Associate Animator

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen. EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sport through industry-leading sports video games, including Madden NFL football, EA Sports FC soccer, NHL® hockey, and EA SPORTS UFC. Job Description: You will have the opportunity to learn from experienced animators and contribute to the creative process of crafting immersive gaming experiences, through motion capture cleanup and implementation in engine. Your Responsibilities: Work with Senior animators to clean up motion capture to the requirements needed for a specific area or feature of the game. Collaborate with designers and engineers to ensure that your animations meet all needs of the feature. Participate in animation reviews. You will estimate and scope your work each sprint/milestone with guidance from senior animators. Learn how to implement animation into the engine and how to test it in game. Learn how to debug issues in the game engine. Your Qualifications: Have experience animating with Maya or Motion Builder. Strong desire to learn and ability to pick up new/proprietary software. Good communication and organizational skills. Takes direction and feedback well. Beneficial Qualifications Have worked with motion capture. Love of sports, especially football. Love of games, all kinds. Experience with writing or editing code. Experience with Slack/Jira/Shotgrid (or similar) Knowledge of state machines, motion matching, or cinematography About Electronic Arts We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do. Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.