Yashar Kiani

Yashar Kiani is a Creative Lead and Senior Game Designer at Electronic Arts (EA) since October 2024, bringing extensive experience in game design and system development. Previously, Yashar served as a Senior Game System Designer at YAGER, contributing to AAA and extraction shooter projects. Earlier roles include Game Designer at InnoGames GmbH, where involvement in AAA titles and mentoring was key, and a QA Engineer intern at trivago, focusing on facilitating development processes. Yashar began a career in game design at appxplore, collaborating on innovative game mechanics and level design. Yashar holds a Master of Arts in Game Development and Research from Cologne University of Applied Sciences and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Games Development from Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation.