Lead Game Designer

Requisition Number: 184057

Position Title: Principal Game Designer I

External Description:

Lead Designer - EA SPORTS

EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sport through industry-leading sports video games, including Madden NFL football, FC Soccer, NHL® hockey, and EA SPORTS UFC.

As a Lead Designer, you will bring your deep knowledge of feature and systems design to an exciting new title. You will report directly to the Creative Director.

Responsibilities:

• Support the game vision as set by the Creative Director
• Define feature design guidelines and best practices
• Lead the higher level systems and game loops, establishing detailed goals for yourself and the team
• Lead the design and balance of the core loops through a lens of frequent game updates with best-in-class games as a service
• Craft engaging social features that encourage group play and socialization
• Plan and implement game content and events
• Inspire creativity across the design team and your peers
• Work with other leadership within Design to ensure your designs support AAA moment-to-moment gameplay
• Work with engineering to define implementation tools for the game’s systems
• Provide and receive critique in a constructive and efficient manner

Qualifications:

• 6+ years experience shipping AAA projects as a Lead or Principal Designer with experience delivering deep and rich feature designs and game systems in action-oriented gameplay
• Experience writing detailed design documentation for features, tools, and tracking game content
• Experience using a range of game production content tools for content and systems data, such as Unreal Engine, Frostbite, Unity, or proprietary tools
• Self-assess risk, time, and scope
• Outstanding collaboration skills, driving towards the best possible outcomes
• A functional understanding of mathematics that drive game systems
• A functional understanding of American Football

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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: 17

Can this position be remote?: 0

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.