Technical designer

Requisition Number: 180746

Position Title: Cinematic Artist II

External Description:

The future of entertainment is interactive, and our Marketing team plays an important role in this future by building content, culture, and community around our brands. We empower audiences to Play, Create, Watch, and Connect across our amazing franchises and experiences, including The Sims, Madden NFL, EA SPORTS FC, Apex Legends, and Battlefield. 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.

The Marketing Cinematics group is a content production team within EA Studios who produce the highest quality marketing assets, trailers, and commercials. We are a collective group of Animators, Generalists, Designers, Directors, Lighters, Producers, Screenshot and Capture Artists. Worldwide, we combine to form a global group of extraordinary individuals fueled by imagination and a unified passion for creating next-generation visuals. We are a diverse team unified through collaboration, culture, and craft. We are seeking a Cinematic Technical Designer to join the team. You will report in to the Senior Technology Lead.

Responsibilities:

• You have a strong problem-solving mentality and will approach new technologies and tools with courage and determination. If it’s a game engine, you can make it work regardless of which one it is
• You will partner with a creative team of artists to ensure our marketing assets are delivered to the highest quality
• You support our team of artists and make sure technical problems do not stand in the way of their creativity
• You may also contribute to shot layout, technical application, animation, FX, and rendering to achieve the final creative vision as set forward by your Art/Creative Director
• Identify tech/pipeline issues and propose solutions
• Adapt to artistic and technical constraints to provide an effective workflow for cinematic artists
• Provide hands-on support to artists and engineers regarding asset performance and validation
• Identify opportunities for tool improvements
• Solve technical issues in the 3D asset pipeline
• Work with partner studios to share technology and best practices

Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of production or relevant experience
• You have got previous experience from a digital content creation pipeline with a focus on cinematics
• Experience within a game engine (Frostbite, Unreal, Unity)
• In-depth knowledge with game development frameworks and methodologies
• Working experience with real-time workflows and the technical hurdles/limitations associated
• Experience developing custom tools for Digital Content Creation (DCC) in a bonus
• Coding knowledge (Python, C#, C ) is a bonus

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Community / Marketing Title: Cinematic Technical Designer

Company Profile:

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

EEOText:

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

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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Can this position be remote?: 0

EEO Employer Verbiage:

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

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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