Description
Electronic Arts creates superior entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans worldwide. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects globally. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are stimulated, and ideas matter. A team where everyone can play.
EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment, connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.
EA SPORTS NHL has revolutionised sports gaming for millions of players worldwide. We've pioneered award-winning creative technology and experiences to connect players to the speed, skill, and heart of the NHL. The EA SPORTS NHL franchise is founded on passion and new ideas. Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, the team comprises diverse talent dedicated to creating on-ice experiences that connect gamers around the world through play.
The NHL Technical Art Team helps push visual boundaries and experiences for players. We invest in future technologies, shared tooling, and production workflows. We combine creativity and imagination with technical expertise. We are a diverse group that encourages team members to bring their unique perspectives and expertise to work every day.
Your Responsibilities:
As a UI / Frontend Technical Artist, you will play a critical role in advancing how teams deliver world-class user interfaces. Reporting to the Technical Art Director, you will bridge the gap between creative vision and technical execution, supporting the delivery of frontend features at scale, ensuring user interfaces remain fluid, responsive, beautiful, and performant across all target platforms. Through close collaboration with UI engineers, layout designers, and art leads, you will own the health of the UI asset pipeline, develop modern workflows and custom artist-facing tools that guarantee consistency, reliability, and speed for the UI team.
Your Qualifications:
- At least 5+ years of games production experience
- A bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in a related field.
- Effective at communicating with different audiences: artists, engineers, managers.
- Familiar with DCC tools like Photoshop, Cinema4D, and Figma.
- Proficient in visual (e.g., Shader Graphs, Blueprints) or textual (Python, C#) scripting/programming (C++ is a bonus but not required)
- Proficient with graphics debuggers/profilers (PIX, RenderDoc) and memory/runtime resource management
- A solutions-provider, especially regarding testing and debugging technical issues.
- Experience with asset optimisation challenges/techniques.
- Willingness to tackle new problems to resolve technical challenges and limitations.
- Proficiency with commercial game engines/editors like Unity/Unreal and their UI Systems is a plus.
- Experience utilising AI-assisted development tools (e.g., coding agents) to rapidly prototype, accelerate execution, and automate workflows, with the ability to critically review and validate AI-generated code.
- Passion for Games!
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including physical, emotional, financial, work-life, and collective well-being support for a balanced life. Our packages cater to local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental health support, pension savings, paid time off, family leave, free games, and more.