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Associate Environment Artist
Electronic Arts (EA SPORTS FC)
Job Summary
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment, connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games. Building on an incredible 30-year foundation, we’re redefining football with EA SPORTS FC – a genre-leading ecosystem of interactive experiences, bringing a global community of football fans closer to The World’s Game.
As an Associate Environment Artist, you will work with both internal and external teams of the Worlds/Environments domain to achieve diverse and engaging worlds and gameplay levels for our players. You will collaborate closely with Environment Direction and Stadium Leads to help develop both the visual and gameplay experiences according to the goals of each.
This is a 12-month contract to begin with. Our EA SPORTS FC team works hybrid onsite in Vancouver, Tuesday and Wednesday every week.
Key Responsibilities
- Creating high quality benchmark content, from individual assets to entire levels
- Prototyping visuals and R+D projects to problem solve and devise best practices
- Working with Art Directors, Art Leads and Technical Leads, and delivering on their vision and requirements while keeping to schedule
- Being an active team player in continuing to create and drive world class visual content
- Participating in group reviews
Required Qualifications / Skills
- 2+ years of production experience with asset creation and overseeing entire levels
- Expert knowledge of Maya or similar 3D modeling software
- High-end asset creation abilities (hard surface, architecture and/or organic assets)
- Experienced working methodically, from initial grey-block through to final assets, iterating with low-fidelity content to determine the optimal approach before building final assets
- A strong sense of proportion, scene composition, and lighting
- Well versed in assessing scope, making recommendations, providing solid estimates, and delivering on time and to quality
- Experience working with content-driven game engines (e.g., Unreal, Frostbite, Unity)
- High fidelity modeling skills, along with ability to paint photorealistic surfaces using industry-standard physically based 3D paint software (ideally Substance Painter)
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): $63,400 – $86,500 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 take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much 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.
