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Electronic Arts is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment, developing and publishing games for consoles, mobile, and PC under franchises including FIFA, Madden NFL, The Sims, Apex Legends, and Battlefield.
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As an Animation Director within the EA SPORTS studio, you will lead a dedicated animation team to define and deliver the vision, style, and quality bar for motion in sports video games. You will be responsible for managing the team, mentoring staff, and overseeing the evolution of animation pipelines and workflows while balancing technical, budgetary, and scheduling requirements. The role involves collaborating with creative leadership, design, engineering, and physics teams to ensure characters are grounded in the world and respond accurately to gameplay. Key skills include experience directing actors and athletes for motion capture and proficiency with real-time systems like blend trees, state machines, and motion-matching within engines such as Unreal Engine, Unity, or Frostbite. You will also leverage knowledge of scripting and emerging technologies like machine learning to enhance production efficiency.
Define and deliver the vision and quality bar for all motion within the game.
Manage the animation team by hiring, mentoring, and providing regular feedback and direction.
Balance high-quality animation with performance, technical constraints, scheduling, and budget requirements.
Develop and evolve the animation pipeline to establish efficient workflows and procedures.
Direct actors and athletes during the motion capture process.
Ensure characters are grounded in the world through collaboration with graphics and physics engineers.
Oversee the implementation of real-time animation systems like blend trees and motion-matching.
What we're looking for
Must have at least 5 years of experience as a senior animation contributor or leader.
Must have experience directing animation on high-quality AAA games.
Must possess strong leadership, people management, communication, and mentoring skills.
Must be able to lead teams to deliver high-quality work while balancing creative ambition with technical and production requirements.
Must have experience and confidence directing actors and athletes for motion capture.
Must have a strong understanding of current animation practices, technologies, and industry trends.
Must have experience directing or working with real-time animation systems in engines like Unreal, Unity, Frostbite, or proprietary technology.
Beneficial: Experience with emerging technologies like machine learning, procedural animation, and technical fluency with scripting or engine workflows.
Remote (Los Angeles, CA)133 days ago
$360,000–$550,000
Unreal Engine 5
Unity
C++
AWS
GCP
JavaScript
React
Linux
Game Architecture
Rendering
Live Ops
Performance Profiling
Shader Compilation
Asset Virtualization
Content Pipelines
Cross-platform Development