Experience Designer, Electronic Arts
Maxis, The Sims
Video game company
Job no longer available
Video game company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To inspire the world to play, by creating games and experiences for the global player community that are a reflection of our diverse world.
Role
Who you are
- At least 4 years of UX/UI experience as a UX designer, visual designer, UI artist, product designer or similar role. Your experience includes some combination of: game and non-gaming products, live service and/or social networks
- Understanding of UX methodologies & tools to support your visual design solutions
- Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or other visual design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Principal, Adobe XD etc
- The ability to lay out complex information in an easy to understand manner
- Strong visual design skills (i.e., composition, iconography, layout, typography, color theory)
- Motion graphics skills, the ability to bring interfaces to life with usability in mind
- Ability to thrive in a team-oriented, product-focused environment; you enjoy collaboration and appreciate the exchange of ideas and concepts
- Comfort presenting cohesive design approaches to non-design audience
- Familiarity with technical UI authoring frameworks and experience implementing in engine
- A strong awareness of current design and art trends
- Experience contributing to and working with Design Systems
What the job involves
- As an Experience Designer on The Sims 4, you'll report to the Development Director and work with a team of enthusiastic industry craftspeople from all walks of life
- You will use your passion and knowledge to develop the user interface and related systems from visual mocks through final implementation
- You will work with your engineering, game design, research, and production partners to create experiences that surprise, delight, and invite millions of gamers around the world to Play with Life
- Drive user-centered design processes to provide outstanding design solutions for Maxis games
- Partner with your XD Lead, engineering, game design, and production team
- Be a promoter of usability, inclusiveness, and accessibility
- Maintain and adhere to an existing visual design system, including iconography, typography, visual hierarchy, brand expression, and motion
- Collaborate closely with UX designers to gather requirements, explore creative directions, produce prototypes and iterate based on testing results
- Deliver high fidelity and high-quality UI screens that align with the product's experience goals, usability and accessibility standards
- Implement UI in game engine
- Partner with various team members to find balanced design solutions to player and business goals within technical constraints
Our take
EA is a leading global game company, responsible for developing and publishing some of the biggest games of the last 20 years. Its publishing successes include giants like The Sims, Battlefield, and Mass Effect, while EA's titles, such as Fifa, Madden, and NBA Live, have also seen market-leading success.
A series of acquisitions in 2021 marked EA's push into mobile gaming, which has become the driving force behind the rapid growth of the global video gaming market, and has remained a clear focus for the company, despite the cancellation of its popular Apex Legends Mobile game. The company also expressed interest in NFTs and "play-to-earn" games, going so far as to label them "the future of the industry", but has since taken steps to distance itself from the idea, as it proved unpopular with gamers.
This combined model of publishing and development has allowed EA to put its name to a huge range of products, making the brand iconic in the gaming world. It has formed major partnerships with the likes of Disney, giving it full control of creating in-demand games, such as within the Star Wars franchise. In the upcoming years, the company plans to focus on games-as-a-service, as it embraces the evolution of the gaming world.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 1982
$2m
SERIES A
May 1982
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $2.2m
Company HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Andrew Wilson
(CEO, not founder)Joined EA as Vice President and Executive Producer in 2000, and held various senior roles before being promoted to CEO.
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