Experience Designer (UX) - Advanced Technology Group

Requisition Number: 184167

Position Title: Experience Designer II

External Description:

Experience Designer (UX) - Advanced Technology Group

 

Vancouver, Canada

 

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, EA Sports FC soccer, NHL® hockey, and EA SPORTS UFC.

 

Our Advanced Technology Group is part of the EA SPORTS Technology organization, focusing on identifying and creating new, scalable technologies for game teams.  We are looking for close collaboration with game teams, central art teams, and the Frostbite engine team; though the technologies developed can apply to many different engines, environments, and hardware platforms.  You will work on our strategic, multi-year projects focused on improved creation pipelines and runtime functionality, both users facing and internal, for all EA SPORTS titles.

 

As an Experience Designer, you will report  to the Advanced Technology Group’s Experience Design Lead. As a member of this team, you will apply your UX expertise to design state-of-the-art tools for game developers across EA SPORTS. You will also design new and innovative player facing customization experiences for EA SPORTS titles. 

 

When applying for this role, please include your resume and updated portfolio (with password if necessary). 

 

Your Responsibilities:

• Design digital content creation tools (DCC) for internal teams of artists and designers at EA.
• Design new player facing customization experiences for EA SPORTS titles. 
• Work closely with artists, designers, engineers and producers to solicit feedback, iterate on designs and improve the experience. 
• Distill user research, competitive analysis and stakeholder feedback into design goals.
• Work with and contribute to existing design systems. 

 

Your Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in a UX role designing and shipping products. 
• Experience designing for multiple platforms: web, mobile and game console. 
• Experience building prototypes to validate flows, interactions and interfaces. 
• Experience working in a highly technical environment. 
• An understanding of 2D and 3D content creation tools and how they are used for game development. 
• Ability to present and communicate designs effectively to stakeholders. 
• Proficient with Figma. 

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with a game engine such as Frostbite, Unreal or Unity 
• Experience with 3D software such as Maya. 
• Experience with front end development technologies such as Javascript, CSS and Storybook would be a bonus.
• Solid visual design skills. 
• Have a passion for sports and games.

 

Ceci ne s’applique pas au Québec.

BC COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these locations. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.

EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

BASE SALARY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria):
º $96,400 - $133,900 CAN Annually

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity. 

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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.

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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: 64

Can this position be remote?: 1

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