EA University Relations

Position Title: Data Analyst Co-op

Team: CDS
Location: Burnaby, BC

How to Apply
In addition to applying through your co-op office, please create a profile on our student applicant site.
You can apply via this link https://ea.avature.net/university?tags=mtaylor

Please indicate clearly whether you are available for a 4 month, 8 month, 12 month or 16 month term.
Most positions are 4 or 8 months depending on your availability, but we do consider longer co-op terms.

To apply you must have the legal right to work in Canada – copies of work permits may be requested for
those that are not Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents

Position Overview
Conduct analysis using statistical software, databases, and spreadsheets

 Design, evaluate and monitor key metrics, understanding root causes of changes in metrics
 Build and analyze live dashboards and reports
 Develop and maintain scripts and queries to import, manipulate, clean, transform data from different
sources
 Assemble and maintain databases to empower operational and exploratory analysis
 Create, operate and maintain script-driven methodologies for the generation of analysis and reports.
 Perform quality assurance on generated results to ensure accuracy and consistency

Preparation of “client ready” deliverables

 Prepare professional results in presentation and document format

 Quality assurance on final results for consistency and accuracy

Interacting with clients and client organizations

 Dealing with data providers in internal client organizations, specifically in the development of data requests,
checking of data received, and follow up with data providers on data issues.
 Dealing directly with clients on projects involving technical methodologies
 Presenting results to clients in a clear and respectful manner, and maintaining professionalism in collecting
feedback
 Project management and quality assurance of active projects

Qualifications
 Data Analysis - Very good knowledge of R language, MS Excel mastery, including VBA, PivotTables, and array
functions - or other similar tools used for discovering data patterns and correlations through statistical
methods

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 Strong math and analytical skills including statistics, simulation, and optimization - Understanding of
correlation, regression, classification and other statistical methods used to look at the data from different
angles for use in prescriptive and predictive models
 Experience in working with large operational data sets, involving categorical data for solving classification
problems, is a strong plus.
 Good knowledge of Tableau, and/or Power BI.
 Must have very good database and SQL knowledge. Nice to have programming skills HTML, Javascript, CSS,
D3.js.
 Unstructured Data handling - Know best practices on how to stage unstructured data and properly model
it to solve the problem at hand
 Ability to prepare professional documents and presentations using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
 Takes pride in achieving excellence - detail oriented, organized, careful and takes mistakes seriously
 Self-motivated and self-driven, with demonstrated ability to quickly and independently learn new concepts
 Thrives in challenging situations, considers them as opportunities for growth, and deepens its knowledge
in the process
 Strong problem solving and creative thinking skills
 Ability to start and maintain strong partnerships between valuable customers
 Strong written and verbal communication and skills – ability to tell a compelling story supported by data
 Professionalism in working with clients and working in a team environment

Applicants are encouraged to highlight how they meet these requirements in their cover letter.

Desired Skills and Experience

 Flexible working hours (expectation to work and align data across global locations)
 Experience in leading challenging projects under tight deadlines
 Experience working in an international team
 Project management and process improvement experience
 Games industry experience

About EA
It’s not easy building the world’s best digital playground. It’s hair-standing-up-on-end-exhilarating. It’s
down-in-the-trenches-challenging. Its stroke-of-brilliance-at-midnight creative. It’s you—taking risks,
challenging yourself, pursuing ideas, changing the way millions of people do something they love: Play.
We’re EA—we’ve been making games for decades but you wouldn’t know that walking through our
studios. We’re still buzzing with the same innovative spirit we began with, though we’ve learned enough
to earn our rank as a leading developer, publisher and distributor of the world’s best games. What
began as a small group of people determined to “put real life in a box” has become an 8,000-people
strong, worldwide organization delivering on that very dream. If you’ve played The Sims lately, you
know exactly what we mean. And if you’ve played Battlefield 1, maybe you’d say that we’ve done real
life one better.

Whether you’re building Springfield on your mobile or your palms are sweaty from clutching your
controller during intense games of FIFA 17, chances are you’ve played an EA game. And if you haven’t,
well, what are you waiting for? In an industry that’s changing every day—whether it’s through new

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social channels, advancing technology, new audiences or unique opportunities for monetization—EA is
positioned for growth thanks to smart business plans, strategic acquisitions, and most importantly, our
creative people around the world who gather each day to unite the world through play. We take that
last part very seriously, so if what you’re reading excites you as much as it does us, we invite you to get
to know us better.

The Data Analyst role, in Testing & QA organization, will be responsible for assembling data from multiple
sources, conducting analyses, performing research, interacting with different internal customers,
designing, documenting, and implementing analytical solutions, as well as compiling and presenting
results, in graphical and written summaries, to a variety of audiences. You will be responsible for building
metrics reporting systems and for tracking process improvements across the organization. You will excel
in a fast paced environment, managing multiple responsibilities and deadlines in an internationally based
team. The ideal candidate would be an effective communicator who combines solid technical skills with
pride in excellence, who also demonstrates the potential to grow into a client-facing consulting role
and/or an analytical consulting role (i.e. development of simulation models).

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