Assistant Producer - EA SPORTS FC The Grounds

Electronic Arts; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Electronic Arts is seeking an Assistant Producer for EA SPORTS FC The Grounds in Vancouver. Reporting to a Lead Producer, you will collaborate with production, design, art, and QA teams to deliver features for The Grounds within EA SPORTS FC 27 and beyond.

You’ll own day-to-day production for one or more feature workstreams, coordinate with artists and external partners, manage schedules, identify risks, and drive workflow improvements while keeping stakeholders aligned.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of production or project management in game development.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams through development stages.
• Strong planning, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to proactively identify risks and keep work moving.
• Experience working with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid development methodologies.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day production and execution of one or more feature workstreams
• Partner with artists, discipline leads, designers, and external development partners to coordinate the delivery of high-quality features
• Maintain schedules, milestones, sprint plans, and production tracking for your assigned workstreams
• Monitor risks, dependencies, and blockers, driving timely follow-up and escalating issues when needed
• Coordinate cross-functional communication to keep teams aligned throughout development
• Support milestone planning, testing, and release readiness
• Provide regular project status updates to your Producer and cross-functional partners
• Identify opportunities to improve production workflows and execution processes
• Build strong working relationships across internal teams and external development partners to support successful feature delivery

Skills

Game production

Cross-functional coordination

Planning & organization

Risk identification

Agile/Hybrid/Waterfall

Communication

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Role ID

216387

Worker Type

Regular Employee

Studio/Department

Work Model

Hybrid

Description & Requirements

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.

Assistant Producer - EA SPORTS™ FC The Grounds

As one of the largest sports entertainment platforms in the world, EA SPORTS FC is redefining football with genre-leading interactive experiences, connecting a global community of fans to The World's Game through innovation and unrivaled authenticity.

With more opportunity than ever to design, innovate and create new, immersive experiences that bring joy, inclusivity, and connection to fans everywhere, we invite you to join our passionate and dynamic team as we pioneer the future of football fandom.

Reporting to a Lead Producer, an assistant producer on The Grounds works closely with the production, design, art, and quality verification teams to create compelling features for The Grounds within EA SPORTS FC 27 and beyond.

If you enjoy working on a production team, developing content for millions of fans, while evaluating existing ideas/processes and coming up with new ones, this is the role for you!

Responsibilities:

The Grounds Assistant Producer will work with others on the team to build out feature briefs, design documents, and internal tools.

• Own the day-to-day production and execution of one or more feature workstreams
• Partner with artists, discipline leads, designers, and external development partners to coordinate the delivery of high-quality features
• Maintain schedules, milestones, sprint plans, and production tracking for your assigned workstreams
• Monitor risks, dependencies, and blockers, driving timely follow-up and escalating issues when needed
• Coordinate cross-functional communication to keep teams aligned throughout development
• Support milestone planning, testing, and release readiness
• Provide regular project status updates to your Producer and cross-functional partners
• Identify opportunities to improve production workflows and execution processes
• Build strong working relationships across internal teams and external development partners to support successful feature delivery

Your Skills & Experience:

• 2+ years of experience in production or project management within game development.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams through multiple stages of development
• Strong planning, organization, and prioritization skills
• Ability to proactively identify risks and keep work moving
• Experience working with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid development methodologies
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, or similar production tools
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills

Pay Transparency - North America

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

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

For Canada, 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 other incentive programs.

About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

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.

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.