Technical Artist

Electronic Arts (EA); North Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 73,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in entertainment is hiring a Technical Artist to manage vendor connectivity and asset production workflows, ensuring quality standards. This hybrid role emphasizes team collaboration and technical problem-solving, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Health coverage with healthcare spending

Retirement savings plan

Gym access

Free games

Additional perks

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a Technical Artist role.
• Experience with DCC tools like Maya and Houdini.
• Document technical processes for vendors.

Responsibilities

• Liaison for onboarding and offboarding vendors.
• Implement vendor setups for asset creation.
• Collaborate with IT teams to resolve technical challenges.

Skills

Perforce setup

Network connectivity

User account management

Python scripting

Digital Content Creation (DCC) tools

Job description

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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.

Technical Artist, Outsource

Hybrid

EA Experiences

Our EA Experiences group is dedicated to ensuring great experiences for our growing communities centered around our world-renowned brands, including fan-favorites like Apex, Battlefield, EA SPORTS FC, Madden NFL, and The Sims, just to name a few. We're a multi-functional group with world-class expertise in building fandoms, driving interactive storytelling, and positioning our franchises at the center of the broader entertainment ecosystem. We inspire, connect, and engage fans through culturally relevant content, intentionally architected journeys across channels, and meaningful fan care. Our goal is to provide valuable, easy experiences that fans love – in our games, around our games, and through innovative adjacent experiences to grow and enrich how fans experience EA as we shape the future of entertainment.

Fan Growth

EA’s Fan Growth organization is responsible for elevating the experiences customers get from our entertainment and maximizing their fun. We’re obsessed with the experiences our fans have with EA. We value people who bring new ideas and perspectives to make Fan Growth a great place to be and be from. We celebrate inclusion. It’s just as important for us to create great experiences for our people as for our players. We’re looking for people who will show up excited to work and ready for fun.

Summary

The Technical Artist, Outsource, is responsible for all vendor connectivity efforts, including network setup, pipeline validation, and training external teams. Your success means ensuring that all vendors are connected, producing content, and following established workflows. Additionally, you will implement improvements to vendor setup to accelerate onboarding and asset production. This is a hybrid role with 3 days a week in the office. You will report to the Sr. Manager of Marketing Technology. Benefits include health coverage with health care spending, retirement savings plan, gym access, free games, and plenty of additional perks!

Responsibilities

• Be the primary technical liaison for onboarding and offboarding efforts between EA’s internal tools and external vendors, ensuring seamless integration and workflow alignment.
• Implement vendor setup, including access management, tool configuration, and software licensing, to facilitate game capture and cinematic asset creation.
• Develop and document best practices for external vendor support, detailing account setups, asset pipeline workflows, and troubleshooting protocols.
• Collaborate with EA’s IT, Frostbite, and Marketing teams to resolve OS technical challenges related to game capture, real-time cinematic workflows, and custom content creation.
• Find and address workflow bottlenecks, implementing technical solutions to improve vendor connectivity.
• Support the validation of vendor deliverables, ensuring adherence to EA’s technical specifications and quality standards for marketing content.
  
  

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a Technical Artist role, focusing on Perforce setup, network connectivity, and user account management.
• Understand Digital Content Creation (DCC) tools such as Maya, Motion Builder, and Houdini with a focus on resolving asset pipeline issues.
• Proficiency in configuring and maintaining Perforce, including proxy setup and access control.
• Experience with Python scripting or other relevant programming languages to support tool development and workflow optimization.
• You can diagnose network connectivity issues and resolve technical challenges related to asset management.
• You can document technical processes and provide guidance to external vendors.
  
  

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) * $73,200 - $101,700 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, and extended health/dental/vision coverage and basic life insurance.

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Temporary

Job function

• Job function

  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Entertainment Providers

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