Senior Cinematic Artist, Animator

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. A community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

The Marketing Cinematics (Craft Cinematics) team is responsible for creating high-impact, real-time trailers across multiple EA IPs. We operate at the edge of what game engines can visually achieve - pushing Frostbite and Unreal beyond typical gameplay constraints to deliver visually stunning marketing content seen by millions of players worldwide.

We are looking for a Senior Cinematic Artist – Animator who is passionate about storytelling, performance, and camera language. This is a hands‑on production role focused on animation excellence, creative collaboration, and delivering emotionally compelling, real‑time cinematic experiences. This is a hybrid role.

• Create high-quality, performance-driven character and camera animation in Maya and Motion builder for real-time marketing cinema tics
• Translate creative direction into compelling shots with strong cinematic timing and camera language
• Polish motion capture data to achieve believable weight, physicality, and emotional nuance
• Block and design shots in‑engine for previs and layout
• Refine performances in Maya and Motion builder to final quality
• Integrate animation into Frostbite (and occasionally Unreal) while maintaining camera framing and skeletal integrity
• Collaborate closely with lighting, editorial, and creative direction to ensure cohesive storytelling and iterate quickly in response to evolving edits and layered stakeholder feedback
• Contribute to performance capture and virtual production workflows when applicable
• Manage and track work through production tools (e.g., Shot Grid/Flow) in a fast‑paced marketing environment

• 5+ years of experience in character or cinematic animation
• Strong sense of cinematic timing, camera language, and storytelling through performance
• Advanced proficiency in Maya
• Experience polishing motion capture data
• Experience working with real-time engines (Frostbite, Unreal, or similar)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across disciplines
• Ability to work effectively in an iterative, deadline-driven production environment

• Experience creating or contributing to AAA marketing trailers or high-visibility media
• Experience with facial animation and conveying emotion through subtle performance
• Comfort working with Perforce or similar version control systems
• Previs and layout experience in‑engine
• Exposure to virtual production tools (virtual cameras, markerless capture, Xsens, etc.)
• Experience with scripting (Python) or workflow automation

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) $91,100 - $126,900 CAD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation  Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top‑up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees.

Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

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EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.