Senior Experience Designer - Advanced Technology Group

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.
As a key member of the group, you will work directly with the Advanced Technology Group (known as ATG) as well as our Character Animation Research Team (known as the A-Team).
In this role, you will be at the forefront of revolutionizing key player experiences across the entire EA SPORTS Portfolio. Looking at driving innovation across areas such as character customization and user generated content for millions of players around the world on some of the biggest franchises in gaming.
What You Will Do

• Collaborate with our UX Research Team to identify areas of opportunity and uncover player needs
• Ensure that design solutions are practical to build from an engineering and scope perspective
• Build relationships with our cross disciplinary team, and partner groups to set priorities towards meaningful design solutions to meet goals within technical constraints.
• Establish and deploy product design principles, processes and standards to ensure we build experiences that meet the expectations of our players
• Participate in sharing constructive feedback in design reviews based on product goals
• Understand and translate the vision and goals of our products into applicable deliverables and long-term strategies to meet those needs
• Create user stories, concept sketches, experience storyboards, high fidelity designs, and rapid prototypes for product features
• Organize meetings with design and product leadership to guide progress against goals and establish clear next steps
• Advocate, articulate design rational and be responsible for user experience, product consistency, and design excellence in our products across all levels in the organization

Ideally You Will Have

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Human-Computer Interaction, UX/UI/Design Diploma or Degree, or a related area
• 6+ years of progressive responsibility in product design or user experience design roles
• A hunger to learn and grow, keeping up to date on the latest industry trends.
• A portfolio of work that showcases relevant work that contains well thought out process and excellent craft execution
• Well versed in facilitation techniques that allow groups to build clarity and understanding
• You are experienced in Figma and the Adobe Suite
• Expert capabilities in Interaction Design, Prototyping and Visual Design (For Console, PC or Mobile)
• Experience presenting/pitching work to your team

Bonus

• Experience with the full development lifecycle (shipped multiple games and/or products)
• Experience in 3D animation applications such as Maya/Motionbuilder
• Experience designing UX for workflow/content creation tools