Experience Designer

Requisition Number: 164677

Position Title: Experience Designer II

External Description:

Experience Designer

At EA, we exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create amazing experiences for our players everywhere and we consider our players’ experiences first in everything we do. Creating transformational experiences requires constant innovation and brilliant, passionate people. We are developing extraordinary new game experiences by bringing together great people that combine creativity, technology, and expertise to deliver new ways to play.

This is an exciting opportunity to reimagine a Star Wars mobile product at a design led EA studio where experience design is peer to game design and art. As part of the XD team, you will report into the Experience Design Director and work in close collaboration with game design, user research, art, product management, engineering and operations. 

YOU WILL 

• Partner with team members to set priorities and find balanced design solutions to player and business goals within technical constraints
• Determine problem spaces and lead design solutions rooted in player data (quantitative and qualitative)
• Architect player flows, screen, content and states that are intuitive and engaging while balancing player, business and technical goals
• Promote a design process and methodologies that supports player centered game development
• Champion usability and accessibility
• Craft UX artifacts (experience maps, flows, wireframes, prototypes) to guide development and research 
• Craft clear written communication, allowing players to intuitively use a product, including tone of voice, naming conventions, taxonomy, and text strings
• Promote creative efforts that uncover new value with new kinds of experiences
• Support the creation and management of a design system 

YOU HAVE

• 3+ years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, product designer or similar role
• Contributed to multiple shipped products or product cycles
• Expert knowledge of usability principles and techniques
• Expert knowledge of interaction design and mobile design patterns
• The ability to translate player data into design solutions and quickly iterate on them
• The ability to present and rationalize design strategies to diverse audiences (including executives) while using these opportunities to educate and promote
• The ability to work and teach across multiple cross-functional product teams
• The ability to create low fidelity prototypes and quickly iterate based on testing results
• Proficiency in multiple design tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Zeplin, Flinto, and/or Proto io etc...)
• Passion for games
• A degree in Interaction Design, Psychology, HCI or demonstrated proficiency and have equivalent professional experience

BONUS 

• A passion for strategy games
• Experience with user research methodologies and user data analysis (quantitative and qualitative)
• Experience working in distributed/remote teams
• The flexibility to travel

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Community / Marketing Title: Experience Designer

Company Profile:

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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EEO Employer Verbiage:

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.