical, and gameplay objectives to build environments that feel immersive, readable, and structurally optimized. You will partner with the Lead Level Designer to guarantee alignment between design goals and aesthetic execution, while collaborating daily with the Technical Director to navigate technical requirements, ingame tools, and workflows that promote efficient, scalable production. The ideal candidate blends strong artistic ingenuity with a pragmatic focus on delivery milestones, ensuring that creative flair always serves broader production goals. They bring exceptional discipline and structure to team oversight, combined with the agility to pivot strategies whenever project demands shift. Through transparent, constructive, and solutions-focused communication, they keep cross-functional partners aligned while championing team success. Fluency in English and French rounds out this profile.

Requirements

A strong background leading creative teams through the delivery of high-profile, AAA game titles.
A natural knack for rallying artists behind shared milestones and fostering a unified team vision.
Decisive problem-solving capabilities, with a proven talent for conflict resolution and smart prioritization under pressure.
Exceptional interpersonal abilities that drive smooth teamwork and transparent dialogue across departments.
Deep, hands-on experience designing and building immersive game environments.
High skills for understanding of foundational art principles, including lighting, color theory, material definition, structural volume, and subtle environmental storytelling.
A firm grasp of how core gameplay loops, hardware performance caps, and technical pipelines shape world-building.
Fluency in English and French.

Responsibilities

Direct the workflow of the Level Art team by establishing clear production priorities.
Deliver consistent and actionable feedback.
Guide, mentor, and cultivate the professional growth of artists on the team.
Spot potential delivery risks early and proactively offer practical solutions.
Provide support to team members to ensure that timelines, quality targets, and established pipelines are rigorously respected.
Spot opportunities to elevate visual quality at every stage of production.
Keep pace with modern industry standards, tooling, and techniques to refine team efficiency.
Cultivate a collaborative environment rooted in autonomy, ownership, and cross-training.
Maintain a close daily partnership Project Manager to balance quality goals, priorities, and bandwidth.
Partner hand-in-hand with the Lead Level Designer to craft spaces where art direction, composition, readability, and player experience merge seamlessly.
Work with the Technical Director to forecast technical limitations, streamline pipelines, and integrate content smoothly within strict performance budgets.
Align with fellow Leads to establish high-bar quality benchmarks, production guidelines, and best practices for the World team.
Act as a clear channel for Level Art requirements across Art, Technical, Game Direction, and Production.
Drive open, frictionless communication across all disciplines contributing to the game world.
Support other departments to ensure smooth content integration.
Ensure clear transmission of level art requirements across Art, Technical, Game Direction, and Production teams.
Foster open and fluid communication between all disciplines contributing to the game world.
Accompany other departments to ensure smooth content integration.