Art Craft Manager - DICE

Requisition Number: 162251

Position Title: DD I

External Description:

DICE (EA Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment), the award-winning studio based in Stockholm, Sweden, is best known for creating the phenomenally successful Battlefield franchise, the Star Wars: Battlefront franchise, and the very creative game Mirror’s Edge.

We work through our 4 guiding values: Passion with Purpose, Creative Innovation, Everything Quality, and One Community. Our people are the backbone and driving force to our creative products. As such, we are dedicated to providing everyone the chance to express themselves and be their very best with a common cause.

We are looking for an Art Craft Manager with experience managing people and allow our amazing staff to succeed and develop in their careers.

The purpose of the Art Craft Manager is to provide lateral support outside the game team hierarchy, focused on growing individuals long term. Our Art Craft Managers build and sustain a versatile production force, so that DICE can build any game and service that we decide to pursue. The Art Craft Manager works with recruiting, building and coaching individuals, both on a personal and a craft level.

They work close to the game teams to understand the project needs, challenges and possibilities. By not being embedded in a specific project or franchise, the Art Craft Managers will find synergies, ensure collaboration, nurture personal development, craft specialization and career. Each Art Craft Manager oversees multiple individuals spread across the teams. They are an executive extension of the Art Craft leadership and studio management.

Who you are

• Someone with work experience and a solid, reliable and down-to-earth person.
• You have experience in game development and with content creation, most probably + 5 years. This background is necessary to evaluate and challenge the content creators in a healthy and constructive way.
• You have wonderful soft skills; listening, coaching, and explaining.
• You are competent with structure and order. Documentation and clear planning is important.

What you will do

• Communicate information from and to studio management.
• Stay up-to-date with project goals, status and team health.
• Support individuals, and manage long-term goals and careers.
• Staffing and recruitment.
• Coach the content team to be stronger and more versatile, to allow efficient and healthy production.
• Conduct performance reviews and salary discussions.
• Studio wide training.
• You will report directly to the Art Craft Director.

Typical Tasks

• 1-to-1 meetings.
• Convey feedback and encourage a direct and transparent conversation practice when possible.
• Be involved with projects beyond 1-on-1’s, by talking to other people in the team and attend team meetings and reviews.
• Interview for new hires.
• Maintain documents on staffing, recruitment and studio information.
• Report and inform core project leads on team health and concerns raised.
• Onboard new hires.

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

At DICE we take care of our staff and have done so during our steady growth over the last decade. In addition to a great compensation package we offer our employees massage every three weeks, a variety of sports activities (yoga and cross fit to name a few) and health care allowance. We have a collective bargain agreement with Unionen and Sveriges Ingenjörer and also provide our employees’ with occupational pension

A good work-life balance is something we practice and maintain even during high-intensity periods.

We thought you might also like to know…

The position is permanent and applications will be selected continuously. Apply online with a combined CV and Introduction letter in English. Because there is a focus on artistic skill, if possible please also send a link to your portfolio. As part of the application process, we might also ask you to take on a practical work test.

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 54

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EEO Employer Verbiage:

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.