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Electronic Arts (EA)

Art Director

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Full-time

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Job details

Job type: Full-time
Experience: 7+ years of experience in game development and at least one shipped AAA title as an Art Director.
Posting language: English
Posted: Aug 20, 2026

Original job description

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.

We are looking for a video game Art Director to help lead the visual experience across our Sims products. You'll guide a clear aesthetic vision and promote it across our internal and partner organizations. You will have experience with what we do and the collaborative know how to make dreams a reality.

Responsibilities

Define, uphold, and communicate the visual direction and quality bar for the product across the art team and partners.
Maintain visual guides to ensure cohesion and consistency across art disciplines during production.
Collaborate with other Art Directors to deliver unified visuals across domains.
Contribute to presentations on content strategy that align to product goals and the player experience.
Uphold and communicate art priorities in sync to product goals to art teams.
Support artists as a People Manager by creating the conditions for growth, clarity, accountability, and strong performance.
Foster creativity, transparency, and collaboration across the team.
Identify training and knowledge sharing opportunities that increase artist and lead capability.
Drive Objectives for our Art teams to ensure growth, knowledge sharing, and foster a culture of transparency.
Grow art Leaders to oversee high level goals and improve results, pipelines and processes.
Partner with Internal Outsourcing leadership partners to ensure quality, consistency and delivery.
Collaborate with Art Directors, Leads, Technical Art and Engineering to refine pipeline, workflows, and drive innovation.

Qualifications

7+ years of experience in game development and at least one shipped AAA title as an Art Director.
Experience managing artists or other game developers.
Demonstrated people leadership philosophy with experience developing talent.
Experience establishing and pitching an art vision and guidelines
Experience translating Product goals into a clear, executable direction.
An understanding of all aspects of contemporary 3D game development: concept art, character modeling, prop modeling, environment modeling, lighting, animation, visual effects and user interface design.
Experienced in working with team partners to create content plans.
Sense for visual storytelling, composition, form and palette.

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) *$133,500 - $186,400 CAD

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

For Canada, 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 other incentive programs.

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.

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Responsibilities

Lead the visual experience and aesthetic vision for Sims products while maintaining consistency across art disciplines. Manage and develop artists, refine production pipelines, and collaborate with internal and external partners to ensure high-quality delivery.

Requirements

Requires over 7 years of game development experience with at least one shipped AAA title as an Art Director. Must have demonstrated people leadership skills and a comprehensive understanding of all contemporary 3D game development aspects.

Skills

Art Direction
People Management
Visual Storytelling
3D Game Development
Concept Art
Character Modeling
Prop Modeling
Environment Modeling
Lighting
Animation
Visual Effects
User Interface Design
Content Strategy
Pipeline Optimization
AAA Game Development
Outsourcing Management

Benefits

Vacation
Sick time
Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits
Extended health/dental/vision coverage
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Retirement plan
Bonus and other incentive programs
Mental well-being support
Complimentary games

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Keywords

AAA
3D Game Development
Art Direction
Visual Storytelling
Concept Art
Character Modeling
Environment Modeling
Lighting
Animation
VFX
UI Design
Pipeline
Workflow
Outsourcing
People Management
Content Strategy
Sims
Electronic Arts
Visual Guides
Composition
Palette

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