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About the Role

As a Senior Designer on the Zynga Poker team, you will shape the end-to-end player experience for a live, social, real-time competitive game with millions of global players, where clarity, trust, and delight are paramount.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with product and design teams to conceptualize, define, and develop features that yield extraordinary player experiences.
Create user flows, interface wireframes, prototypes, and design documentation.
Employ the classic design process: defining problems, researching, analyzing, designing, and validating results.
Create UI design and layouts.
Collaborate with the art team to define and adhere to a thematic art style.
Design functional animation for user interactions.
Participate in the planning and moderation of user testing.
Conduct market competitor research and deconstructions.
Conduct heuristic evaluations of internal and external products.
Partner with technical artists and engineers to ensure designs integrate well within the game engine.
Set examples and guide UI/UX methodologies for the game team.
Lead and participate in company-wide UI/UX community events, critiques, product reviews, and feature retrospectives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in HCI, Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, or a related area, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
5+ years of experience in the game development industry specializing in UX/UI, with experience on 3+ different game titles.
A portfolio showcasing relevant industry/personal work.
Ability to adapt and work in a fast-paced setting, rapidly developing new skills and behaviors in response to changing circumstances.
Ability to present complex ideas to diverse audiences and articulate a convincing point of view.
Highly proficient written and verbal communication skills, including technical writing.
Ability to utilize new tools and technologies, including AI, as they evolve.
Ability to prioritize tasks, work efficiently, manage time effectively, and complete work with minimal oversight.
Proactive self-development and interest in leveling up personal, interpersonal, and craft skills.
Expertise in the UX Design process: defining usability challenges, researching the problem space, analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, designing appropriate solutions, and validating ideas through testing.
Expertise in designing for games, focusing on fun and engagement rather than just task completion.
High competence in assessing and addressing product usability and applying user psychology.
Expertise with prototyping design software.
Expertise in user interface layout design, hierarchy, color theory, and information architecture.
Consistently produce high-quality visual assets for user interfaces.

Skills

UX/UI
Game development
User flows
Wireframing
Prototyping
Design documentation
UI design
Animation design
User testing
Market research
Heuristic evaluation
Game engine integration
Technical writing
AI tools
Prototyping design software
User interface layout design
Information architecture
Color theory

Location

California

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in HCI, Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, or related area

Benefits

World-class benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our teams.

About the Company

Zynga brings people together through the power of play as a global leader in interactive entertainment and a label of Take-Two Interactive.
Our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times, connecting players in 175+ countries.
Our diverse game portfolio includes FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, and many more.
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California, our teams span North America, Europe, and Asia.
Zynga is where fun meets innovation.

Equal Opportunity

Zynga is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds.
Employment is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic, not on protected characteristics.
We are committed to providing necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process.
Contact accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request accommodations or for support related to your application.