Senior Creative Director (Survival Games)

Location: Montreal, QC, Canada; hybrid workplace

Company

hirify.global is an independent video game studio with more than 1,200 employees, developing services and original games for PC, console, and mobile platforms.

What you will do

• Own and champion the long-term creative vision of 7 Days to Die across the complete player experience.
• Align Design, Art, Narrative, Production, and other disciplines around a cohesive survival-game vision.
• Guide creative decisions across gameplay systems, progression, world-building, and player engagement.
• Lead through clear communication, creative direction, stakeholder alignment, and multidisciplinary influence.
• Identify innovation opportunities in the survival genre while preserving the franchise identity and community expectations.
• Represent the game's creative vision internally and externally.

Requirements

• 15+ years of game development experience, including multiple shipped AAA or high-quality PC/console titles.
• Demonstrated experience as a Creative Director, Design Director, or equivalent, with complete ownership of a game's vision and direction.
• Strong knowledge of current market trends, player behaviours, live-service considerations, and commercially successful survival titles.
• Strong expertise in survival games and a deep understanding of player motivations, progression systems, and emergent gameplay.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex creative concepts into actionable direction.
• Demonstrated success influencing multidisciplinary teams and navigating complex organizational environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment in a hybrid workplace.
• Work within a diverse and creative environment that values people of all backgrounds and protected characteristics.
• Collaborate with studios in Toronto, Rotterdam, and the UK.
• Contribute to both work-for-hire services and original game development, including established intellectual properties.