Lead Experience Designer: Immersive UI/UX for Games

Electronic Arts Ltd; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 122,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks vacation

Health & dental coverage

Retirement plan

Parental leave

Job summary

Electronic Arts in Vancouver, Canada seeks a Manager of Experience Design to lead a multidisciplinary team for EA SPORTS FC. You will shape player experiences across 2D interfaces, 3D environments, and in-world UI, coordinating with Game Design, Art, Engineering, and Research.

The role emphasizes mentoring designers, advancing design systems, prioritizing projects, and guiding execution from concept to delivery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience designing and delivering shipped, player-facing experiences for games or interactive entertainment.
• Advanced understanding of interaction design, interface design, information architecture, visual hierarchy, typography, composition, motion, and accessibility.
• Strong portfolio proving systems thinking, visual excellence, and end-to-end design solutions.
• Cross-mode & ecosystem design expertise, with proven success managing dependencies and scaling cohesive UX across several products or features.
• Excellent creative judgment and the ability to articulate design strategy, provide actionable critique, and collaborate with partners across Design, Production, Art, Engineering, Research, and Leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead Experience Design for a product area within EA SPORTS FC, ensuring experiences are intuitive, immersive, accessible, and aligned with product goals and design strategy.
• Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary Experience Design team across locations, supporting career growth and high performance.
• Lead the team through concept development and execution, establishing a high quality bar across interaction design, UI, visual craft, motion, and the overall player experience.
• Partner closely with Game Design, Art, Technical Design, Engineering, Animation, and Audio to bring together 2D interface, real-time 3D environments, spatial interactions, and gameplay systems into a cohesive player experience.
• Oversee feature design from exploration through implementation, providing direction, critique, and support throughout the development process.

Skills

Experience design leadership

System thinking

Interaction design

Collaboration

Mentoring designers

Tools

Maya

C4D

After Effects

Game engines

Job description

Electronic Arts in Vancouver, Canada seeks a Manager of Experience Design to lead a multidisciplinary team for EA SPORTS FC. You will shape player experiences across 2D interfaces, 3D environments, and in-world UI, coordinating with Game Design, Art, Engineering, and Research.

The role emphasizes mentoring designers, advancing design systems, prioritizing projects, and guiding execution from concept to delivery.