Job Description

Animator Intern - Madden

Electronic Arts is looking for students to join our world-class internship experience. Summer 2024 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

Our teams build meaningful relationships with hundreds of millions of players around the world who love our games. We aim to be the best at meeting players where they are and supporting them throughout their journey with EA. Our teams develop the strategic vision of our products, run outstanding multi-channel campaigns, build global engagement across all touch points, develop global insights, and propel sales and global publishing. We understand the dynamic global landscape so we can bring relevant content, promotions, and help to players anywhere.

As a technical animator, you are a bridge between animation and tech, working with animators, programmers, and the technical animation team. The main responsibilities can include character animation rigging, tools, workflows, data setup, and runtime behaviors. As a technical animation intern, you can be from an Art, Animation, Engineering or Computer Science background; however, you will have experience with and a comfort level working with both the artistic and technical side of problems.

Responsibilities:

• You will work with the Technical Animation team to support the needs of gameplay animation, cinematic animation, and character art
• You will support cinematic scene setup, data management, integrations, and troubleshooting
• You will clean motion capture data from a variety of sources and implementing that data into the game engine

Role Requirements:

• You are currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s Degree granting program in a related field
• You have some experience working with a game engine (like Unity or Unreal)
• You have knowledge of animation packages, such as Maya and MotionBuilder
• You have some experience working with or creating basic rigged and deforming characters
• You have some scripting/programming experience (in a language like Python)

You must be available for a full-time paid internship in the summer of 2024. We are only considering students who will be enrolled in an accredited degree program in the summer of 2024, slated to graduate no earlier than December 2024. You must be legally authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis during the 12-week internship. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

US COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary 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 base salary range and benefits 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 $18 - $45
• New York (depending on location e.g. Manhattan vs. Buffalo):
º $18 - $45
• Jersey City, NJ :
º $18 - $45
• Colorado (depending on location e.g. Denver vs. Colorado Springs):
º $16 - $22
• Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane):
º $18 - $40

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.

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Holiday work, Full time, Remote job, Summer work,

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