Senior Game Designer - EA SPORTS UFC - 206035 - Electronic Arts

General Information

Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Location: Vancouver
Country: Canada

Role ID

206035

Worker Type

Regular Employee

Studio/Department

EA Studios - SPORTS

Work Model

Hybrid

Job Category

Game Design

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.

Senior Game Designer - EA SPORTS™ UFC

Vancouver, Canada

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.

The EA SPORTS UFC franchise offers the electrifying spectacle and entertainment of MMA for over 20 million players across the globe. It delivers fluid and responsive mixed martial arts through inventive gameplay technology.

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, the EA SPORTS UFC team is on a mission to become the world's greatest fighting game. If you're passionate about building immersive digital entertainment, this is the role of a lifetime.

If you're passionate about building immersive digital entertainment, and your passionate about your craft, this is the role of a lifetime.

At EA, Game Designers are responsible for crafting the product. They are the individuals who take initial ideas and find the fun in experiences that surprise and delight millions of gamers around the world. Our Senior Game Designers actualize the vision in features and gameplay by partnering with other designers, product owners, development directors, engineers, animators, and artists to create a great game.

As a Game Modes Designer, with a focus on game modes and player progression, you will report to the Senior Creative Director and work within the Design team to deliver features, tuning balance, and content creation, also helping guide and improve other designs and designers. You will use your understanding and passion for designing player-first experiences.

Your Responsibilities

Work with design and product owner leadership to help form the direction for game modes, ensuring that designs follow the product vision.
Design detailed progression systems and tune them for specific goals.
Inspire and motivate the team to achieve high-quality results within constraints.
Identify problems and opportunities and ideate to identify interesting solutions.
Preparing and analyzing research to understand market trends, player sentiments; and using that data to form a creative vision aligned with business objectives.
Partnering with Production Leads on prioritization of features and sub-features in project scope and development plan.

Your Qualifications

Minimum 5 years of experience as a Designer working with internal teams within the video game industry and creating top quality games.
Varying game modes development experience.
Familiarity with player progression systems.
Experience of mentoring other designers and providing insightful feedback on design efforts.
Experience of console/ AAA game development.
Proactive and able to own design areas from initial creation through to implementation.
Understand how to design player experiences that support the strategic business objectives.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits Language

In British Columbia, we 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.