Zynga is seeking a skilled Senior Animator to join a dynamic team for one of Zynga’s most established games. We are looking for driven individuals who want to contribute to the growth and development of our product in a highly-collaborative environment. The ideal candidate must be able to work with talented contributors from different disciplines and bring a unique perspective to the table. Applicants must have a strong understanding of animation principles and be able to use a range of techniques to drive high quality visuals with a limited toolset.

You will confidently and respectfully challenge the status quo in order to improve things. Assertive when needed, you voice concerns, generate ideas for improvements, and stay on the cutting edge of animation technology and technique. Confident in your decision making, you nevertheless think carefully before you speak and act.

Main Responsibilities

• Produce high quality animation using animation principles for characters, environments, UI, VFX.
• Encouraging and generating creative ideas and solutions with the team.
• Demonstrate excellent time management, to deliver animation to required quality, specification and time.
• Proficient level of communication and emotional intelligence for cross discipline collaboration and problem solving.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of how animation supports gameplay and narrative with the ability to communicate these links to the team.
• Demonstrate proficiency in 3D animation software (e.g. Maya, Blender, Unity).
• Assist in the preparation of assets for animation using Photoshop.
• Prioritizing optimization when integrating animations within a game team’s game engine.

Desired Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of game development experience.
• Senior level animation skills (2D/3D, character, environment, UI, VFX)
• Senior level communication and problem solving skills.
• The ability to provide and receive feedback.
• Software experience in: Maya, Unity, Photoshop, Perforce, Git
• Technical experience skinning and rigging 2D/3D assets/characters.
• Knowledge of game development on multiple projects, enabling pragmatic, strategic judgements and providing creative ideas and solutions to the team.
• Proven experience delivering animations on ambitious timelines.
• Experience working on business level tasks, e.g. cross discipline pipeline development.
• Excellent showreel.
• A love of games!

Bonus Skills

• Experience providing guidance and feedback to Outsource & Partner Studios
• Experience with Spine and After Effects
• Experience with 3D Modeling

What we offer you:

• Competitive salary, bonus plan and, ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
• 401K Company Match Contribution
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
• Telemedicine, Virtual mental health, Emotional Support Services, EAP, and neurodiversity support programs
• Family building new parent & menopause support
• Global Fitness Reimbursement program
• Global Wellbeing Program
• Charitable Giving and Volunteer Program
• Generous paid parental, pregnancy-related disability, caregiver, and compassionate leaves
• Back-up childcare
• Discretionary Time Off policy for many employees
• Flexible working hours on many teams

We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to building a diverse and talented workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law. We welcome job-seekers, players, employees, and partners from all backgrounds to join us!

We will consider all qualified job-seekers with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities in order to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at AccommodationRequest@zynga.com to request an accommodation associated with your application for an open position.