About the role
Location and Work Model
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Work Model: Hybrid
Overview
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. The EA SPORTS NHL franchise is founded on passion and new ideas, dedicated to creating on-ice experiences that connect gamers around the world through play.
Role Summary
An Assistant Live Content Designer at EA Vancouver works with the production and design team on identifying and creating live content for the EA SPORTS NHL customer. You will report to one of the Producers on the EA Sports NHL team. This role requires a good eye for product quality and usability along with a hunger for AAA game development.
Core Competencies
- Work closely with a live service team through all phases of the live product cycle.
- Work with individuals from different disciplines, focused on achieving shared product/team goals.
- Understand recent trends and what good looks like within a live service model and how it applies to the current product.
- Come up with and document creative ideas. Evaluate and critique existing ideas.
- Good eye for game quality and strong advocate for the end-user experience.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the NHL Live Team to build and execute on the live content plan.
- Responsible for executing content plan, meeting deadlines, and maintaining quality levels for live content.
- Translate real-world events into live content ideas/plans on short notice, which may sometimes require flexible work hours to mirror real-world hockey events.
- Clearly define goals and opportunities for live content based on Key Performance Indicators.
- Work with NHL producers to understand targets and priority changes.
- Responsible for effective communication of progress and quality with the NHL team.
- Develop game-wide relationships and strong engagement with other groups (e.g., Marketing, QA).
- Work closely across teams to manage dependencies and coordinate deliverables.
- Contribute to team morale and team health. Encourage others towards positive working relationships.
Qualifications
- Experience: Minimum 1 year background in game design and/or production with relevant experience working on a live service.
- Expertise: Knowledge of Hockey and a genuine passion for the sport is a requirement.
- Collaboration: Must possess strong collaboration skills; developing and maintaining relationships with internal and external developers is a requirement.
Compensation
- Pay Range: $60,300 - $78,800 CAD (British Columbia; varies by specific location).
- Pay Determination: 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).
- Incentives: Certain roles may be eligible for bonus and other incentive programs.
Benefits
- Time Off: 3 weeks of vacation per year to start and 10 days per year of sick time.
- Family Support: Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when welcoming a new child (12 weeks for maternity, 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave).
- Health Coverage: Extended health, dental, and vision coverage.
- Insurance: Life insurance and disability insurance.
- Financial Wellness: Retirement plan for regular full-time employees.
- Holistic Wellness: Emphasis on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness; may include mental well-being support, complimentary games, and more.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts values adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. The company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions 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. EA considers qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law and provides workplace accommodations for disabilities as required.