Technical Designer - Madden

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

This is a hybrid role located in Orlando, Florida.

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

THIS WOULD BE HYBRID ROLE LOCATED IN ORLANDO, FL

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, FC Soccer, NHL® hockey, and EA SPORTS UFC.

As a Game Designer, you will work directly on Madden Football within EA Sports. Reporting to the Design Director. Games Designer II will maintain and balance the core and meta-game while creating and implementing design ideas and features to entertain our players.

Responsibilities:

• You assist in establishing the best practices for the team and set an example by leading.
• Your task is to use the available resources and time efficiently to create innovative and enjoyable experiences for players by designing effective solutions.
• Your role will involve creating, developing, refining, and troubleshooting entire content programs that will captivate and satisfy our players.
• As a collaborative member of the team, you will work closely with artists, testers, economy experts, engineers, and producers to ensure a smooth project workflow from the initial design phase to the final production stage.
• Improvements to designs will be made based on playtests, game metrics, team input, and community feedback.
• By drawing on our diverse player base and past games, you will become an expert in the game and our community. This will enable you to make and defend intelligent design choices for the future.
• As a designer, you will be responsible for setting gameplay experience objectives and adjusting features accordingly to achieve those objectives.
• As a Game Designer II, you will have the responsibility of educating junior designers about upcoming features and how they impact content creation.
• You will gain extensive knowledge across most systems and be able to manage and support the team with all content tools. Additionally, you will provide training and guidance to junior team members.
• You possess the ability to identify and enhance procedures that simplify the Design team's work.
• You will advocate for the creative vision, and represent the Design team.
• As a valued member of our development team, you will actively contribute using collaborative frameworks that promote inclusivity and bring together diverse teams.

Required Qualifications

• Experience working with game economies, including demonstrable knowledge of how different systems can affect a game economy.
• Design and implementation experience with game features that focus on open-ended player creativity.
• Experience with sports games as a designer or a passionate player.
• Ability to write detailed design documentation.
• Knowledge of NFL Football. The players and teams will be your playground.
• Experience in visual scripting, logic trees and content implementation.
• Experience using a variety of scripting solutions to implement, tune, and bug-fix features.
• Knowledge of and enthusiasm for gaming: playing, deconstructing, and creating.
• Become proficient in multiple proprietary development tools.
• Experience building games in Unreal, Unity, or equivalent proprietary tools.
• At least 5 years of game design experience on a video game development team.
• Technical proficiency when directly implementing design content either via scripting or database languages.
• Champion a design and get the team excited to work on it.

Desirable Skills:

• Comfortable with Miro, Visio, JIRA, and online collaboration suites such as Confluence.
• Expertise with Google Sheets.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.
• Shipped a AAA HD title.