Senior UI Designer

What the job involves

• Zynga is looking for a Senior UI Designer
• This is a unique opportunity to directly influence the look and feel of the UI for our new casual mobile game
• The User Interface Artist supports Product, UX, and Art in authoring innovative visual solutions to create visually compelling, aesthetically consistent, and effective user interface design that promotes ease of use
• They unite artistic vision with the user journey by transforming conceptual layouts into refined, high‑fidelity interfaces, including HUDs, iconography, and navigational elements
• Create UI design/layouts
• Create high‑fidelity mock‑ups for pre‑visualization during pre‑production
• Develop mood boards and help guide the visual design of features
• Collaborate with the art team to define/adhere to a thematic art style
• Integrate functional animations for user interactions into design
• Prepare assets for implementation in the game engine
• Collaborate with UX Leadership to ensure designs meet best‑in‑class player experiences
• Partner with Production on defining time estimates and surfacing risks
• Work closely with technical artists and engineers to ensure implemented UI meets technical requirements while meeting established quality standards
• Set examples, guides, and templates for UI
• Participate in company‑wide UI community events, critiques, product reviews, and feature retrospectives
• Collaborate with UI staff from other game teams to share findings and develop standard methodologies across the organization

• 5+ years of experience in the game development industry specializing in UI Art and Visual Design, having worked on 3+ different game titles
• Passion for the casual mobile game space with applicable portfolio examples demonstrating a wide range of work and high level of polish
• Expert level in Adobe CC
• Experience applying user testing and genre research into design decisions
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work efficiently
• Demonstrates proactive self‑development and interest in leveling up personal, interpersonal, and craft skills
• Be organized and demonstrate good digital hygiene and adhere to established naming conventions and organizational standard methodologies
• Highly proficient written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to co‑work and connect with multiple studio locations, teams, and partners
• Able to collaborate with proactive communication and a willingness to build consensus with potentially opposing perspectives
• A mastery in classic graphic design principles
• An accomplished designer in user interface layout design, hierarchy, color theory, and information architecture
• Experienced in adapting and adhering to an established visual style and building upon it
• Highly polished final UI components that meet, if not exceed market expectations
• Highly skilled with standard creative software such as the Adobe Creative Suite
• Experienced in UI layout & design tools (Figma, or similar tools)
• Familiarity with collaborative virtual environments (Miro, Fig Jam)
• (Desirable) Engine Familiarity:
  Experience authoring and directly implementing user interfaces in Unity
• (Desirable) UX
  
  Experience:
  
  Maintain UI library and Design System in Figma, able to present alternative UX solutions to improve user experience
• (Desirable) Motion Design:
  Design UI animations as part of the final UI vision