Technical Artist
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Requisition Number: 166879
Position Title: Technical Artist 2
External Description:
The Marketing Cinematics group at EA is a content production team that partners with EA Studio’s game teams, to produce the highest quality marketing assets, trailers and commercials. We are a collective group of Animators, Artists, Designers, Lighters, and Producers. Worldwide, we are several teams that combine to form a global group of extraordinary individuals, fueled by imagination and a unified passion for creating amazing, next-gen visuals. We are a diverse team that is unified through collaboration, culture and craft.
Our Technical Artists combine creativity and imagination with technical expertise. They are the bridge between artists, engineers and designers, and are responsible for designing, building and implementing production tools, and optimizing cinematic production workflows.
As a Technical Artist, you will report to the Senior Line Producer and Cinematic Technical Lead. Our goal is to evaluate and influence how production is approached. As new technologies arise, so will the need to grow and expand our tools! We strive to create an environment that allows our artists to rapidly create, iterate and polish, at scale, by increasing end-to-end efficiency.
Responsibilities:
- You will develop high-quality animation and cinematic production tools.
- Adapt to artistic and technical constraints to create tools and processes to ensure a fast and effective workflow for the artists on a per-project basis.
- Communicate with team members and those on other teams to ensure speedy resolution of issues.
- Solve complex problems affecting various areas of production.
- Act as a role model, coach, and mentor to assist in developing the team.
- Design, implement, optimize, test, debug and maintain code to coding standards.
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience creating digital art content creation tools & pipelines.
- You have experience developing tools for industry standard 3D applications (Maya, Motion Builder, etc.)
- An understanding of game engines and their architecture (Frostbite, Unreal or similar).
- Experience with common scripting languages (Python & C#) and .Net libraries.
- A strong understanding of animation and cinematic pipelines.
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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: 103
Can this position be remote?: 1
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.