Creative Director

Requisition Number: 157732

Position Title: Principal Game Designer I

External Description:

Creative Director

At Maxis, we excel at outrageous thinking. It’s the fuel that inspires the best games in the world. We’re innovators and great storytellers. But it’s not just about amazing your peers – it’s about amazing yourself and our fans. Take risks. Collaborate with brilliant minds and dare to dream big. Together, we can change the way millions play every day.

As a Creative Director for Maxis your job will be to use your passion, knowledge, and leadership to inspire the team, provide and communicate vision, inspire creativity and build incredible experiences that surprise and delight millions of gamers around the world.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Champion the creative direction on an ongoing basis, inspiring the team through progressive creative design and leadership.
• Collaborate with leadership and brand to establish creative direction for our games.
• Promote and pitch ideas to the Executive team and create excitement and enthusiasm.
• Understand new trends driving player expectations and behaviors.
• Understand how user-generated content and experiences are shaping products in the market.
• Partner with consumer insights to break down and understand the underlying motivations, and then driving solutions to problems and opportunities.
• Sensitivity to mass-market appeal, and the ability to innovate within it.
• Rally and create visible wide-spread support for vision
• Oversee primary design vision and implementation, working directly with designers, producers, programmers, artists, and development.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to peers and junior design staff, assisting them in the resolution of complex problems and growing their knowledge.
• Represent the game in both internal and external communications. This includes delivering strong presentations and taking responsibility for internal reviews with your team, , partner companies, and handling external interviews with the media.
• Be accountable for the quality targets and the results achieved.

Recommended Skills and Experience:

• 10+ years experience in a creative role within the gaming/entertainment industry.
• 5+ years of experience leading game teams and defining game design and narrative direction.
• Experience launching a live service.
• Broad, in-depth knowledge of game design. Additional areas of expertise in tech, art, business, etc. are a plus.
• Experience inspiring an organization irrespective of reporting lines; a vocal champion of the work that knows when to defend the work and when feedback will make the idea stronger.
• Excellent communication skills -- both written and verbal -- are absolutely critical. Can promote the vision for the studio and its projects both across EA. Experience with public speaking, a plus.
• Welcome feedback and criticism, and enjoy working in a collaborative, iterative, and agile process.
• Create and implement game concepts using different tools.
• Experience working with research departments to define tests and interpret data to refine design.
• Experience of taking major AAA PC games from concept to completion.
• Experience working with licensing partners is a plus.
• Experience developing games that support User Generated Content is a plus.
• A passion for games. Just as important, a drive to make a game with an impact at an industry level.

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc.는 세계를 선도하는 인터랙티브 엔터테인먼트 소프트웨어 기업입니다. EA는 인터넷 콘솔, 개인용 컴퓨터, 휴대전화, 태블릿용 게임과 콘텐츠 및 온라인 서비스를 제공합니다.

EEOText: EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부, 또는 법으로 금지된 기타 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. 또한, 해당 직책에 합당한 능력을 갖추고 있다면 범죄 기록이 있는 지원자도 관련 법률을 준수하는 방식으로 채용 여부를 고려합니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.

Days Open: 187

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부 등의 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.