Electronic Arts Jobs
Electronic Arts (EA) has been in business since 1982. The company is involved in developing, publishing and distributing software for video games in online, PC, wireless device and video game system formats.
Electronic Arts has over 30 game titles in its repertoire that had sold over one million copies each. Five titles from this company had sold over four million copies. Top performing titles from EA included the following:
- Battlefield
- FIFA
- Madden NFL
- Need for Speed
- The SIMS
Over 8,000 people are employed by Electronic Arts. The company headquarters is located in Redwood City (in the San Francisco Bay area). It also operates offices in Los Angeles, Orlando, Salt Lake City, Fairfax and Austin. Internationally, EA has established a presence in:
- Canada (Edmonton, Montreal and Vancouver)
- China
- Germany
- India
- Korea
- Romania
- Singapore
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
Positions Available at Electronic Arts
EA hires workers for jobs in a number of employment categories, including the following:
- Administrative
- Art
- Audio
- Business Affairs
- Corporate Development
- Customer Support
- Distribution
- Facilities
- Finance
- Game Designer
- HR
- IT
- Legal
- Marketing and Sales
- Operations
- Procurement and Purchasing
- Quality Assurance
- Software Engineer
Specific job titles that may be available at this company include:
- Animation Director
- Application Architect
- Art Director
- Artificial Intelligence Engineer
- CG Artist
- Concept Artist
- Data Systems Analyst
- Flash Designer
- Game Designer
- Game Story Writer
- Level Designer
- Lighter
- PA/Executive Assistant
- Producer
- Production Coordinator
- Project Manager
In Focus: Working in Games: EA Criterion Games
How to Apply for a Job at Electronic Arts
The EA web site’s Jobs section provides general information about all of the job titles that the company hires workers for. A visitor to the site need only click on a job title to see an overview of what the position entails, as well as the skills the Electronic Arts is looking for when hiring people to fill this role. The job seeker can then click on the "Search for the Job" Prompt to find out if there are any current opening for this position with the company.
The job search can be confined to a specific geographic region or a particular job title only, if desired, or a general search may be performed to bring up all available positions with the company. Clicking on a job title provides a detailed job description. The candidate can choose to move on or add the position to his or her job cart and apply for the job electronically.
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