Lead Concept Artist

2 months ago

Vancouver, Canada Electronic Arts Full time

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.

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.

BASE SALARY RANGES
- British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria):
º $107,600 - $147,100 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.Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

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