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Senior Experience Designer

PopCap Games

Vancouver

On-site

CAD 115,000 - 162,000

Full time

25 days ago

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Job summary

A leading game development company is seeking a Senior Experience Designer to enhance player experiences in the beloved 'Plants vs. Zombies' franchise. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to create engaging mobile game features, advocating for design excellence and usability. The position offers a dynamic work environment with competitive compensation and benefits.

Benefits

3 weeks vacation per year

10 days sick time per year

Paid parental leave

Extended health/dental/vision coverage

Life and disability insurance

Retirement plan

Complimentary games

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in a similar role.
Proficiency in Miro, Figma, Unity, and Git.
Portfolio of shipped products from preproduction to release.

Responsibilities

Build relationships with artists and developers to set design priorities.
Implement UI prefabs and ensure designs are efficient.
Promote UX and UI guidelines and best practices.

Skills

User experience design

Interaction design

Interface design

Product design

Proficiency in design tools

Familiarity with mobile games

Tools

Miro

Figma

Unity

Git

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.

WE WANT YOUR BRAINS… PopCap is looking for brainy and skillful people with a passion for making the world’s best games. What’s in it for you? A super-fun environment, rewarding work, and lots of great perks. It takes big, delicious brains to make award-winning titles like Plants vs. Zombies that delight millions of players around the world every day. Are you up for the challenge?

We are looking for a “full stack” Senior Experience Designer to join us and help continue delivering a long-running and beloved IP to our players, Plants vs. Zombies! This artist will report to the Associate Experience Design Director and work on an upcoming Plants vs. Zombies mobile title. You will bring features and gameplay to life to guide the creation of the best player experiences, bringing the world of Plants vs. Zombies to life. You can design and implement great player experiences for mobile games with an eye for industry trends.

Responsibilities

Build relationships with artists, game designers, development directors, and producers to set design priorities and find balanced solutions for player, business and technical goals.
Implement UI prefabs following established technical standards
Partner with engineers to understand our existing technical frameworks to ensure designs are efficient and achievable without sacrificing quality of experience.
Design and refine concepts, wireframes, and prototypes; set clear experiential goals and use research along with team feedback to reach the best result.
Promote and oversee UX and UI guidelines, design principles and best practices such as heuristic evaluations/usability standards, archetype development, experience journey maps, prototyping and user testing.
Advocate for design excellence, accessibility, and usability.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, interface designer, product designer or similar role
Proficiency in design and collaboration tools such as Miro and Figma
Proficiency with Unity and Git
Proficiency working with and extending existing design systems
A portfolio of shipped products from preproduction to release.
Familiarity with mobile games
Familiarity with the Hybrid Casual/Tower Defense

Please include a portfolio or some examples of your work with your application.

Ceci ne s’applique pas au Québec.

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) * $115,100 - $161,200 CAD

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also 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 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.

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