Associate Creative & Design Director - EA Sports FC

1 Month ago • 6 Years +
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Associate Creative & Design Director with 6+ years experience in creative role, agency experience preferred, strong concept development, asset creation and brand design.

Building on one of the biggest rebrands in entertainment history, EA SPORTS FC is looking for an Associate Creative & Design Director to elevate the brand across the portfolio of FC products in the market and help shape new ones. Our games are loved and played by millions of people around the world, and we want every experience they have with our brand to feel special, premium and authentic to football. This is your opportunity to join the team at EA SPORTS FC and deliver on that ambition.

This is a collaborative team and industry, so it’s important to be a quick learner who isn’t afraid to ask questions, while focusing on detailed output. In this dream role you’ll work across several creative campaigns & design deliverables for EA SPORTS FC.

You will play an instrumental role in the following:

  • Develop and drive end-to-end creative concepts and executions, across the FC Platform ecosystem

  • Support in development of the core creative design systems for multiple FC products

  • Partner with our teams to uphold our visual look & feel and across various brand and product level campaigns under the guidance of the Group Creative Director & Platform Marketing Director.

  • Partner with internal strategy and marketing team members to develop treatments and creative responses that inspire our best ideas and execution

  • Collaborate with our production teams to craft designs and executions

  • Develop core creative platform and creative responses at a product level alongside internal Strategy, Brand and Development teams that inspire our best ideas and execution

  • Conceptualize, write, and develop ideas based on franchise Strategy and Brand positioning for cross-channel campaign assets, across multiple FC products

  • Articulate and present creative concepts to internal stakeholders, while strengthening the work through incorporating feedback

  • Collaborate with internal and external production, editorial and development teams to craft stories and content, with a focus on video

  • Partner with our Brand and cross functional teams to uphold campaign narrative, tone and visual look and feel under the guidance of creative and senior leadership

  • Share and present creative work with creative team leadership at regular intervals throughout campaign

  • Lead external agency relationships throughout the briefing, creation, feedback, & execution process

This role, in partnership with external agencies and internal designers, will be accountable for concepting and executing the go-to-market design systems & brand level creative for EA SPORTS FC Platforms. You will drive excellence in design & creative from start to finish, with an expectation to manage and uphold a high-quality bar for all content produced that uses our franchise design systems. You will report directly to the FC Platform Marketing Director, and work in support of and in collaboration with the Group Creative Director of EA SPORTS FC.

Required Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in a creative role -- creative agency experience preferable, with a focus on concept development, asset creation, and brand design

  • In-depth understanding of the media landscape including both emerging digital spaces and traditional channels

  • Storytelling and script writing skills are essential

  • Experience working on brand and product campaigns from vision to completion. In-house or agency

  • Understanding the cultural and creative landscape of football or in-depth FC video game knowledge are a huge plus

  • Experience in a matrixed work environment is beneficial

BC COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these locations. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location. EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

BASE SALARY RANGES

  • British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria): º $126,000 - $176,300 CAN Annually

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

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.

$126.0K - $176.3K/yr (Outscal est.)
$151.2K/yr avg.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

About The Company

We exist to inspire the world to play. We put our people first, and we thrive off their diversity in our innovative technology and immersive storytelling. We’re doing the work to give everyone the space to be their full selves while giving back to our community, no matter where you’re working from. We’re looking for problem-solvers, game-changers, innovators, dreamers, doers—people that are ready to move the needle and transform the future of gaming. Join us.

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