Electronic Arts

WE MAKE FUN...FUNNER.

We are Full Circle, and we're all about having fun and making great games that people want to play with their friends. As the developers of Skate™, we are set to deliver an experience that embraces and builds upon everything our community found special about the previous games. We believe in creating an inclusive world inside and outside of our games for our players and our team. As a geo-diverse studio, our team members around the globe can either work from home, in the office or a hybrid of both.

As our Senior Live Ops Designer, you will design, create, and manage live operation systems, features and content in our social sandbox game. The Senior Live Ops Designer defines and communicates the strategy and content for what players do in our live events. You have a wide knowledge of live operations and how live ops design impacts and intersects the metagame. You will guide a broad scope of live operations systems as they contribute to the player experience of a live game.

The Senior Live Ops Designer reports to the Design Director.

Responsibilities

• Define, communicate, and oversee the design requirements for live operations-focused features, content, and designs

• Work directly with product managers and live operations specialists to define live operations seasons, content, and tuning requirements

• Partner with key stakeholders to craft the overall live operations strategy and plans

• Champion a player-focused live operations mindset throughout the team, ensuring that features are built with extensibility and growth in mind 

• Translate high-level visions, design concepts, and strategies into compelling content adhering to calendar of live events that promote player engagement

• Lead with a player-first mentality, prioritizing long-term player health and engagement over shorter-term wins

• Work in-engine to build, author, edit, and implement live event content

Qualifications

• 5+ years game design experience, or show equivalent knowledge

• At least 3 years of experience in live operations driving designs, strategies, and content plans

• Experience with what makes live operations successful through current free-to-play mechanics, fundamentals, and trends 

• Proficiency balancing the needs of a diverse player base and managing engagement throughout all stages of the player lifecycle. 

• Strong interest in skate. and social sandbox games with an understanding of how they work

Ceci ne s’applique pas au Québec. 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). BASE SALARY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria)
  • $107,600 - $147,100 CAD

• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Sacramento)
  • $122,400 - $176,300 USD

• Colorado (depending on location e.g. Denver vs. Colorado Springs)
  • $131,000 - $174,800 USD

• Jersey City, NJ
  • $142,000 - $176,300 USD

• New York (depending on location e.g. Manhattan vs. Buffalo)
  • $115,700 - $176,300 USD

• Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane)
  • $115,700 - $163,100 USD

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity. For 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.