Concepteur principal / Senior Game Designer

Requisition Number: 118828

Position Title: Sr Game Designer

External Description:

Description de poste – Concepteur principal

 

La motivation nourrit notre industrie – le désir de donner vie à une idée, d’inclure du jamais vu à un jeu. C’est ce qui donne la force motrice de l’équipe Motive. Nos seules limites sont celles de notre imagination.Le studio Motive vise à redéfinir les jeux d’action et à proposer aux adeptes des jeux novateurs de qualité supérieure. Quoi de mieux que d’avoir la possibilité de créer la prochaine franchise à succès et de participer aux débuts d’un tout nouveau studio? Si les jeux vous passionnent et que vous souhaitez repousser les limites de votre art, profitez de cette occasion unique.

 

Responsabilités :

 

• Transmettre la vision de la direction créative de l’équipe avec confiance au reste de l’équipe
• Élaborer la vision du contenu pour d’importantes sections de contenu de jeu qui appuient la direction créative
• Diriger les groupes de développeurs dans le cadre des discussions sur les fonctionnalités afin d’établir un consensus
• Planifier les écosystèmes et les boucles de conception qui offrent des expériences de jeu cohésives
• Transmettre la conception à l’aide de divers moyens, y compris une documentation et des présentations complètes et faciles à comprendre destinées à l’équipe, ainsi qu’une collaboration directe avec d’autres développeurs
• Offrir de la rétroaction constructive et pertinente aux autres concepteurs à propos de leurs travaux
• Concevoir et créer des systèmes de jeu ayant des impacts considérables sur l’expérience de jeu
• Relever et expliquer aux autres membres de l’équipe et aux partenaires externes les systèmes interconnectés et leur rôle dans le soutien des piliers de jeu
• Planifier les idées à transformer en prototype, et pourquoi, à la lumière du contexte de la fonctionnalité, du jeu et du marché
• Établir des objectifs précis pour le prototypage, en mesurant la performance du prototype par rapport à ces objectifs et en s’assurant que les leçons tirées des prototypes sont transférées à la production du jeu
• Créer des plans de test de jeu pour les fonctionnalités et leurs domaines de responsabilité, évaluer la rétroaction et relever les tendances au niveau des données qui suggèrent les actions que l’équipe doit entreprendre
• Collaborer avec AQ pour développer des plans de test destinés aux fonctionnalités
• Équilibrer et mettre au point les systèmes de jeu en fonction du plaisir et de l’engagement
• Utiliser la connaissance de l’industrie des jeux, des tendances et des comportements de joueurs pour évaluer, proposer et critiquer les fonctionnalités

 

 Compétences :

 

• Au moins 8 à 10 ans d’expérience à titre de concepteur, idéalement dans un environnement AAA
• Compétences de communication orale et écrite bien développées – pour assurer la compréhension claire de la conception par une équipe diversifiée à toutes les étapes du développement
• Excellentes compétences de travail d’équipe

 

Qu’avons-nous à vous offrir? Bonne question!

 

Nous adorons vanter les avantages que nous offrons comme des régimes d’assurance-maladie et d’avantages sociaux complets, le remboursement des frais de cours, un régime d’épargne-retraite avec cotisation de la société et, bien sûr, plusieurs autres à-côtés! Nous savons que pour créer des jeux de renommée mondiale, il nous faut des talents de renommée mondiale. C’est pourquoi nous offrons une rémunération concurrentielle ainsi qu’une culture basée sur la créativité et l’individualité. Chez EA, nous incarnons le modèle « travail-loisir » chaque jour.

 

 

Senior Designer Job Description

 

Everyone in our industry has a Motive - an idea they want to bring to life, something they’ve never seen before in a game that they want to make a reality. This is what drives everyone at Motive. The only limit here is the team’s imagination.What could be better than getting to create the world’s next block buster franchise and be part of building a brand-new studio from the ground up? If you are passionate about games and motivated to push your craft further this is the opportunity of a lifetime.

 

Responsibilities:

• Carrying the vision of the creative leadership of the team with confidence with the rest of the team
• Developing content vision for large sections of game content that supports the creative direction
• Leading groups of developers through feature discussions to develop consensus
• Planning out design ecosystems / loops that provide cohesive gameplay experiences
• Conveying design through multiple means, including comprehensive, easy to understand documentation, presentations to the team, and direct collaboration with other developers
• Providing relevant, constructive feedback to other designers regarding their designs
• Concepting and creating game wide systems with major impacts on the player experience
• Identifying and explaining interconnected systems and how they support the game’s pillars to other team members and external partners
• Planning what to prototype, and why, informed by the context of the feature, game and market
• Setting clear goals for prototyping, measuring the prototype performance against those goals, and ensuring the learnings from the prototypes are carried through to the game’s production
• Creating playtest plans for features and their areas of ownership, evaluates the feedback and identifies patterns or trends in the data that suggest actions the team could take
• Working with QA to develop test plans for features
• Balancing and tuning their game systems for fun and engagement
• Utilizing knowledge of the games industry, trends and player behaviours for evaluating, proposing and critiquing features

 

 Competencies:

 

• Minimum 8-10 years of experience as a designer, ideally in a AAA environment
• Well developed verbal and written communication skills - to ensure a diverse team’s clear understanding of the design at all stages of development
• Excellent team work skills

 

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

 

We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, RRSP company match and, of course, many other perks! And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off of creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.

More about our location: http://careers.ea.com/our-locations/montreal

 

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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.

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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.