FX Craft Supervisor

Requisition Number: 116157

Position Title: Senior Visual Effects Artist 2

External Description:

FX Craft Supervisor

 

Artworks is a highly-engaged content creation team within EA Worldwide Studios.  We are creatively driven and focused on high end visual production across multiple genres and art styles.  Working with our game team partners around the world, we share a unified passion for creating amazing experiences and industry leading visuals.  We are adventurous and creative.  We are courageous and we take chances.  We seek pioneers who cut new paths and conquer challenges with fierce determination. We look for the best in everyone.

 

What will the FX Craft Supervisor will do at EA:

•    Mentor for growth within domain – able to recognize staff expertise and growth opportunities and recommend strategic solutions to staffing challenges 
•    Has finger on the pulse of all EA studios and engine groups within their domain – techniques and processes
•    Active hands-on participant in critical project phases, to steer, influence, and align best practices – and ensure effective decision making within the domain
•    Partners with FX Domain Director, Craft Domain DD and Artworks AD (for respective studio)

Studio-Wide
•    Proactively drive quality for the craft across the studio – what we create and how we create it
•    Provide craft leadership and mentoring on both an individual and department level for FX artists
•    Ensure key workflows have clear and effective ownership within the studio (own or delegate)
•    Cultivate a strong artist community with the domain across the studio
•    Ensure the most appropriate and effective workflows, DCC software, and techniques, are being utilized across the domain within the studio
•    Maintain close alignment and regular communications with other Local Domain Supervisor counterparts, and Global Domain Director
•    Collaborate with Global Domain Director and Artworks AD to establish short and long-term roadmaps for domain
•    Mentor, support, and coach domain leadership team with career development (including regular 1:1s)
•    Support career managers with FX Artist development – through skill / performance assessments, training recommendations, 1:1 mentoring, and production assignment guidance
•    Understand future domain needs, Identify skill gaps, and work with DDs to devise strategy to accommodate
•    Work with FX Domain Dir.  and project Leads, and Artworks AD to establish and participate in delivering, effective onboarding program for domain (internal and external)
•    Domain stakeholder for all RFT studio hiring
•    Promote asset and knowledge sharing across the studio
•    Partner with Artworks CG Supervisors to ensure that the efficiency of workflows, and tools and tech from content creation to runtime are optimal
•    Partner with Artworks Art Directors and other Domain Supervisors to ensure consistent visibility and alignment 
•    Collaborate with game team ADs to identify challenges and opportunities for their respective projects and act as an escalation point for Domain-related issues 
•    Represent domain with the Artworks/Content senior leadership team and collaborate on and support cross-domain Department strategy

 

Project-Centric
•    Contribute to and help to execute on Domain roadmap/strategy for all local projects
•    Partner with project ADs and Leads at the local studio, using craft expertise to maximise visual quality taking into account constraints, timelines, and budgets
•    Ensure GDF goals for the domain, are consistently established and met, for all phases of projects
•    Identify and communicate franchise opportunities and visual priorities
•    Collaborate with Leads and project ADs during pre-pro (hands-on), to establish effective pre-production, prototyping, and look-dev process
•    Monitoring quality of domain deliverables throughout production to maintain quality standards across domain

 

Who You Are:
•    Recognized master of the FX craft – both artistically, and technically 
•    Ability to execute in multiple art styles – able to deconstruct stylistic requirements, and translate in to appropriate techniques
•    Sufficient technical knowledge to identify opportunities and limitations, and to work effectively with Technical Artists and CG Sups
•    Experience in a hands-on leadership role, delivering AAA content for at least 3 shipped games
•    Experience leading and mentoring artists within the domain
•    Recognized ‘thought leader’ within their craft, including proven problem-solving abilities – both artistic (quality/execution) and logistical (delivery/strategic)
•    Great communication skills – you will be expected to present to executives
•    Ability to articulate problems, and to formulate, communicate and drive solutions

 

More info contact: Paola Chavez, Studio Recruiter pchavez@ea.com 

 

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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.