Senior Producer (Temp, 6 Months) EA SPORTS FC

Our Marketing Team at large exists to tell the story of Electronic Arts and expand the positive power of play. This encompasses all our amazing games and experiences, including The Sims, Madden NFL, FC, Apex Legends, Battlefield 2042, and It Takes Two (Game of the Year, 2021). At the forefront of building meaningful relationships with our players around the world, we’re a multi-functional group driven by social purpose and inclusive values. We develop the strategic vision of our products, run world class multi-channel campaigns, execute on innovative global engagement across all touch points, and make sure our brand is consistently awesome everywhere we show up.

Reporting to the EA SPORTS FC Franchise Lead Senior Producer and working within the EA SPORTS FC global production team at EA Vancouver - The Senior Producer will be responsible for working as part of a team of Producers tasked with delivering high quality video & design assets as part of a major global marketing campaign. You will manage AAA campaign assets (key art, social content, trailers), brand design artwork, DOM (email images & video), and community content from briefing and creation through to deployment. This role is based in Vancouver, Canada with the option for a hybrid work model.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with the internal Creative and Production teams to guide the creative execution and production of AAA assets for a global sports and gaming audience.
• Read scripts and provide creative and editorial feedback to the creative director ensuring vision is aligned with brand vision, schedule, budget and quality targets.
• Maintain asset trackers and sync with partners to ensure understanding of asset production statuses and timing.
• Manage and reduce project risks throughout the production process.
• Create workback and production schedules based on delivery dates and keep interested parties (music groups, localization teams, creative, studio & legal teams etc) updated.
• Organize frequent creative reviews with dev, brand, activation, talent, licensee's/licensors and other team members to solicit feedback and approval on latest cuts.
• Initiate music licensing and composition requests with EA's music group, confirming usage, territory, timeline, and artist credits.
• Quality check all assets for accurate spelling, required legal copy, ESRB ratings, correct end slate CTA's, and ensure files are error free.
• Manage post-production vendors w/ Group Sr. Producer including review bids for accuracy, consistency and once approved, initiate SOW's and PO requests.
• Source in-game assets for vendors including working with our internal Capture team and game producers to understand asset availability.
• Build shoots alongside external production vendors including budgeting, casting, facilities and scheduling, prop list.
• Forecast and maintain asset production budgets

Qualifications:

• You are a master of influence, carefully balancing creative excellence with on time delivery while following budget constraints and looking for savings.
• You are an accomplished mediator and resolver of conflicts, able to help people and teams with opposing points of view come together and agree on goals and solutions.
• You can distill complex plans down to their path and proper milestones.
• You can lead the group into a level of compromise and conflict resolution skills.
• You maintain ownership and keep members accountable and invested in great outcomes and high-quality content.
• You excel in a fast-paced environment with daily deliverables that must be met.
• Willingness to travel on a basis for studio meetings, and shoots.
• 8+ Years’ experience in Producer roles.
• Strong understanding of pre/post/editorial/design production processes.
• You can take projects from inception to execution.
• You are a resolver of conflicts, able to help people and teams with opposing points of view come together and agree on goals and solutions.
• You maintain a total ownership mentality, accountable and invested in great outcomes and high-quality content.
• Familiar with live-action production.
• Familiar with the design process and computer-generated imagery (CGI).
• Familiar with common production tools: Airtable, Frame.io, Frontify, Google Drive
  You have knowledge of EA SPORTS, football, and it's culture.