We are looking for a Principal Technical Artist to join our Apex Legends team to help design and deliver future-forward content creation workflows. As a Principal Technical Artist on the project, you will be working within the technical art team's pipeline group specifically focused on the fielding of requests for new workflows from customers and then working with stakeholders and engineering to design, build, test and ultimately integrate solutions back into the wider art team that you then help support and maintain.

Our ideal candidate is able to take on larger projects as they are not just an expert in their technical craft, but is an accomplished project manager who can pull together an initiative, drive its implementation, and carry it across the finish line into production leveraging the wider studio to have maximum impact.

This role is an opportunity to participate on a future-looking team focused on building for the long-term health of our customers and game. As a principal, you will drive a wide variety of initiatives that will touch every aspect of content creation. This role will have a significant impact on how we make our product - and as a result, the wider team and our players.

Core Roles and Responsibilities

• Collaboration:

Meet with end-users regularly to discuss challenges and identify opportunities. Educate the team how to leverage and use the system, set best practices and encourage adoption. Build and drive multi-disciplinary coalitions to go after solutions across organizational boundaries

• Pipeline and Tool Development:

Design, build and maintain art pipelines, custom tools Automate the testing and validation of workflows. Optimize slow processes and procedures.

• Technical Support:

Learn proprietary systems and be able to make them accessible to others. Troubleshoot unknown issues and be on the front line of problem-solving sticky situations.

• Asset Management:

Help teams transition content from old to newer workflows and when needed, automate adapting the content to meet new requirements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional game development experience.
• Expertise in designing and implementing tools and workflows from upstream content creation applications all the way to runtime.
• High level of proficiency with programming in DCC (python, mel, C#) or similar languages and UI frameworks (Qt).
• Familiar with third-party software we use to make content (Autodesk Maya, Adobe's Creative Cloud suite).
• Interest in content creation workflows, techniques, and innovation.
• Has built a large workflow/tool and supported it through the ship of a title (or season).

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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): $141,400 - $204,400 CAD
• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. San Francisco): $165,000 - $256,000 USD

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Responsibilities

• Ideate and design comprehensive designs for internal and external initiatives, ensuring all deliverables maintain strict adherence to brand standards, production timelines and quality.
• Collaborate closely with the Art Director to interpret high-level creative strategies, translating conceptual visions into tangible, immersive visual narratives across mediums.
• Serve as a dedicated individual contributor responsible for the full lifecycle of design projects, managing multiple workstreams with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive in identifying and implementing process optimization initiatives through automation and AI integration to enhance design workflows.
• Develop and present design concepts and storyboards to stakeholders, facilitating a professional iterative process based on feedback to finalize creative concepts.

Requirements

• 4 to 6 years of professional design experience within technical or product-focused organisations, with advanced proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud suite (Premiere pro, Aftereffects, Illustrator, Frame.io).
• Demonstrated ability to execute creative work within established design systems, effectively utilising distinct graphics, patterns, and motion guidelines to maintain brand consistency while delivering fresh visual solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate design rationale clearly to cross-functional partners in Marketing and Ad Operations.
• Proven ability to balance high-volume production speed with design excellence, consistently delivering pixel-perfect work in a global, deadline-driven environment.
• A rigorous approach to quality assurance, possessing the organisational skills to ensure accuracy and visual integrity across all deliverables, down to the last pixel.

Preferred qualifications

• Multidisciplinary creative with a wide skill set and comfortable working across different mediums and crafts; excited about experimenting with new technologies.
• Experience working (collaboration and facilitation) with cross-functional partners.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including late evenings in India, to facilitate real-time collaboration with global stakeholders.

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