About the Role

The Technical Artist acts as a bridge between artists and engineers, working as part of the Technical Art Team within the EA SPORTS FC studio. The role is responsible for art production workflows, tools, pipelines, asset optimization/integration, and shader development, and involves collaboration with artists, project managers, software engineers, and Technical Art Directors. Technical Artists assume ownership of technical issues that arise on their project and bring them to resolution. The team works in a hybrid model with three days onsite per week at EA Vancouver.

Key Responsibilities

- Act as a bridge between artists and engineers, working closely with artists, project managers, software engineers, and the Technical Art team.
- Assume ownership of technical issues that arise on the project and bring them to resolution.
- Develop and maintain art production workflows.
- Build and support tools and pipelines for the art team.
- Perform asset optimization and integration.
- Develop shaders for game content.

Required Experience & Qualifications

- Demonstrated comfort level in working with both art and science; candidates may come from an art, design, mathematics, engineering, or computer science background.
- Effective communication with different audiences, including artists, engineers, and managers.
- Extensive experience scripting/programming in Python and C#.
- Knowledge of 3D art packages, specifically Maya.
- A solutions-provider mindset,



particularly as it pertains to testing and debugging technical issues.
- Willingness to jump into the unknown and solve new problems, with the ability to think creatively to resolve technical challenges and limitations.
- A passion for games.

Preferred Skills

- At least 3 years of cinematic/games production experience.
- A bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a related field.
- C++ programming experience (a bonus, but not required).

Workplace

- Hybrid work model: 3 days onsite (Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday) at EA Vancouver.

Benefits & Perks

- Vacation: 3 weeks per year to start.
- Sick time: 10 days per year.
- Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when welcoming a recent child (12 weeks for maternity and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave).
- Extended health, dental, and vision coverage.
- Life insurance and disability insurance.
- Retirement plan for regular full-time employees.
- Certain roles may be eligible for bonus and other incentive programs.

About the Company

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment, connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games. Building on an incredible 30-year foundation, EA SPORTS FC is redefining football with a genre-leading ecosystem of interactive experiences that brings a global community of football fans closer to The World's Game.

📌 Technical Artist - EA SPORTS FC (Vancouver)
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