Senior UX Designer Poker

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 timesconnecting 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 Jamplus 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 youre spinning strategizing matching or competing Zynga is where fun meets innovationand where you can take your career to the next level.

Join us and be part of the play!

We are looking for a Senior UX/UI Designer to join the Zynga Poker team. As a Senior Designer youll 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.

• Education: Bachelors degree in HCI Design Graphic Design Industrial Design or related area required. A combination of education and experience may substitute for a Bachelors 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 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 theZynga Benefits site

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