Lead Material Artist (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Lead Material Artist (Gamedev): Defining and driving material systems for an ambitious interactive project set in a contemporary urban environment with an accent on quality, consistency, and scalability across characters or environments. Focus on establishing scalable workflows, shader standards, and material libraries for production across high-end platforms and mobile.

Location: Must be based in Montreal and work from the office a minimum of 4 days a week. Must be legally authorized to work in Canada.

Company

One of the world's leading media and entertainment companies, creating world-class content across film, television, streaming, and theme parks.

What you will do

• Translate art direction into high-quality materials meeting both visual and technical requirements.
• Lead and mentor a team of material artists to ensure consistency, quality, and scalability.
• Define, maintain, and evolve material pipelines, workflows, and shader standards.
• Oversee creation of materials for either the character track (skin, fabric, wardrobe) or the world track (environments, props, tiling systems).
• Collaborate with Character, Environment, Tech Art, and Lighting teams for proper integration into rendering and runtime systems.
• Identify and optimize pipelines to support efficient production across platforms from high-end to mobile.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in game development with a focus on material creation.
• Extensive experience in AAA production environments.
• Proven experience leading and managing a team of artists on at least one shipped title.
• Deep understanding of PBR workflows and shader-based material systems.
• Experience with modern game engines, specifically Unreal Engine.
• Legal authorization to work in Canada.

Nice to have

• Experience with Unreal Engine 5 and advanced shader workflows.
• Familiarity with modular assets, customization systems, or procedural workflows.
• Experience working with outsourcing partners or distributed teams.
• Strong eye for realism, material definition, and visual consistency.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive culture that champions diversity and the development of a talented workforce.
• Opportunity to contribute to an ambitious, large-scale interactive project.
• Collaborative environment working with cross-disciplinary teams.
• Strong tradition of community engagement and giving back.