Game Designer - Madden Content Expert

Electronic Arts is the leading interactive entertainment company, powered by innovative technology. We create incredible experiences for millions of players around the world. But what matters most is our people who inspire us, and the world, to play. As we bring new forms of entertainment to people around the world, we need creative, collaborative, diverse and adaptable people to keep making Electronic Arts better.

We exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create extraordinary new game experiences for our millions of players everywhere by bringing together experienced people that combine creativity, innovation, and passion. We immerse our employees into an inclusive culture and provide opportunities for learning and leading that allow our employees to do the most impactful and rewarding work of their careers.

EA SPORTS is looking for an NFL Content Expert to design, tune and ship content that delights players. You have a broad knowledge of the NFL, its players, teams, stories and history are your passion. You will work directly with creative and technical leadership to research, design and implement content.

As a Game Designer, you will work directly on Madden NFL & College Football live service features. Reporting to the Design Director, the Game Designer I - NFL Content Expert will be responsible for a large amount of NFL content across all aspects of our games live service elements; from Ultimate Team to Online Head to Head.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, tune and bug fix NFL content that surprises and delights our players
• Research the meaningful moments of NFL franchises, understanding what excites their fans and design content that celebrates these moments
• Use the combination of data insights, user research and design to design meaningful content that grow the live services of our games
• Support the creative vision as set by the Creative Director and Product Owner
• Determine experience goals for designs, and tune features to meet those goals
• Create clear testing documentation to support testing of the content you create
• Be an active member of the development team using inclusive collaborative frameworks with diverse teams to decide on goals and establish the stories players want to tell within a given release
• Be resourceful and solve problems using the tools and time/scope available to create unique and fun experiences for players.
• Collaborate with all team disciplines, including artists, testers, economy, engineers and producers to get support from the team and guide a project from initial design to final production.
• Become an expert on the game and our community, drawing from our large, varied player base and our past games to make and defend intelligent design choices going forward.
• Focus on establishing and improving processes to make life easier for the Design team.
  
  

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience on a video game development team, or the ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge of video game development
• Experience with Live Service games and their systems, including the purpose of vanity and cosmetic items in video games
• Experience designing content to target Engagement, Retention or Monetization goals
• Technical proficiency with either scripting or database languages
• A deep passion and knowledge of the NFL, it's teams, players and stories