Concept Artist; Football Murals​/Street Art; FC

Position: Concept Artist (Football Murals/Street Art) - EA SPORTS FC
Description & Requirements
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of 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.

Important Note
This team works onsite at EA Vancouver (Burnaby office). Applicants are required to work onsite 3 days, Tuesday - Thursday every week. This is a 6-month contract with the possibility of longer term employment.

EA SPORTS is one of the world's leading sports entertainment brands, known for top-selling video game franchises, award-winning interactive technology, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected gaming experiences that bring the emotion of sports to life through industry-leading titles, including Madden NFL, EA SPORTS FC, NHL, NBA LIVE, and UFC.

We are looking for a talented Concept Artist with strong illustration and design skills to create artwork inspired by football players, football culture, and iconic moments. You will help develop murals, portraits, graphic artwork, and environmental visuals that bring our football world to life. This role is ideal for an artist skilled in portraiture, illustration, and painting, sophisticated graphic design, and an understanding of how large-scale murals function in real-world architectural environments.

The artwork will appear throughout a realistic football-inspired game world and should feel authentic to the locations, communities, and visual cultures it represents. Murals may celebrate historic matches, memorable player moments, football culture, local identity, or seasonal themes. They may range from highly figurative portrait pieces to graphic, typographic, stencil, collage, and street-art-inspired compositions.

Your Responsibilities

Concept & Illustration Creation:
Design high-quality concept art, environmental graphics, murals, and portraits, featuring real-world football players, teams, and culture.

Reference & Authenticity Research:
Utilize photographic references and gather deep cultural insights to ensure characters, environments, and locations are regionally authentic.

Stylistic Versatility:
Explore and apply a wide range of visual styles, including illustration, street art, stencil, collage, lettering, and painted mural aesthetics.

Iterative Design & Polishing:
Generate rapid thumbnails and design explorations to pitch ideas, then develop selected concepts into highly polished artwork with strong composition, lighting, and storytelling.

Spatial & Graphic Integration:
Design artwork tailored to architectural spaces—considering scale and surrounding structure—while incorporating graphic elements like typography, patterns, and signage.

Art Direction & Feedback:
Present work clearly, iterate quickly based on feedback, and adapt designs to meet established Art Direction.

Production & Team

Collaboration:

Work within technical file specifications and production schedules, collaborating across disciplines to successfully bring concepts into the game.

Strong Foundation in Concept Art & Illustration

Strong drawing, painting, composition, color, and visual storytelling skills.

Ability to create realistic figures, characters, and environments from reference.

Understanding of anatomy, perspective, lighting, and proportion.

Ability to create both realistic and stylized artwork.

Strong visual problem-solving and an ability to explore multiple creative directions.

Ability to understand creative briefs and transform ideas into clear and engaging visual concepts.

Portrait & Figurative Art

Ability to create recognizable portraits and figures from photographic reference.

Understanding…