Experience Design Director - New Football Experiences

Job Description

This is a HYBRID ROLE located in Orlando, FL and would require in the office 3 days per week.

EA SPORTS Madden NFL is the best-selling sports property in US Video game history. Madden NFL is an immersive, simulation-based, authentic NFL interactive experience, empowering fans to play out their NFL fantasy of winning the Super Bowl (and much more). Madden NFL has entertained fans over three decades with more than 130 million lifetime units sold.

All of EA's Football Experiences including Madden NFL are developed at EA's Tiburon Studio in Orlando, FL, and Madrid, Spain by a team that prides itself on innovation and creative collaboration. We are looking for talent with a passion for sports to create experiences that connect with millions of football fans around the world to grow the love of the sport.

Experience Design Director for NEW FOOTBALL EXPERIENCES

This Experience Design role is a leadership role to help define the future of a new Football Experience from concept to launch to delivering engaging experiences for our players on a daily, weekly, and seasonal beat cadence.

You will report into the Experience Design Director for Madden NFL.

Experience
• 3+ years of experience at a UX Director level
• Shipped 3 or more games in a high level design role, demonstrating the ability to work with large-scale teams and deliver high-quality user experiences
• You will build an understanding of our players and products to identify main areas of impact to enhance the player experience
• Proficiency in interaction design, design thinking, UX principles, and methodologies, with the ability to mentor others in these areas
• Experience with data informed design: Applying player Insights, user testing feedback, and competitive analysis to define problem spaces, measure solutions and guide iterations
• Define best practices for the XD discipline for this new product and team; from collaborative approaches between departments, to structured processes, workflows, and content standards
• You care about designing for accessibility, diversity, and inclusivity
• You are comfortable presenting and persuading at an executive level, and motivating and inspiring your team members

Valuable Additional Skills
• Experience developing UX for AAA games, multiplayer games, live service games
• Understand interaction design on console, pc and mobile
• Degree in Interaction Design, Psychology, or HCI

Your Qualifications
• 10+ years of progressive responsibility in product design or user experience design roles
• 5+ years of experience managing successful design teams of varying scale
• Experience with interactive entertainment and creating fun and engaging experiences
• A portfolio of work that showcases relevant work that contains well thought out process and excellent craft execution

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rj7yo0-18-119-122-86-42 in your application.