Lead Concept Artist - EA Sports NHL

Requisition Number: 185843

Position Title: Senior Concept Artist

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EA SPORTS NHL has revolutionized sports gaming for millions of players worldwide. We’ve pioneered award-winning creative technology and experiences to connect players to the speed, skill, and heart of the NHL.

The EA SPORTS NHL franchise is founded on passion and new ideas. Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, the team is composed of diverse talent dedicated to creating on-ice experiences that connect gamers around the world through play. If you're a creative pioneer with a passion for your craft, this will be more than a job. It’ll be what you love

 Role Overview

As a Lead / Sr. Concept Artist, you will create amazing concept art that fuels the project. You will be a cornerstone of the art team and lead the concept department. You will partner with all the creative leaders and help bring to life our characters and the events that support them. You have great communication skills and eager to work in a collaborative environment guided by art goals and pillars

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the producer and directors regarding the vision for the project
• Focus on Fantastical characters rooted in Hockey.
• Create a cast of believable characters within immersive game environments.
• Create Production ready character concepts
• Drive A.I. Concept development.
• Work with the art team and give them aesthetic solutions through paint-overs.
• Confidently iterate using A.I.and freely manipulate the results with traditional digital painting methods.
• Support the Art Director in the style guide and feedback processes.
• Work with OS partners in a collaborative manner, delivering relevant feedback and direction.

Required Qualifications

• Strong traditional Art skills including Drawing and Painting (digital and traditional).
• Graphic design skills. Create Logos, layout fonts.
• Ability to create images from written briefs
• Understanding of visual language - texture, colour, dimension, scale, perspective, shade, composition, depth of field, proportion, spatial awareness.
• Use traditional & technological approaches for creating designs in either a 2D or 3D environment
• Skilled in Photoshop, Firefly, Substance Painter
• Experience working within game engines.
• 6+ years of concept artist experience, including some years in the gaming industry
• Create concepts from scratch and create color studies
• Create concepts/explorations at different quality outputs, from sketches to final key art
• Character, Environmental and component ideation and design
• Traditional illustration skills in multiple media and excellent drawing skills.
• An understanding of Hockey would be a plus.

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Electronic Arts Inc. är ett globalt ledande mjukvaruföretag för interaktiv underhållning. EA levererar spel, innehåll och onlinetjänster för internetuppkopplade spelkonsoler, persondatorer, mobiltelefoner och surfplattor.

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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: 9

Can this position be remote?: 0

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