Electronic Arts

EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sport through industry-leading sports video games, including Madden NFL football, FIFA soccer, NHL® hockey, NBA LIVE basketball, and EA SPORTS UFC.

We exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create extraordinary new game experiences for our millions of players everywhere by bringing together talented people that combine creativity, innovation, and passion. We immerse our employees into an inclusive culture and provide opportunities for learning and leading that allow our employees to do the most impactful and rewarding work of their careers.

The EA Sports Madden Experience Design Team is looking for a User Experience Designer who is passionate about solving complex problems and building experiences to delight our players.

What you will do:

• Partner with Producers, UI visual artists and Engineering to produce detailed wireframes, flowcharts, prototypes and other product deliverables to communicate product requirements
• Support usability testing and focus groups to validate design and product direction
• Ensure UX consistency across the product
• Apply and establish a set of design standards, documentation, and principles
• Distill user research, competitive analysis and feedback into user-centered design goals
• Help our teams empathize with players and advocate for usability and accessibility

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in product design or user experience design role
• Proficiency in user experience/interaction design or Bachelor's Degree in UX, Psychology, Human Factors, Industrial Engineering or related HCI discipline
• You have a broad UX design toolkit for different stages of development (journey mapping, empathy maps, archetypes, user scenarios, site maps, flows, wireframes, and prototypes)
• You can present and rationalize UX design strategy and decisions to diverse audiences using these opportunities to advocate for players, share knowledge and demonstrate design thinking in action
• You will report to the UX lead on Madden
• Bonus; An avid gamer, who loves to talk about games and what makes them great

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

 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.