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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.\n(Please attached your football related experience on your application, Thanks!)\nAs one of the largest sports entertainment platforms in the world, EA SPORTS FCis redefining football with genre-leading interactive experiences, connecting a global community of fans to The World's Game through innovation and unrivaled authenticity.\nWith more opportunity than ever to design, innovate, and create new, immersive experiences that bring joy, inclusivity, and connection to fans everywhere, we invite you to join our passionate and dynamic team as we pioneer the future of football fandom.\nEA SPORTS FC Mobile Shanghai is a global team devoted to developing and operating a high-quality mobile football game experience. Our quest for creativity, respect for autonomy, and emphasis on collaboration are at the heart of our team culture, which empowers us to create high-quality games and experiences worldwide.\nAs a team, we are passionate, innovative, and open to possibilities. We learn from past experiences and strive for progress. We value team synergy and believe a relaxed working environment can yield better results. That’s why we promote and support maintaining a healthy work-life balance.\nAbout the Role\nWe are looking for a passionate Game Designer - Gameplay to join EA SPORTS FC Mobile, responsible for designing and refining the core gameplay experience of our mobile football game. You will work closely with producers, engineers, animators, UX, and economy teams to bring the authentic feel and competitive depth of real football to players around the world on mobile devices.\nResponsibilities\nCore Mechanics Design: Design and iterate on core action mechanics such as shooting, passing, dribbling, defending, and goalkeeping, ensuring responsive, deep, and satisfying controls on both touchscreen and controller.\nSystems Design: Design and maintain gameplay systems including player attributes, skill moves, tactical systems, and AI behavior, ensuring balance and cohesion across systems.\nPrototyping & Validation: Rapidly build gameplay prototypes and validate design hypotheses through playtesting and data analysis, iterating continuously.\nDocumentation: Produce clear design documents, mechanic rules, and tuning parameters that enable cross-functional teams to understand and implement your vision.\nGame Feel Tuning: Partner with animation, physics, and engineering teams to polish control response, animation transitions, and feedback, elevating the overall game feel.\nBalancing & Tuning: Adjust gameplay values and difficulty curves based on player behavior data and competitive fairness.\nAuthenticity: Study real football rules, tactics, and player characteristics, translating them into gameplay mechanics that are fun, accessible, and deep.\nQualifications\n3+ years of experience in game design gameplay, with at least one shipped title.\nDeep understanding of core gameplay and control design for action or sports/competitive games.\nFamiliarity with mobile interaction constraints and design techniques, and a strong grasp of mobile players' control habits.\nRapid prototyping skills (e.g., Unity/Unreal Blueprints, or in-engine scripting/visual tools).\nSolid data-analysis skills, with the ability to drive design decisions with data.\nExcellent communication and documentation skills in both English and Chinese, able to collaborate effectively across functions and languages.\nA genuine passion for and understanding of football, familiar with real tactics and match rhythm.\n\nAbout Electronic Arts\nWe’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.\nWe adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.\nElectronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. 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