Senior UI Scripter Lead

Job Description

Frontend Developer Lead/UI Technical Artist Lead, Lead UI Technical Designer

You will support American Football within EA Sports. 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 sports through industry-leading sports video games.

What you will do:
• You will guide a team of ui technical designers to develop the user interface.
• You will manage the performance and expectations of the ui technical design team
• You will prove out and champion best practices for UI architecture with a goal of organization, reusability and with the thought of developing for a live product (easily updatable).
• You will advocate for user experience, product consistency, and design excellence.
• You will coordinate with the Experience Design Director, Technical Director, and Lead Software Engineer to ensure Technical Plans align with the creative vision.
• You will work with the UI team (Artist, Engineers, Designers) to solve problems, refine workflows, and polish the UI to create an outstanding user experience, from concept to ship.
• You will use both proprietary software and third-party tech to implement the visual design of the UI / HUD within the game.

Qualifications
• 8+ years of progressive responsibility in UI technical design and implementation
• 3+ years of experience managing successful teams
• Expert knowledge of game engine UI tool sets such as Unreal and Unity
• Expert knowledge of scripting languages such as Java, C#, Swift, and HAXE to build complex user interfaces
• Good understanding of UX methodology, and Design theory.
• Experience shipping multiple products from concept to completion
• Experience designing and managing large-scale projects
• Well versed in facilitation techniques that allow groups to build clarity and understanding
• A portfolio of work that showcases relevant work that contains well thought out process and excellent craft execution
• BS or BA degree (or equivalent experience) in Human-Computer Interaction, UX/UI/Design Diploma or Degree, or a related area
• You will report to the Director of Experience Design

BC COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these locations. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.

EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

BASE SALARY RANGES
• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria):

º $133,400 - $193,200 CAN Annually

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also 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.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gqwwkm-18-217-131-170-42 in your application.