Multiple Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Austin, Texas, United States • Redwood City, California, United States • Ontario, Canada

At EA, we exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create amazing experiences for our players everywhere and we consider our players’ experiences first in everything we do. Creating transformational experiences requires constant innovation and passionate people. We are developing extraordinary new game experiences by bringing together great people that combine creativity, technology, and expertise to deliver new ways to play.

This is a rare and unique opportunity at EA to

Re-imagine a Star Wars mobile product from the ground up
Determine a new model of game development

As part of this team, you will report into the Studio Art Director and work in close collaboration with game design, UX, engineering and operations.

Who You Are

You will create many concept art from sketches to paintings, storyboards, mood-boards, animatics, and paint-overs to support art, design, gameplay, and storytelling. You may also manage marketing campaigns and toolkits.

What You’ll Do

Help establish and convey the Art Director's vision through a wide array of concept art
Key art & style guides for marketing and third-party development
Storyboards
Matte paintings and plates for backdrops in levels and cut scenes
Style guides for outsourcing briefs
Create quick sketches to support the visual communication with our art, animation, ux and game design teams
May need to provide feedback and guidance to outside vendors and internal artists
Experience creating designs to be translated into 3D
You will design and illustrate everything from characters to environments to mechanical designs and more

Your Background Includes

An artistic eye and understanding of multiple visual media and techniques
Broad knowledge of composition, perspective, color theory, anatomy, real-world materials, and lighting
Solid Adobe Photoshop skills beyond painting, including photo manipulation, graphic design and print output
Intermediate typography and graphic design knowledge
Familiarity with at least one 3D software package to use 3D as a foundation for paint work and pre-viz
Basic video knowledge for pre-visualization of storyboards
Portfolio demonstrating relevant skills
Take ownership and responsibility, and be reliable in your delivery
Act with seniority, in behavior and structure
Coach peers, share knowledge

Bonus

5 years game industry experience, shipped 2 or more AAA titles for mobile or console
Experience in mobile and free-to-play games
Knowledge and passion for the Star Wars Universe

General Information

As part of the application process we might ask you to perform a practical work test. Apply online with a combined CV and portfolio, only applications with a portfolio will be considered.