Zynga

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. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview As a Senior Manager, Lifecycle Marketing, you will manage a team of Managers and/or Specialists across multiple game genres, and own the planning and execution of Lifecycle strategy for that portfolio. This position requires you to be data-driven, strategic, and a strong cross-functional collaborator. You will represent the Lifecycle Team in cross-functional and strategy meetings, sharing insights that keep the team's work aligned to broader Lifecycle and organisational goals, and you will set team objectives in line with BU objectives. What You'll Do - Manage and develop a team of Managers and/or Specialists across owned genres, providing clear direction, coaching, and day-to-day people leadership. - Own performance management for direct reports, including goal-setting, regular 1:1s, feedback, and career development. - Own hiring, onboarding, and headcount planning for the team, partnering with the Director and HR on capacity needs. - Act as the senior escalation point for the team on strategy, cross-functional blockers, and execution issues. - Own the planning of LCM strategy across multiple game genres (e.g. Slots, Racing, Match-3, Word, Casino). - Design and drive nurture programs that improve customer engagement, retention, and reactivation. - Define and drive go-to-market communication plans for new product launches and feature releases. - Own adoption of new tools and technology across the team, and monitor IP and domain health, implementing best practices to protect channel health. - Maintain and evolve centralized team documentation (LCM Wiki, experiment readouts) to scale knowledge across the team. - Set team goals (OKRs) in line with BU objectives, and cascade them into individual goals for direct reports. - Represent the Lifecycle Team in cross-functional and strategy meetings, sharing insights in line with overall LCM and organisational goals. - Interpret data, analyze results, and develop insights that improve retention, engagement, conversion rate, and customer loyalty. - Present performance reports and readouts to stakeholders, identify drivers, and make recommendations for improvement. - Partner cross-functionally with Production, Product, Product Marketing, Analytics, Studio-Ops, and Central support teams to deliver personalized customer journeys. - Embrace established processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency across owned genres. - Be analytical, critical, and offer recommendations motivated by data. What You Bring - Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience in CRM or Lifecycle Marketing roles (B2C only). - 2+ years of people management experience, with a track record of managing Managers and/or Specialists. - Technical knowledge of HTML, SQL, and Content Management Systems like Braze/Leanplum/Moengage; CMS tool integration experience preferred. - Experience warming up new IPs and monitoring domain reputation, with strong technical grounding in email deliverability. - Deep understanding of conversion levers across the funnel, with the ability to define and track success metrics for each initiative. - Technical expertise with Email, Push, SMS, and IAMs - deliverability, optimization, and best practices. - Multi-variate testing expertise and strong understanding of QA processes. - Self-starter with the ability to thrive under pressure in a fast-paced environment; operates with little to no supervision. - Strong communication, copywriting, organizational, and project management skills. - Attention to detail, team-first attitude, and passion for games. What We Offer You The pay range for this position in Toronto at the start of employment is expected to be between $119,300 and $160,000 per year. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses. Ontario only: The use of Artificial Intelligence is not being used to screen candidates. The position is for an existing vacancy. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview The (VIP Account Manager) will be responsible for working in social gaming (retaining, reactivating VIP Players). Developing new VIP customers, increasing player lifetime value and revenue contribution for assigned VIP customers. Key objective is to grow the VIP player base with corresponding revenues as directed by their team Manager. Proactive outbound communication will be essential in this role to grow players so a background in customer service or VIP account management would suit the role. Main Responsibilities - The Account Manager will be responsible for cultivating and developing relationships and serves as a trusted consultant to our most financially invested and players in his / her VIP base by reaching more than 125 contacts a day via phone/email. - Serve as an industry expert and act as a liaison between our highest value players and the studio to resolve bugs and maintain retention of their designated VIP base. - Ensure that our clients receive the highest level of sales and operational customer service by leveraging a highly consultative approach. - Work collaboratively with cross functional teams (Studios for Feature development and special promotions) to drive revenue growth with VIP base. Uses data science driven workflows daily to increase engagement, reactivate and increase revenue in their designated VIP base. - Strong quantitative aptitude with the ability to analyze campaign performance statistics on their VIP base. - Possess strong communication and presentation skills; ability to connect and reconnect VIP base through high