Position Overview:

We are looking for a UI/UX Designer to join the Zynga Poker team. In this role, your primary focus will be crafting high-quality, visually compelling user interfaces and HUD elements while utilizing core user experience principles to ensure seamless gameplay for millions of players globally. 

What You’ll Do:

UI / Visual Design Focus: ~70%

• Visual Interface Design: Create high-fidelity UI layouts, menus, icon systems, HUD components, and screen flows that align with Zynga Poker’s aesthetic and production standards.
• Art Style & Brand Alignment: Collaborate closely with the art team to define, refine, and adhere to a unified visual language and thematic art style across all features.
• Motion & Polish: Design micro-interactions, motion graphics, and functional animations for UI interactions to create feedback and tactile polish.
• Engine Integration: Partner with technical artists and engineers to implement visual UI assets, prefabs, and design systems into the game engine effectively.
• Asset Production: Consistently produce clean, optimized, production-ready UI art assets for real-time live-ops features.

UX & Strategy Focus:~30%

• User Flows & Wireframing: Develop clear user flows, information architecture, low-to-mid fidelity wireframes, and clickable prototypes for new features.
• Usability & Research: Participate in usability testing, heuristic evaluations, and competitor research/deconstructs to inform design decisions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product managers and game designers to define feature requirements and ensure player clarity, trust, and engagement.
• Community & Feedback: Participate in team critiques, product reviews, and feature retrospectives to contribute to UI/UX excellence across the product.

What You Bring:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in HCI, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Visual Design, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Experience: 3–5 years of experience in game development or interactive media specializing in UI/UX, with experience shipped on at least 1–2 titles.
• UI & Visual Expertise: Advanced proficiency in visual hierarchy, layout design, typography, color theory, iconography, and asset creation for mobile or cross-platform games.
• UX & Prototyping: Solid working knowledge of UX design practices, including wireframing, user flows, rapid prototyping, and user psychology principles.
• Tooling: Proficient with industry-standard design tools (e.g., Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Unity UI tools, or similar game engine interfaces).
• Adaptability & Collaboration: Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to articulate visual design choices to cross-functional teams in a fast-paced live service environment.
• Portfolio: A portfolio demonstrating strong visual UI design execution, polished game UI assets, motion/micro-interactions, and supporting UX documentation (wireframes, flows).

What We Offer You:

Zynga offers a world-class benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our teams. To find out more about our benefits, visit the Zynga Benefits site