Assistant Content Designer - EA SPORTS™ NHL

The Assistant Live Content Designer works with the production and design team to identify and create live content that the EA Sports customer wants. The role sits within the EA Sports NHL team and reports to one of the Producers. It focuses on live content design and execution, with collaboration and relationship-building across internal and external developers.

• Work closely with the NHL Live Team to build and execute the live content plan.
• Execute the live content plan, meeting deadlines and quality levels for live content.
• Translate real-world events into live content ideas and plans on short notice, sometimes requiring flexible work hours to mirror real-world hockey events.
• Define goals and opportunities for live content based on key performance indicators.
• Work with NHL producers to understand targets and priority changes.
• Communicate progress and quality effectively with the NHL team.
• Develop game-wide relationships and strong engagement with other groups such as Marketing and QA.
• Work across teams to manage dependencies and coordinate deliverables.
• Contribute to team morale and team health, encouraging positive working relationships.

• Minimum 1 year background in game design and/or production with relevant experience working on a live service.
• Knowledge of hockey and a genuine passion for the sport.
• Good eye for product quality and usability.
• Hunger for AAA game development.
• Collaboration skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external developers.
• Ability to work closely with a live service team through all phases of the live product cycle.
• Ability to work with individuals from different disciplines, focused on achieving shared product and team goals.
• Understanding of recent trends and what good looks like within a live service model and how it applies to the current product.
• Ability to come up with and document creative ideas, and to evaluate and critique existing ideas.
• Good eye for game quality and strong advocacy for the end-user experience.

• Vacation (3 weeks per year to start)
• 10 days per year of paid sick time
• Company top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when welcoming a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave)
• Extended health, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Retirement benefits for regular full-time employees
• Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and long-term cash programmes

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, the team is composed of diverse talent dedicated to creating on-ice experiences that connect gamers around the world through play.