Senior UX Designer

Who you are

• Education: Bachelor's degree in HCI, Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, or related area required. A combination of education and experience may substitute for a Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of experience in the game development industry specializing in UX/UI, having worked on 3+ different game titles
• A portfolio with relevant industry/personal work
• Ability to adapt and work in a fast-paced setting. Be able to rapidly develop 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 as they evolve with AI
• Ability to prioritize tasks, work efficiency, handle time effectively, and complete your work with minimal oversight
• Proactive self-development and interest in leveling up personal, interpersonal, and craft skills
• An authority on the UX Design process: Defining usability challenges, researching the problem space, analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, designing appropriate solutions, and validating ideas through testing
• Experienced expert in designing for games vs. task completion, specifically supporting fun and engagement
• High degree of competence in assessing and addressing product usability and applying user psychology
• An accomplished expert with prototyping design software
• An accomplished expert in user interface layout design, hierarchy, color theory, and information architecture
• Can consistently produce high-quality visual assets for user interfaces

What the job involves

• We are looking for a Senior UX/UI Designer to join the Zynga Poker team. As a Senior Designer you’ll shape the end to end experience for a live, social, real-time competitive game for millions of players globally where clarity, trust, and delight matter every hand played
• Collaborate with the product and design teams to conceptualize, define, and develop features that yield extraordinary experiences for our players
• Create user flows, interface wireframes, prototypes, and design documentation
• Employ the classic design process of defining problems, researching, analyzing, designing, and validating results
• Create UI design/layouts
• Collaborate with the art team to define/adhere to a thematic art style
• Design functional animation for user interactions
• Participate in the planning and moderating of user testing
• Conduct market competitor research and deconstructs
• Conduct heuristic evaluations of internal & external products
• Partner with technical artists and engineers to ensure designs will work well in the game engine
• Set examples, guides, and standard methodologies in UI/UX for others in your game team
• Lead and participate in company-wide UI/UX community events, critiques, product reviews, and feature retrospectives

Benefits

• COMPENSATION - Performance bonuses, opportunities for equity participation & retirement/pension savings support
• HEALTH - Medical, dental & vision covered for employees, with participation for employees eligible dependents, plus disability and life insurance program
• FAMILY - Generous parental leave for birth parents, partners and adoptive families, plus Infertility support, emergency child care and flexible time-off policies
• WELLNESS - Gym benefits, wellness programs, employee assistance programs and generous time-off policies
• FOOD - Food and snacks made in-house or delivered, healthy snack kitchens with drinks and treats, coffee bars, regular social gatherings and happy hours
• WORK & LIFE - Flexible time-off policies (DTO), office rest areas, gaming spaces, employee discounts and more
• TRANSIT BENEFITS - Shuttle service in select locations, commuter/parking benefits, secure bicycle storage, business travel assistance
• RESOURCE GROUPS - Women at Zynga (WAZ), zCares charitable giving, zParents, zEndurance adventure club, BZU, zPride LGBTQ+ inclusion and belonging