Multiple Locations: Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Quebec, Canada

“Motive” is the driving force within us that takes us from an idea to reality. Our studio provides a safe, trusting, and empowering environment for our game teams to unleash their creativity across massive brands. But we’re not talking about the expected, the conventional, the cliché. We want none of that. Here, you will help in making the extraordinary. You’ll also help shape our culture. Here, everyone has a voice, everyone can be themselves, everyone is welcome.

Motive is looking for its next Technical Artist.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the various art and engineering stakeholders to help define, create, document and manage the project’s art tools and workflows.
• Develop procedural tools and systems in engine or DCC applications to help scale content production for large open worlds.
• Understand the art content creation process and drive improvements in efficiency and quality via modifications to process or by creating tools.
• Troubleshoot technical issues with the art team, both in the DCC packages and in the game engine.
• Participate in art asset and level reviews, with an eye towards identifying technical concerns and risks.
• Guide and tutor art staff on project best practices as well as mentor junior technical art team members.
• Act as a subject matter liaison within the wider EA development community.

Skills:

• Knowledge of procedural asset creation software like Houdini, Substance.
• Experience writing scripts/tools in Python, C# or C++. Experience creating tools and assets to support destruction.
• Good understanding of modern lighting and rendering techniques is an asset.
• Experience working on current console platforms and PC.
• Experience with the full development cycle of AAA games is an asset.
• Strong teamwork skills while also retaining the ability to take ownership and work independently.
• Passion for making games look and play great.

About EA

At Electronic Arts, 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 know that our strength lies in the diversity of our people. We immerse our employees into an inclusive culture, and provide opportunities for learning and leading that allow them to do the most impactful and rewarding work of their careers. We put our people first. We provide comprehensive benefit packages with a focus on health and wellbeing to support your needs and help you balance your career and personal life. We provide access to dynamic and collaborative work environments, opportunities to connect and contribute through our Employee Resource Groups, and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free video games and so much more! 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. Electronic Arts also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.