Technical Experience Designer

Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Role ID

211731

Worker Type

Regular Employee

Studio/Department

EA Studios - Full Circle

Work Model

Hybrid

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.

Technical Experience Designer

We are Full Circle, and we're all about having fun and making great games that people want to play with their friends. As the developers of Skate, we are set to provide an experience that embraces and builds upon everything our community found special about the previous games. We believe in creating an inclusive world inside and outside of our games for our players and our team.

We are looking for an experienced UI Technical Artist/Technical Experience Designer to join the Skate team. You will report to the Technical Experience Design Lead.

As a Technical Experience Designer you will work with UX designers, visual designers, artists and engineers in diverse feature teams and report into our Technical Experience Design Lead. You will break down designs into smaller pieces to create building blocks to build the game's UI and work with UX and visual designers to prototype and implement, and iterate. You will work with a team to set and advocate for best practices and create workflows to allow iterative development.

Responsibilities

• You will implement screens, widgets, logic and data flows to design specifications using visual scripting, data tools, and editors.
• You will prove out and advocate for best practices for UI architecture
• You will work with our designers and engineers to determine design, technical and data requirements
• You will break-down features into defined structures, components, and processes that meet the technical, aesthetic, and functional requirements of the game's vision
• You will implement UI animation and motion of prepared screen assets to support interaction and motion guidelines
• You will prepare and document components to be used by our designers and engineers

Requirements

• 2-3 years experience from games, applications or web development.
• Experience owning the prototyping, development and maintenance UI features from concept to release
• Shipped at least 1 title as a UI Technical Designer, UI Technical Artist, UI Scripter or similar role
• Experience working in a collaborative and cross-discipline environment
• Proficiency with Visual Scripting or Programming/Scripting languages such as C++, C# and LUA
• Passion for Games and UI

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

PAY RANGES

* British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$100,000 - $139,500 CAD

In British Columbia, we 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.

About Electronic Arts

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We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

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