Associate Producer I

Electronic Arts; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 89,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Live Producer to enhance player experiences in a groundbreaking football game. This role involves overseeing the development of game features, collaborating with diverse teams, and ensuring quality deliverables. You will prioritize tasks, manage schedules, and be the bridge between design and project management. Join a creative community that values innovation and inclusivity, and help shape the future of football gaming while enjoying a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for growth.

Benefits

3 weeks vacation

10 days sick time

Paid parental leave

Health/Dental/Vision coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Free games

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner/Producer.
• Experience with KPI-driven mentality during Live Ops.
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall development processes.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize tasks to enhance player experience in Live Ops.
• Collaborate with teams to refine Live changes for the EA SPORTS FC cycle.
• Oversee ideation and translation of product goals into game features.

Skills

Product Ownership

Live Ops Management

Agile Development

Waterfall Development

UI/UX Design

Job description

Role ID: 208170

Worker Type: Regular Employee

Studio/Department: Flexible Work Arrangement

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.

EA SPORTS FC: Building on an incredible 30-year foundation, we’re redefining football with EA SPORTS FC - a genre-leading ecosystem of interactive experiences, bringing a global community of football fans closer to The World's Game. Together, we’re taking the largest football club in the world to new heights – and this is just the beginning!

With more opportunities than ever to innovate and create new, authentic experiences that bring joy, inclusivity, and immersion to fans everywhere, we invite you to join us as we pioneer the future of football with EA SPORTS FC, and welcome everyone to the club!

The role: You’ll be involved in development from the early concept stages through production and final stages. You’ll contribute to the experiences we build, why we build them, and how we deliver them to our players. You will be focused on quality and understand user experience. The main tasks for this position are quality improvements, feature-design, and guidance of feature-implementation which incorporates the need to maintain relationships with internal and external developers and creatives.

A love for football and the FC series is a strong benefit, not a requirement.

FC Live Producer Responsibilities:

1. Prioritize urgent tasks to enhance player experience in Live Ops.
2. Collaborate with partner teams to refine Live changes for the EA SPORTS FC cycle.
3. Understand product goals then oversee the ideation and translation of them into game features that players will love.
4. Partner with the Development Directors to manage the feature schedule, milestones, and sprint deliverables.
5. Partner with Art, UX, engineering, QA, and design teams to ensure the quality and timeliness of all deliverables are met.
6. Lead and drive the creation of features in collaboration with creatives and our partners.
7. Facilitate, identify requirements, and collaborate with our partners to ensure alignment.
8. You will be the bridge between the design team and project managers, overseeing what experiences we build and why we build them and managing their delivery to our teams and partners.
9. You will report to the local Production lead.

Qualifications:

1. 5+ years of work experience as a Product Owner/Producer;
2. Experience with KPI-driven mentality during Live Ops;
3. Experience with waterfall and Agile development processes;
4. Experience developing a staged product plan, including the creation of user stories and deliverables;
5. Experience in UI/UX and Game Design is a bonus, not a requirement.

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).

BASE SALARY RANGES: $89,300 - $123,000 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

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 take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much 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.