Hybrid Senior Experience Design Lead – Immersive Sports UX

Electronic Arts; Vancouver; Híbrido; CAD 120 000 - 180 000; Tempo integral

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Resumo da oferta

Electronic Arts in Vancouver is seeking a Senior Manager of Experience Design to lead a multidisciplinary team across EA SPORTS FC. You will shape cohesive, immersive player experiences, drive design strategy, and mentor designers across locations.

The role requires deep expertise in interactive design, spatial UI, and systems thinking, with a track record delivering AAA experiences. You will collaborate with Game Design, Art, Engineering, and Research to raise the bar for quality and innovation.

Qualificações

• 10+ years of experience designing and delivering shipped, player-facing experiences for AAA/high-complexity games.
• Expert understanding of interaction design, interface design, information architecture, visual hierarchy, typography, composition, motion, and accessibility.
• A portfolio demonstrating high-quality interactive experiences, mastery of visual craft, exceptional systems thinking, and thoughtful end-to-end design solutions, including problem discovery, detailed design solutions, prototypes, behaviors, and rationale.
• Capability to reframe UI/UX as a broader tool for player interaction, bridge the gap between level design and traditional UX, and guide teams away from menu-centric approaches.
• Ability to design beyond traditional 2D menus and UI transitions, integrating user experience seamlessly into 3D environments and hybrid 2D/3D problem spaces.
• Experience applying qualitative and quantitative insights, player motivations, and design strategy to inform end-to-end experiences.
• Ability to balance player needs, creative ambition, technical constraints, production realities, and business objectives.
• Strong experience leading concept development and translating broad product and creative opportunities into clear design direction and scalable, production-ready experiences.
• Strong creative judgment and the ability to articulate design strategy, provide actionable critique, and influence partners and leaders across Design, Production, Art, Engineering, and Research.
• Proven ability to push teams to think and design spatially, establishing a high bar for quality and spatial interaction design across cross-functional partners.
• Deep understanding of design systems and experience driving consistency and cohesion across complex products.
• Nice to Have: Experience exploring and applying AI and emerging technologies to accelerate design workflows, expand creative exploration, or create new player experiences.
• Nice to Have: Experience with spatial, AR, VR, or 3D design and tools such as Maya, Cinema 4D, or KeyShot.
• Nice to Have: Motion design experience and proficiency with tools such as After Effects.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the Experience Design direction for a major product area within EA SPORTS FC, ensuring experiences are cohesive, intuitive, immersive, accessible, and aligned with broader product and franchise goals.
• Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary Experience Design team across locations, supporting career growth and high performance.
• Establish and maintain a high creative and quality bar across interaction design, UI, visual craft, motion, and the overall player experience.
• Guide teams through complex concept and exploration phases, translating broad creative opportunities into clear direction, priorities, and compelling, executable solutions.
• Challenge teams to think beyond traditional screens and menu-to-menu interactions, considering how spatial design, environments, motion, sound, transitions, and micro-interactions can create a more immersive and integrated player experience.
• Partner closely with Game Design, Production, Art, Engineering, Technical Design, User Research, Brand, and other Experience Design leaders to establish priorities, roadmaps, and creative direction.
• Champion systems thinking and partner with Design System leadership to evolve shared patterns, components, and governance while maintaining consistency across the product.
• Oversee team planning, estimation, resourcing, and delivery while identifying skill or capacity gaps and partnering with leadership on hiring or external support when needed.
• Champion emerging technologies, new interaction models, and design innovation that can meaningfully improve the player experience.
• Nice to Have: Experience exploring and applying AI and emerging technologies to accelerate design workflows, expand creative exploration, or create new player experiences.
• Nice to Have: Experience with spatial, AR, VR, or 3D design and tools such as Maya, Cinema 4D, or KeyShot.
• Nice to Have: Motion design experience and proficiency with tools such as After Effects.

Conhecimentos

Experience design

Spatial design

UI design

Information architecture

Typography

Motion design

Ferramentas

Maya

Cinema 4D

KeyShot

After Effects

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Electronic Arts in Vancouver is seeking a Senior Manager of Experience Design to lead a multidisciplinary team across EA SPORTS FC. You will shape cohesive, immersive player experiences, drive design strategy, and mentor designers across locations.

The role requires deep expertise in interactive design, spatial UI, and systems thinking, with a track record delivering AAA experiences. You will collaborate with Game Design, Art, Engineering, and Research to raise the bar for quality and innovation.