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Associate Concept Artist Intern (Summer 2023)

Electronic Arts is looking for high performing students to join our world-class internship experience. Summer 2023 will be better than ever as we bring all interns together on-site for orientation week and prep students for the future ways of work by offering remote and hybrid opportunities depending on your location. For more information about our Next-Gen Program, visit https://www.ea.com/careers/interns-and-university-graduates

Our Marketing Team 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, FIFA, 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.

The Design Intern will be responsible for creating logos, illustrated graphics, moodboards, sketches, key art, campaigns and other elements for visual identities that reach a global audience. They will also shadow various franchise creative leads, learning things like craft, design process and presentation skills. The role will contribute to a major EA franchise such as Apex Legends, Battlefield, the Sims, or Star Wars. We are only considering students who will be enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in the summer of 2023 and are slated to graduate in Fall of 2023 or Spring of 2024.

About the role:

Primary Responsibilities

• You will create visual design solutions (Color, Logo, Graphic Elements, Typography) for a major EA franchise.
• Create a range of exploration based on a provided brief and strategy.
• Collaborate with other departments (Production, Campaign, Adaptation) to ensure work is on brand and delivered in a timely manner.
• Learning a variety of approaches when designing brand identities.
• Work closely with the design team to improve real-world experience and skillset.

Required Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a college, university degree program
• Available to work full-time hours for 10-12 weeks during summer 2023
• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Experience creating brand identities and style guides
• Baseline understanding of Adobe creative suite
• Experience with presentation design (Keynote, Google slides), animation, Illustration or 3D Modeling software is a plus.
• Passion for graphic design and games!

Application Requirements:

01 — Please answer the following questions:

• Why do you want to be a designer?
• What does good design mean to you?
• Why are you passionate to learn about gaming?
• How would you like to impact the world through design?

02 — Design portfolio with any examples of the below to showcase capabilities. Provide a link to an online presentation, or attach pdf/jpeg documents to your resume to showcase your work.

• Logo brand identities
• Style guides
• Marketing or advertising campaigns
• Web design
• Social media content
• Illustration or 3d work is a plus

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The hourly pay ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these states. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the hourly pay range for your specific location.

EA has listed the hourly pay ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, degree type (e.g. Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD), what stage you are in your degree journey (i.e. freshman, sophomore, etc.), qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

HOURLY PAY RANGES

• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Sacramento):
º $20 - $31
• Colorado (depending on location e.g. Denver vs. Colorado Springs):
º $19 - $25
• New York (depending on location e.g. Manhattan vs. Buffalo):
º $27 - $31
• Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane):
º $20 - $25
• Jersey City, NJ :
º $27 - $31

The hourly pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including 80 hours per year of sick time (prorated based on scheduled hours per week if less than full-time), 16 paid company holidays per year, medical insurance, and 401(k). Interns in California are also eligible for Voluntary Disability Insurance.