UI/UX Designer

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., * 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.

• 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).

Level Up Your Career with Zynga!

At Zynga, we bring people together through the power of play. As a global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive, our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times-connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition.

From thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites and latest hits include FarmVille , Words With Friends , Zynga Poker , Game of Thrones Slots Casino , Wizard of Oz Slots , Hit it Rich! Slots , Wonka Slots , Top Eleven , Toon Blast , Empires & Puzzles , Merge Dragons! , CSR Racing , Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells , Match Factory , and Color Block Jam -plus many more!

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California, our teams span North America, Europe, and Asia, working together to craft unforgettable gaming experiences. Whether you’re spinning, strategizing, matching, or competing, Zynga is where fun meets innovation-and where you can take your career to the next level., 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