Designing for the next-gen life simulation game: Project Rene
Timeline
May 2025 - Aug 2025
Studio/Team
EA Maxis/XD
Role
Experience Design Intern
Toolkit
Figma, Miro
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Specifics of this project are under NDA. Feel free to reach out to learn more!
OVERVIEW
I had the opportunity to join Electronic Arts (EA) Maxis as their Experience Design (XD) Intern. Electronic Arts is a video game company that develops and publishes games for consoles, PCs, and mobile devices, with over 540 million active users worldwide. EA is known for franchises such as The Sims, Apex Legends, and FC 25.
During my internship, I contributed to both gameplay features and internal development tools for Project Rene. My work included designing wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups, conducting user research, and auditing our design system to support consistency and scalability across teams.
EA Maxis XD Group Photo!
AS A PART OF THE XD TEAM, I..
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Owned the end-to-end UX design of a non-verbal communication system to support seamless, accessible player collaboration.
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Led cross-disciplinary research to uncover workflow inefficiencies and designed new features for an internal tool used across teams to improve efficiency.
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Conducted a design system audit to identify inconsistencies and opportunities for standardization, contributing to development, documentation, and scalability.
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