Development Manager
EA Create is a collective of content production teams partnering with EA Studios game teams to provide outstanding visuals, audio and technology. Our teams consist of artists, engineers, technicians, designers and development directors. Worldwide, we combine our teams to form a global group of extraordinary individuals fueled by imagination and a unified passion for creating amazing visuals, sound and experiences. We are a diverse team, unified through collaboration, culture and craft.
EA Create Animation is an award-winning team creating animation content for numerous titles focused on uniting creative talents and technical expertise to guide industry-leading animation. There are many exciting projects underway, and we produce progressive animation content for in-game products from multiple studio locations.
As a Development Manager you will join the Create Animation team to manage the scope and budget for internal projects using waterfall methodologies. You will bring passion for both people and project management to provide daily production partnership to internal creative teams.
The Development Manager will report to the Development Director
This is a hybrid role based onsite in Vancouver Canada
This role is temporary with a duration of 12 months
Qualifications:
Manage tasks and delivery milestones across the Animation domain for a project
Inform the Create Animation capacity plan, project scoping and planning, and change requests
Identify and resolve potential roadblocks, while balancing priorities and mitigating risks
Reconcile basic financial information for reporting
Partner with Create Animation and game development teams to ensure clear alignment
Champion adherence to Create Animation operational best practices while making process improvements to enhance partnerships and outcomes
Requirements:
3 or more years Project Management or Project Coordination experience
Collaboration with all levels within a distributed team across multiple time zones
Proficient in project management tools, such as JIRA
Proficient in Waterfall methodologies
Knowledge of the creative process and the impact to project timelines