level relationship building with their dedicated base. - Partner with our Senior Director to create consultative engagement and reactivation presentations using market trends, VIP research and industry specific case studies. - Instrumental in driving the RFP documentation for studios to build out VIP driven features to drive higher revenue. - Exceed annual targeted goals for Productivity, Quality, CSAT and reactivation and engagement goals. Position does not require managing direct reports. Required Skills and Experience - College Degree preferred but not mandatory - Impeccable communication skills - Extensive Customer Service experience - Excellent telephone skills – able to handle high call volume 90 or more a day - Customer Focused - Ability to generate revenue on own initiative based on personal account relationships - Accuracy and Attention to detail - Rapport building skills - Team player - Knowledge of Microsoft Office - 3 or more years of customer service or account management experience - Some travel may be needed - Some weekends or evenings may be required Preferred Skills and Experience - Target / Sales Driven - High level understanding / interest in social gaming - Positive attitude and are excited to learn more What We Offer You The pay for this position in Chicago, IL, at the start of employment is $30 per hour. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company's discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview: We are looking for an experienced Senior Product Designer to play an essential role in developing the next generation of our Direct to Consumer tools. You’ll help Zynga shape the future of mobile game commerce experiences, closely collaborating with partners across product teams to discover and define the most compelling experiences for our customers. What You’ll Do: - Lead design for high-impact initiatives across mobile native apps and mobile web, with a primary focus on mobile commerce and user experience, from initial discovery and brainstorming to high-fidelity prototyping and post-launch iteration - Proactively audit games and commerce experiences to identify friction points and opportunities - Collaborate with product, engineering, and partner teams to translate complex requirements into thoughtful solutions from concept to launch - Use customer feedback, research insights, and data analytics to discover unexpected insights and gain a deeper understanding of user experiences - Build interactive prototypes to quickly visualize and validate feature ideas - Own the creation and evolution of our Design System. You will build and maintain a scalable library of components using advanced Figma features to ensure efficiency and visual consistency. - Champion UX excellence across the team. You will participate in product reviews, lead critiques, and mentor junior UI/UX staff to level up the team's collective craft What You Bring: - 5–8+ years of professional product design experience focused on B2C mobile e-commerce or consumer-facing commerce products - A compelling portfolio demonstrating mobile-first design, high-quality UI execution, and measurable outcomes - Extensive experience designing end-to-end consumer journeys like product discovery, product detail pages, shopping cart, checkout, account pages, loyalty/rewards, subscription experiences - Advanced proficiency in Figma, with deep experience in building and managing scalable design systems, components, and variables. - Excellent digital hygiene, committed to organized files, clear naming conventions, and proactive documentation - Proven ability to lead collaborative efforts with product managers, developers, and designers from initial ideation to final launch Zynga is known for its data-driven culture, its entrepreneurial mindset, and its fast-paced, challenging work environment where each individual can make a difference. We value strong analytical skills, problem-solving and quantitative experience. We look for great communicators, leaders, and team players. 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 The pay range for this position in Ontario at the start of employment is expected to be between $99,800 and $142,660 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses. The use of Artificial Intelligence is not being used to screen candidates. The position is for an existing vacancy. Please note that Zynga is unable to provide visa sponsorship or assistance for this position. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring current or future employer sponsorship. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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. Join us and be part of the play! We are looking for a results-driven UA leader to drive profitable growth for Gram Games and Merge Dragons! . This role will own the full UA strategy and execution across all major channels, leading scale initiatives while improving efficiency, measurement, and cross-functional collaboration. You will work closely with Product, Creative, ASO, and Data teams to unlock sustainable growth, strengthen funnel performance, and continuously identify new opportunities. You will mentor and empower the UA team to deliver best-in-class execution with strong accountability on performance outcomes. Responsibilities Strategic Leadership - Own the end-to-end UA strategy and performance for the portfolio, ensuring profitability targets are met. - Manage yearly growth planning, scaling strategies, and risk-mitigation across markets and channels. - Drive strategic experimentation and support innovation in targeting, channels, and inventory