Full-time position
Lead World Artist Are you ready to steer the visual direction of a world built for total player agency and destruction? We are looking for a Lead World Artist to drive the artistic, technical, and organizational vision of our environment team for an unannounced 3rd-person action title. In this role, you will define the visual standards for reactive, highly interactive environments while orchestrating internal team efforts and external partner production. If you excel at turning high-level visual goals into efficient production pipelines and inspiring cross-disciplinary teams, we want to hear from you.
Founded in 2020, Yellow Brick Games is committed to building digital playgrounds and memorable worlds using an ethical and human approach to game development. Inspired by our warrior princess Dorothée, we strive to make each moment down the road count, brick by brick. Yellow Brick Games launched its debut fantasy action-adventure title Eternal Strands in 2025.
ABOUT THE ROLE: Yellow Brick Games is hiring a Lead World Artist to join our team of experienced developers working on an exciting new IP. In this role, you will lead the World department in creating benchmark-quality, fully interactive 3rd-person environments that seamlessly integrate real-time destruction and physical player impact. You will be responsible for defining art direction standards for world building, managing internal world artists, establishing scalable external development pipelines, and working hand-in-hand with external outsourcing studios to deliver top-tier assets on schedule.
Yellow Brick Games is based in Quebec City, Canada with an office space in Montreal. As a growing independent studio,



we are committed to diversity, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.
This position is open to applicants based in Canada.
We'reopento discussing hybrid and remote work situations.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Artistic & Department Leadership: Drive the visual quality, spatial composition, and technical implementation for all environment, prop, and world-building assets across the project.
Outsourcing & External Collaboration: Act as the primary artistic point of contact for external partner studios, providing clear briefs, style guides, feedback, and quality control for outsourced assets.
Team Management & Growth: Lead, mentor and be the go to person for our team of internal workplace artists, conducting 1-on-1s, establishing career pathways, and fostering a collaborative team culture.
Pipeline & Destruction Integration: Collaborate with Tech Art and Level Design to establish and maintain modular workflows, destruction setups, and material pipelines that balance visual fidelity with reactivity.




Cross-Discipline Alignment: Partner with Production, Level Design, and VFX to maintain clear sightlines, readable combat spaces, and accurate milestone delivery schedules.
Performance Budgeting: Oversee visual optimization strategies to guarantee macro world-building hits performance targets without compromising visual storytelling.
Team Planning: Ensure the directorial vision is put into practice by helping to plan its implementation, keeping work within scope and pushing for maximum efficiency, and by working closely with the World & World Art directors.
REQUIREMENTS: Experience: 7+ years in game development with at least one shipped AAA or high-end AA title in a Lead or Principal Environment Artist role.
Outsourcing Expertise: Proven track record of setting up, managing, and reviewing high-volume OS pipelines with external vendor teams.
Destruction & Technical Mastery: Solid understanding of complex environment destruction, modular assembly, and modern engine pipelines (Unreal Engine preferred).
Leadership & Communication: Strong capability to articulate creative vision, deliver constructive artistic feedback, and manage cross-studio workflows effectively.
Composition & Gameplay Literacy: Expert eye for spatial composition, architectural logic, lighting, and 3rd-person action camera readability.
WHAT WE OFFER: A highly creative environment alongside passionate game devs
Flexible work schedule and remote/hybrid arrangements
Generous and flexible vacation and sick days policy
Group insurance program with 24/7 access to a virtual medical clinic
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📌 Lead World Artist (Quebec City)
🏢 Yellow Brick Games
📍 Quebec City