Technical Design Director

Requisition Number: 162563

Position Title: Game Design Director

External Description:

As a member of the Special Projects in Applied Research and Collaboration Team, you will develop ground-breaking game features and engine enhancements in close collaboration with EA's development teams. You will be a part of an organic team solving a variety of technical challenges beginning from proof of concept to implementation for titles across EA. An important priority for this group is to partner with EA’s specialized research teams to create meaningful applications relevant to the business.

The SPARC Team is looking for a Technical Design Director to join our team and provide active guidance on workflow development and technical implementation of the EA Studios Gameplay Strategy. The Tech Design Director will partner with the Gameplay TD of the same team and will guide the vision of gameplay workflows in close collaboration with game team partners. You will ensure the requirements of game team designers are met by the holistic gameplay workflow being built by SPARC in partnership with Frostbite.

What the Technical Design Director will do at SPARC

• Work with the Technical Design Directors and Gameplay Tech Directors from EA Studios to agree on a unified gameplay workflows strategy
• Work with the Frostbite Engine Team to inform the requirements of gameplay systems in the engine from an expert user perspective
• Create and work on process for evaluating tools and workflows for the gameplay ecosystem
• Achieve a set of industry best gameplay workflows for EA Studios
• Build a team of gameplay experts to work on the aligned strategy
• Gather requirements from both game and central engineering teams to guide technical designs
• Provide feedback on the direction of the engine workflows for gameplay designers
• You will report into the Gameplay Technical Director in the same team

Who You Are?

• Experience in leadership positions with tech design or design backgrounds, or experience as a technical design director in production of large high-quality game(s)
• Multiple shipped AAA titles
• Experience with technical design principles, design processes, content creation, engines, tools and pipelines
• Work towards mastery of our engine. “Aims to know how everything works”
• You will have some understanding of code and experience bridging design and engineering practices
• Not responsible for the studio design direction nor the actual design of our games
• You will calibrate and establish good overlap with other senior technical designers or technical design directors within EA Studios
• 8 or more years of games industry experience

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 outstanding people to make excellent games, we offer great benefits packages and a culture that is powered by creativity.

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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: 48

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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.