Senior Art & Design Career Manager — EA SPORTS™ UFC

The EA SPORTS UFC franchise offers an exciting experience for over 20 million players globally, delivering fluid and responsive mixed martial arts through innovative gameplay technology.

As a Senior Art & Design Career Manager, you will be a high-level organisational leader responsible for the long-term career progression, discipline health, and operational structures supporting creative staff. You will lead a department of managers, lead creatives, and individual contributors across multiple art and design disciplines.

Responsibilities:

• Provide direct line management, coaching, and career development for Artists and Designers across multiple disciplines.
• Define, refine, and champion clear career pathways, competency grids, and promotion criteria studio-wide.
• Partner with executive leadership on studio-wide headcount planning, creative team structuring, succession planning, and recruiting strategies.
• Organise and lead mentorship programs, cross-project knowledge-sharing, and skill-acquisition initiatives.
• Partner with Technical Art and Technical Design leadership to navigate major industry shifts, focusing on change management, skills transition, and ethical tool integration.
• Cultivate a high-trust, diverse, and inclusive studio culture.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of professional experience within game development, VFX, or creative tech industries.
• 5+ years of direct people leadership experience, including managing managers, lead artists/designers, or multi-disciplinary creative organisations.
• Mastery of People Operations, including career pathing, goal setting, mediation, and performance evaluation systems.
• Demonstrated history of guiding creative teams through organisational shifts, tool chain transformations, and workflow evolutions.
• Strong experience with talent acquisition strategy and partnership hiring.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with a proven ability to align priorities and collaborate with HR, Recruiting, and Studio Leadership.