Presentation Director

Requisition Number: 167046

Position Title: Game Design Director

External Description:

Finding great talent and supporting our studios to be the best place for people to do their best work is central to our philosophy. This is the principle behind our newly formed Seattle Studio focusing on open-world action-adventure games and pioneering next generation emergent storytelling. Join us to pursue your passion to craft unique, groundbreaking and inclusive games that empower players to generate incredible stories of heroic adventure. 

Become a foundational part of an ambitious, respectful and diverse team as we are looking for a Presentation Director to help us build a highly ambitious AAA open world game with an emphasis on procedural narrative. The Presentation Director will collaborate closely with the Directors to ensure that the characters and stories come to life as they emerge through the interwoven gameplay, narrative and relationship systems.

The Presentation Director will champion the cinematic presentation of the characters and story to the team throughout the development process.  They will use a variety of camera, cinematic and presentation tools to ensure that players are deeply emotionally engaged with the characters, their relationships, and their stories.  Additionally, they will apply cinematic principals to elevate the action of the game to spotlight spectacular in-game events and make them cinematic and memorable.

They will help players to discover and remember amazing moments of intense drama between characters that they profoundly love or passionately hate as well as intense moments of cinematic action.

Responsibilities:

• Build and manage a team tasked with creating, developing and polishing the cinematic narrative experience.
• Contribute to all areas of the cinematic presentation including documentation, in game content, and dialogue with a focus on creating memorable and emotional moments for the player.
• Work with the Narrative Team on performance capture sessions to ensure the narrative and performance goals are being met.
• Work with the Audio and Narrative teams on the evaluation and integration of tools and technologies around procedural performance and dialogue. 

Qualifications:

• Shipped at least one successful AAA title from start to finish as a Cinematic or Animation director.
• Desired: Experience with high profile and beloved IP.
• Deep understanding of modern AAA games and their narrative mechanics.

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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.

Days Open: 62

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.