Yellow Brick Games is currently looking for a multi-skilled and resourceful IT Specialist. As an IT Specialist you will be required to manage hardware, network and security needs for the entire studio and implement procedures/protocols to support the company. 

Yellow Brick Games is based in Quebec City, Canada, and we are open to discuss remote-work situations. We are committed to diversity and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to place of origin, age, status, religious beliefs, personal orientations, or physical condition.

• 1st line of IT support for local and remote users.
• Installation, modification, and repair of computer equipment.
• Provide training and support to users.
• Track inventory of all equipment, software, and license users.
• Assist on the onboarding process for new hires.
• Address employees’ queries regarding software needs and hardware issues.
• Maintain a safe, secure, and pleasant work environment on local and remote employees.

• Minimum of five years’ experience in a similar position.
• Tech-savvy with excellent knowledge of the Windows environment.
• Excellent time-management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work.
• Experience with IT issues in back-office applications.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  
• Great computer hardware knowledge.
  

Yellow Brick Games is hiring a Principal Material Artist to join our team of experienced developers working on an exciting new IP. In this role, you'll guide the stylization and creation of the textures and material that add depth and dimension to objects, environments and characters.

Yellow Brick Games is based in Quebec City, Canada, and we are open to discuss remote-work situations. We are committed to diversity and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to place of origin, age, status, religious beliefs, personal orientations, or physical condition.

• Benchmarking environmental props with high quality stylized textures and materials.
• Create visual guidelines, game-ready textures, and material to project specifications.
• Build and maintain internal material library while maintaining technical and quality standards in Unreal Engine.
• Create clear documentation and organize texture/ material workflow in Substance Designer, Painter and Z-Brush.
• Collaborate with production environment and character artists on creating materials.
• Evaluate scope estimates to ensure materials assets are in line with project schedules.
• Work with freelancers and vendors while tracking and reviewing materials assets.
• Work with Art Director to revise and respond based on feedback for both aesthetic and functional purposes.

• 5+ years of experience as a Texture/ Material artist and taking games from concept to completion.
• At least one shipped AAA or AA title in the PC or console space.
• Experience and passion for creating environment, props and material.
• Excellent knowledge of lighting and color theory.
  
• Expert knowledge of Photoshop and Substance Designer.
  
• Strong knowledge of ZBrush.
  
• Shader knowledge in Unreal Engine is a plus.
  
• Experience optimizing games for performance and memory.
  
• Excellent organization and communication skills.
  
• Self-sufficient and resourceful; able to identify and work with technical constraints.
  
• Experience working with freelancers and outsource vendors.
  

Yellow Brick Games is hiring a game designer to join our team of experienced developers working on an exciting new IP. In this role, you will work closely with engineers, animators, level designers and our game director to create enemies that challenges our players and foster engaging gameplay experiences.

Yellow Brick Games is based in Quebec City, Canada, and we are open to discuss remote-work situations. We are committed to diversity and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to place of origin, age, status, religious beliefs, personal orientations, or physical condition.

• Leverage our core game mechanics and systems to design a roster of enemy archetypes.  These enemies should be highly replay-able and reward skillful play.
• Alongside other team members implement these archetypes from prototype to polish form.
• With the help of other team members, setup an efficient production process for implementing and balancing enemy archetypes.
• Collaborate with our game director to design and implement character progression systems that feed the combat experience.
• Partner with the rest of the gameplay team to ensure deep interaction between player abilities, environments, and enemies.

• 5+ years of experience as a game designer and taking games from concept to completion.
• At least one shipped AAA or AA title in the PC or console space.
• Experience and passion for designing combat challenges in action-rpgs.
• Comfortable prototyping in Unreal Engine.
  
• Excellent organization and communication skills.
  
• Self-sufficient and resourceful; able to identify and work with technical constraints.
  
• Experience using AI planners (e.g. HTN), a plus.

Don’t see a posted job that matches your talents and skillset? See one that matches, but worried your experience doesn’t meet the requirements? Don’t be, as we are always on the look out for talented professionals who would be a good fit for our studio.  

As a company founded in the midst of a global pandemic, Yellow Brick Games is open to and experienced with remote work and work from home situations; our team is already composed of people in multiple countries.

We’d love to talk about where you might fit with the Yellow Brick team, now or in the future.