# Concept Artist (Football Murals/Street Art) - EA SPORTS FC

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Vancouver, British Columbia
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: temporary
**Category**: Design
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. We are looking for a talented Concept Artist with strong illustration and design skills to create artwork inspired by football players, football culture, and iconic moments.

**Job Details** This is a 6-month contract with the possibility of longer-term employment. The team works onsite at EA Vancouver (Burnaby office), requiring applicants to work onsite 3 days a week, Tuesday to Thursday.

**Responsibilities** Working closely with the World Art Director, Concept Art Lead, Narrative Designers, and World Art team, you will:

- Design high-quality concept art, environmental graphics, murals, and portraits featuring real-world football players, teams, and culture.

- Utilise photographic references and gather deep cultural insights to ensure characters, environments, and locations are regionally authentic.

- Explore and apply a wide range of visual styles, including illustration, street art, stencil, collage, lettering, and painted mural aesthetics.

- Generate rapid thumbnails and design explorations to pitch ideas, then develop selected concepts into highly polished artwork with strong composition, lighting, and storytelling.

- Design artwork tailored to architectural spaces, considering scale and surrounding structure, while incorporating graphic elements like typography, patterns, and signage.

- Present work clearly, iterate quickly based on feedback, and adapt designs to meet established Art Direction.

- Work within technical file specifications and production schedules, collaborating across disciplines to successfully bring concepts into the game.

**Requirements**

- Strong drawing, painting, composition, color, and visual storytelling skills.

- Ability to create realistic figures, characters, and environments from reference.

- Understanding of anatomy, perspective, lighting, and proportion.

- Ability to create both realistic and stylised artwork.

- Strong visual problem-solving and an ability to explore multiple creative directions.

- Ability to understand creative briefs and transform ideas into clear and engaging visual concepts.

**Nice to Have**

- Experience creating murals, street art, environmental graphics, or large-format artwork.

- Strong portraiture or likeness skills.

- Experience with graphic design, typography, or lettering.

- Experience creating artwork for games or interactive environments.

- Experience with sports, entertainment, fashion, or cultural IP.

- Knowledge of football players, clubs, leagues, and global football culture.

**Portfolio Requirements**

- Your portfolio should demonstrate strong foundational art and design skills. We are particularly interested in seeing:

- Portraits or figurative artwork based on real people.

- Strong drawing, anatomy, and character work.

- Illustration demonstrating composition and visual storytelling.

- Graphic design, mural, street art, or environmental artwork.

- Examples showing a range of artistic styles.

- Where possible, examples showing sketches, explorations, references, and the development of an idea into a final artwork.

**Software & Production Skills**

- Proficiency with Photoshop, Illustrator, or comparable professional 2D art tools.

- Ability to create and prepare high-resolution digital artwork.

- Comfortable working within established file specifications and production workflows.

- Willingness to learn new tools and workflows as required.

## Skills

### Required
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- concept art
- illustration
- graphic design
- mural art
- street art

### Nice to have
- Experience creating murals
- environmental graphics
- large-format artwork
- sports
- entertainment
- fashion
- cultural IP

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