Creative Director
About the Company
Warner Bros. Discovery, a premier global media and entertainment company, offers audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and gaming. The new company combines WarnerMedia's premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.
About WB Games Montréal
WB Games Montréal is a division of Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment (WBIE). Founded in 2010, we are 300+ creative team members strong who join forces every day to create unforgettable AAA experiences across all platforms.
Job Description
WB Games Montreal, a division of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE), seeks a Creative Director to work with its game development team.
Your New Role…
As our Creative Director, you will play an essential role in establishing and executing the vision of a popular franchise in the interactive AAA space.
In this role, you will lead a project’s core team and inspire teammates and stakeholders while providing guidance during prototyping and production phase as you push innovation and quality.
Moreover, you will be jointly accountable (with the Executive Producer) for representing the game to top WB executives and evangelizing the game both internally and externally.
Your Role Accountabilities...
Project Oversight:
- Leading the game in terms of project vision, in conjunction with other members of the core team.
- Take full responsibility for the quality of the content.
- Establishing the overall game vision in conjunction with the Producer, and key WBIE stakeholders
Design:
- When requested by Production, assists development partners in the “hands on” design of specific game features.
- Coordinate between content teams (internal and external) to ensure that the quality of the output meets expectations, and provide specific guidance where needed.
Communication & Relationships:
- Collaborate across internal divisions to ensure the team is implementing the optimal design vision balanced by input from Research, Programming, Art, and Production.
- Establish, maintain, and enhance relationships with inside and outside creative resources, third party vendors, and development partners.
- Participates in departmental meetings to share ideas and “best practices.”
Qualifications & Experience…
- 10 + years of game industry experience, and 5+ of those years were in a role leading AAA game teams and defining game design direction.
- Must have shipped at least one AAA title as a Game Director or Creative Director.
- Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills for working with internal and external teams.
- Mastery of the French language is an asset.
- Expert in next-generation AAA action/adventure games.
- Ability to communicate well with many external partners to facilitate the sharing of ideas and services.
- Familiarity with design tools and pipelines.
- Ability to work well under pressure and with deadlines.
