Technical Designer

Requisition Number: 155759

Position Title: Game Designer I

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Motive, le plus récent studio AAA de Electronic Arts, est à la recherche d’un concepteur de niveaux technique pour contribuer au développement, à la mise en œuvre et au maintien des outils et des flux de conception de niveau.

Responsabilités : 

• Réaliser le suivi et le test liés au développement d’outils/de caractéristiques avec les intervenants par rapport aux documents de conception technique
• Participer à la définition et à la documentation des meilleures pratiques relativement aux outils/caractéristiques
• Développer et maintenir des exemples de niveaux de jeu aux fins de test de nouvelles caractéristiques/nouveaux outils et préparer la documentation technique
• Offrir du soutien aux créateurs de contenu dans le développement des meilleures approches en matière de tâches de contenu
• Offrir du soutien direct aux créateurs de contenu pour les tâches liées à la conception de niveaux
• Offrir du soutien aux créateurs de contenu en investiguant et en corrigeant les problèmes et les bogues
• Offrir du soutien en rehaussant le contenu de conception de niveaux aux normes requises aux fins d’évaluation
• Réviser le contenu afin de l’harmoniser aux meilleures pratiques et aux normes
• Former et soutenir les utilisateurs de contenu en matière de normes et de meilleures pratiques
• Effectuer le premier traitement des types de contenu pour appuyer la définition des meilleures pratiques et de la documentation

Exigences :

• Votre expertise doit inclure au moins 5 ans de conception de niveaux et d’expérience de flux des travaux, avec fortes compétences techniques
• Crédit de conception technique ou de niveaux sur au moins deux titres AAA publiés
• Expérience en codage et en script pour communiquer avec les programmeurs et relayer efficacement les exigences techniques
• Expérience à diriger le déroulement de projets d’envergure
• Capacité de communiquer aisément des concepts, des idées et des problèmes techniques complexes
• Tous les membres de notre équipe auront la chance d’évoluer rapidement et à leur guise, et d’assumer de nouveaux rôles et responsabilités au rythme de notre croissance et de notre progression. Nous sommes à la recherche d’innovateurs chevronnés qui sont au sommet de leur art dans un environnement dynamique comme celui de la création de jeux.

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 équivalente et, bien sûr, plusieurs autres à-côtés. Nous savons que pour créer des jeux de renommée mondiale, il nous faut des talents de classe 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.

Plus sur notre emplacement : http://careers.ea.com/our-locations/montreal

Les studios Motive vous offrent les moyens et l'occasion. Venez découvrir ce dont vous êtes capable!

 

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Motive, Electronic Arts' newest AAA studio, is looking for a technical level designer to help develop, implement, and maintain advanced design tools and workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Carry out the monitoring and testing related to the development of tools / features with stakeholders in relation to technical design documents
• Participate in defining and documenting best practices for tools / features
• Develop and maintain game level examples to test new features / tools and prepare technical documentation
• Provide support to content creators in developing the best approaches to content tasks
• Provide direct support to content creators for level design tasks
• Offer support to content creators by investigating and correcting problems and bugs
• Provide support by enhancing the level design content to the standards required for evaluation
• Revise content to align with best practices and standards
• Train and support content users in standards and best practices
• Perform the first content type processing to support the definition of best practices and documentation

Requirements:

• Your expertise must include at least 5 years of level design and workflow experience, with strong technical skills
• Technical design credit or levels on at least two AAA titles published
• Coding and scripting experience to communicate with programmers and effectively relay technical requirements
• Experience directing the execution of major projects
• Ability to communicate complex concepts, ideas and technical problems easily
• All members of our team will have the opportunity to evolve quickly and at their own pace, and to take on new roles and responsibilities as we grow and grow. We are looking for experienced innovators who are at the top of their game in a dynamic environment like game creation.

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

Motive Studios has the Means and Opportunity. Come see what you can do!

 

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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: 13

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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.