General Information

Locations: Vancouver - Great Northern Way, British Columbia, Canada

Role ID

214003

Worker Type

Temporary Employee

Studio/Department

Marketing

Work Model

Hybrid

Description & Requirements

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 Experiences

Our EA Experiences group is dedicated to ensuring great experiences for our growing communities centered around our world-renowned brands, including fan-favorites like Apex, Battlefield, EA SPORTS FC, Madden NFL and The Sims, just to name a few. We're a multi-functional group, with world-class expertise building fandoms, driving interactive storytelling, and positioning our franchises at the center of the broader entertainment ecosystem. We inspire, connect, and engage fans through culturally relevant content, intentionally architected journeys across channels, and meaningful fan care. Our goal is to provide valuable, easy experiences that fans love – in our games, around our games, and through innovative adjacent experiences to grow and enrich how fans experience EA as we shape the future of entertainment. The External Development team in the Experiences (XO) org is seeking a Technical Artist.

Summary

The Technical Artist, External Development is responsible for all vendor connectivity efforts, including network setup, pipeline validation, and training external teams. Your success means ensuring that all vendors are connected, producing content, and following established workflows. Additionally, you will implement improvements to vendor setup to accelerate onboarding and asset production. This is a hybrid role with 3 days a week in office. You will report to the External Development Director.

Responsibilities:

• Be the primary technical liaison for onboarding and off-boarding efforts between EA’s internal tools and external vendors, ensuring seamless integration and workflow alignment.
• Implement vendor setup, including access management, tool configuration, and software licensing, to facilitate game capture and cinematic asset creation.
• Develop and document best practices for external vendor support, detailing account setups, asset pipeline workflows, and troubleshooting protocols.
• Collaborate with EA’s IT, Frostbite, and Marketing teams to resolve OS technical challenges related to game capture, real-time cinematic workflows, and custom content creation.
• Find and address workflow bottlenecks, implementing technical solutions to improve vendor connectivity.
• Support the validation of vendor deliverables, ensuring adherence to EA’s technical specifications and quality standards for marketing content.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in a Technical Artist role, focusing on Perforce setup, network connectivity, and user account management.
• Understand Digital Content Creation (DCC) tools such as Maya, Motion Builder, and Houdini with a focus on resolving asset pipeline issues.
• Proficiency in configuring and maintaining Perforce, including proxy setup and access control.
• Experience with Python scripting or other relevant programming languages to support tool development and workflow optimization.
• You can diagnose network connectivity issues and resolve technical challenges related to asset management.
• You can document technical processes and provide guidance to external vendors.

Pay Transparency - North America

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).

PAY RANGES

* British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$74,100 - $102,000 CAD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

In Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, and extended health/dental/vision coverage and basic life insurance.

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 adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and 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.