EA SPORTS Academy - Game Maker

Electronic Arts is seeking a Game Maker to join its EA SPORTS Academy in a hybrid Producer/Project Manager track. This 12-month immersive experience will provide the knowledge, mentorship, and hands-on experience needed to build the foundation for the next generation of EA SPORTS Producers and Project Managers.

The Game Maker is a hybrid, entry-level leadership role that combines creative feature ownership with project planning and execution. This role will support the delivery of high-quality game features from concept to launch while ensuring alignment across scope, schedule, quality, and budget.

Responsibilities:

• Support delivery of key features or game areas from concept through launch
• Partner with Design and Creative leadership to define feature vision, player value, and success criteria
• Apply systems tradeoff thinking to evaluate scope, cost, risk, quality, and timeline implications
• Contribute to product decisions that balance player experience with execution realities
• Ensure feature quality aligns with franchise standards and player expectations
• Help to establish clear goals and delivery plans aligned to overall franchise milestones
• Build and maintain detailed project schedules based on team estimates
• Manage dependencies and remove delivery blockers
• Communicate progress, challenges, and priorities with your team
• Ensure alignment between scope, timelines, quality targets, and available resources
• Support a collaborative culture that achieves outcomes
• Lead teams through change, shifting priorities, and evolving production realities
• Communicate status, risks, and tradeoffs transparently to leadership and partners
• Build strong working relationships across disciplines and external partners
• Represent your area of ownership in franchise-level planning discussions

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
• Previous project management or team leadership experience is an asset
• Experience in different project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile is an asset
• A passion for video games, particularly EA SPORTS titles, is a strong asset
• You have an interest in, or experience with, American Football - whether recreationally or competitively

Benefits:

• Physical, emotional, financial, professional, and community well-being programs
• Customized benefits package, which may include medical insurance, mental health support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leave, free games, and more