Experience Designer II - A-Team

EA Sports; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 105,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks vacation

Sick time (10 days/year)

EI/QPIP top-up up to 100%

Health/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Bonus programs

Job summary

Electronic Arts in Vancouver, BC, is seeking a skilled UI/UX Designer to build web-based internal tools for the animation domain. You will own user experiences for complex pipelines, produce wireframes, flows, and prototypes, and collaborate with engineers, animators, and product managers to deliver impactful workflows.

The role emphasizes usability, accessibility, and the adoption of AI-enabled workflows within a highly technical environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in a UX role designing internal software tools and workflows.
• Experience designing complex web applications.
• Experience building prototypes to validate flows, interactions and interfaces.
• Experience working in a highly technical environment.
• Able to work independently and collaborate with engineers, animators and project managers.
• Ability to present and communicate designs effectively to stakeholders.
• Proficient with Figma.
• Solid visual design skills.
• Comfortable adopting AI in workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design UI/UX for digital content creation tools targeting internal teams of animators and engineers.
• Distill user research, competitive analysis and stakeholder feedback into design goals.
• Tackle and solve hard design problems around complex workflows.
• Create design prototypes to demonstrate complex workflows and interactions.
• Establish, document, and maintain a set of design standards and principles to be used in the design system, ensuring product visual quality and consistency.
• Build relationships with our cross disciplinary team, and partner groups to set priorities towards meaningful design solutions to meet goals within technical constraints.
• Lead our team towards empathizing with users, and advocating for usability and accessibility
• Report directly to the A-Team Animation Director to take advantage of any opportunities you find

Job description

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.

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.

Meet the A-Team: an innovative Character Animation Research Team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, with talented remote members spread across North America. We are a cross-functional, applied R&D team, strategically positioned in EA to drive and disrupt the future of character animation technology. We are a self-motivated, collaborative team, empowered to constantly explore and leverage the latest innovations across the fields of animation, rigging, physics, and machine learning. Our technology has been used to create next-generation gameplay realism across EA titles including FC, Madden, NHL, UFC, Battlefield, and many others. Join us in shaping the future of how games are made! We are looking for a talented UI/UX Designer to join the A-Team and help us build web based internal tools for digital content creation in the animation domain. Our ideal candidate is, like us, passionate about building amazing tools in a collaborative environment with a team of veteran developers. As our UX champion, you will be responsible for owning and defining the user experience of our industry leading workflows solving complex animation problems. This includes embedding deeply both with us and the animation community throughout EA to discover and develop novel workflows to empower animators to realize their creative vision leveraging our next-gen animation technologies. You will produce wireframes, user flows, and prototypes communicating design intent.

You Will

• Design UI/UX for digital content creation tools targeting internal teams of animators and engineers.
• Distill user research, competitive analysis and stakeholder feedback into design goals.
• Tackle and solve hard design problems around complex workflows.
• Create design prototypes to demonstrate complex workflows and interactions.
• Establish, document, and maintain a set of design standards and principles to be used in the design system, ensuring product visual quality and consistency.
• Build relationships with our cross disciplinary team, and partner groups to set priorities towards meaningful design solutions to meet goals within technical constraints.
• Lead our team towards empathizing with users, and advocating for usability and accessibility
• Report directly to the A-Team Animation Director to take advantage of any opportunities you find

Ideally You Will Have

• 6+ years of experience in a UX role designing internal software tools and workflows.
• Experience designing complex web applications.
• Experience building prototypes to validate flows, interactions and interfaces.
• Experience working in a highly technical environment.
• Able to work independently and collaborate with engineers, animators and project managers.
• Ability to present and communicate designs effectively to stakeholders.
• Proficient with Figma.
• Solid visual design skills.
• Comfortable adopting AI in workflows.

Bonus

• Familiarity with a game engine such as Frostbite, Unreal or Unity
• Experience with 3D animation software such as Maya or Motionbuilder.
• Experience with front end development technologies such as Javascript, CSS and Storybook would be a bonus.
• A passion for sports and video games.

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

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$104,500 - $142,800 CAD

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.