Lead Media Buyer

The future of entertainment is interactive, and our Marketing team plays an important role in this future by building content, culture, and community around our brands. We empower audiences to Play, Create, Watch, and Connect across our amazing franchises and experiences, including EA Sports, Plants vs. Zombies, Sims, Pogo, and more. We’re a multi-functional group, with world-class expertise in building fandoms, driving interactive storytelling, and positioning our franchises at the center of the broader entertainment ecosystem. We are looking for a Lead Media Buyer to join the EA Mobile Growth Organization.

Responsibilities

• Functional expert in media buying and user acquisition

• Work with UA Leadership to execute on and lead UA performance for FC Mobile

• Develop and build strategic partnerships with key studio and product stakeholders

• Lead team ideas and innovation through ambiguous industry changes, i.e. privacy, measurement

• Nurture advertising partner relationships to strengthen EA’s standing within the partner’s development roadmap

• Always want to improve the growth marketing team with knowledge sharing and hypothesis testing

• Take ownership of the entire UA budget for FCM while potentially juggling multiple projects

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in mobile media buying / user acquisition / performance marketing

• Strong knowledge of attribution

• Experience building user acquisition campaigns in the gaming category with the ability to improve business metrics (ROAS, LTV)

• Curiosity and experience always looking for, proposing, testing new advertising channels, partners and formats

• Experience inspiring team members at any level to incite growth and curiosity

• BA/BS Degree in marketing/finance or equivalent Quantitative field

• Experience building relationships with third-party media partners with an emphasis on paid social platforms like FB/IG, TikTok, Google

• Experience working in a metric-driven role focused on return on investment

• Passion/knowledge for video games

• Knowledge of Excel, SQL and Microsoft office / google applications

• Comfortable managing multi million dollar budgets

This job is for you if...

• You want to be a part of an elite data-driven mobile marketing unit

• You want to be a part of building technology to help us improve our approach to the mobile advertising landscape

• You have a business owner’s mindset, is accountable for performance, and is passionate about driving growth for EAM’s portfolio of games

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

BASE SALARY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria)

  • $126,000 - $176,300 CAD

• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Sacramento)

  • $138,200 - $219,000 USD

• Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane)

  • $136,600 - $202,300 USD

In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

In British Columbia, we 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

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.