Senior Environment Director

Responsibilities

• Work with team leadership to establish and uphold the vision and quality standards for our game worlds. This involves ensuring that environment assets and the overall player experience remain consistent with the broader project creative goals.
• Effectively foster and create a team and development environment that balances gameplay, aesthetics, and technical requirement.
• Collaborate with cross discipline stakeholders ensuring world content works in tandem with camera presentation, character movement and traversal, mission flow, and combat gameplay experience.
• Collaborate with technical stakeholders in the development of world construction tools and pipelines ensuring efficient and high-quality output.
• Partner with development directors and team leadership in scope capacity planning, milestone planning, and resource allocation.
• Lead, mentor, and nurture the career development of the studio’s world construction team towards a healthy collaborative team environment.
• Work with the Technical Art and Engineering Teams in the identification and maintenance of engine technology requirements and performance metrics needed to meet product goals.

Qualifications

Minimum 10 years' experience in the games industry. 4+ years as an environment director, level design director or equivalent.

Ceci ne s’applique pas au Québec.

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 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.

Pay 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

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

º $170,500 - $259,300 USD Annually

New York (depending on location e.g. Manhattan vs. Buffalo) :

º $167,300 - $259,300 USD Annually

Jersey City, NJ :

º $202,600 - $259,300 USD Annually

Colorado (depending on location e.g. Denver vs. Colorado Springs) :

º $180,100 - $237,200 USD Annually

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

º $167,300 - $238,500 USD Annually

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

º $151,800 - $208,900 CAN Annually

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. 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. For 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

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.

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