diversification. Performance Optimization - Lead measurement frameworks (MMM, incrementality studies, pLTV) to improve decision quality. - Strengthen full-funnel performance with product-aligned campaigns (FTUE/RTUE, monetization events). - Build rigorous test roadmaps in creative, audiences, and campaign structure to drive ROAS and LTV uplift. Team & Collaboration - Mentor UA managers and analysts; help build structured career growth and execution excellence. - Partner closely with Creative teams to fuel testing velocity and creative breakthroughs. - Collaborate with ASO and Product teams to ensure cohesive funnel optimization and visibility improvements. Operational Excellence - Establish clear accountability for results with transparent reporting and actionable insights. - Improve execution speed through better process, prioritization, and cross-team alignment. Qualifications - 6–10+ years of performance marketing experience in mobile free-to-play, ideally in gaming. - Proven track record of scaling multi-million €/$ UA budgets profitably. - Strong fluency in mobile attribution, LTV modeling, and ROAS optimization. - Experience leading and developing high-performing teams. - Strong analytical thinking and decision-making using data and experimentation. - Ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across multiple functions. - Bonus: familiarity with Match-3/puzzle models and Merge Games or builder games. Benefits In return for bringing your expertise to this top-priority role, we offer some of the best benefits in the gaming industry! - Highly competitive salary - Private medical care - Company bonus scheme - Relocation assistance for those moving to the UK - Awesome onsite chef serving breakfast, lunch, and lots of treats (naughty and nice) - Life insurance and a favorable pension scheme - Healthcare cash plan, including dental and optical coverage - Amazing tech to work with and consoles to play and relax with everywhere you look! LI-Hybrid We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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. Join us and be part of the play! We are looking for an ASO & Partnerships leader to drive organic growth and deepen platform relationships for Merge Dragons, Monster Legends, Dragon City, FarmVille titles and many more. This role owns the studio's app store optimization strategy end-to-end and serves as our primary relationship holder with the major app store platforms — Google Play, the Apple App Store, Microsoft Store and Amazon Appstore. You will lead a team responsible for improving organic visibility, store conversion, and featuring, while working closely with Product, Creative, UA, and Data teams to unlock sustainable organic growth and strengthen the top of the funnel. You will mentor and empower the ASO team to deliver best-in-class execution, and you'll be the studio's trusted voice in front of our platform partners. Responsibilities Strategic Leadership - Own the end-to-end ASO strategy for the portfolio, driving organic installs, store conversion, and keyword/category rankings across all markets. - Define and manage the yearly organic growth roadmap, including localization, seasonal, and launch strategies. - Set the studio's platform partnership strategy, aligning featuring and promotional opportunities with business priorities and release calendars. Platform Partnerships - Build and maintain strategic relationships with Google Play, Apple App Store, Microsoft Store, and Amazon Appstore partner teams. - Secure featuring, editorial placements, and promotional opportunities across launches, updates, and key seasonal moments. - Advocate for early access to platform betas, new store features, monetization tools, and APIs, and channel those opportunities back to Product and UA. - Represent the studio in partner reviews, QBRs, and industry events, and negotiate co-marketing and joint business plans. Performance Optimization - Lead store listing experimentation (Custom Product Pages, Product Page Optimization, Google Play store listing experiments) to improve conversion rate. - Own keyword and metadata optimization, and build rigorous test roadmaps across icons, screenshots, preview videos, and descriptions. - Establish measurement frameworks to attribute organic uplift and quantify the impact of ASO and featuring initiatives. Team & Collaboration - Mentor ASO managers, specialists, and analysts; build structured career growth and execution excellence. - Partner closely with Creative teams to fuel store asset testing velocity and creative breakthroughs. - Collaborate with UA, Product, and Data teams to ensure cohesive full-funnel optimization and visibility improvements. Operational Excellence - Establish clear accountability for results with transparent reporting and actionable insights. - Improve execution speed through better process, prioritization, and cross-team alignment. Qualifications - 6–10+ years of ASO or mobile organic growth experience in free-to-play, ideally in gaming. - Proven track record of improving organic installs and store conversion at scale across multiple markets. - Established working relationships with platform partner teams (Apple, Google, and ideally Microsoft and/or Amazon). - Strong fluency in ASO tools (e.g. AppTweak, Sensor Tower, data.ai) and store listing A/B testing methodologies. - Deep understanding of app store algorithms, ranking factors, and each platform's merchandising ecosystem. - Experience leading and developing high-performing teams. - Ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across multiple functions. - Bonus: familiarity with Match-3/puzzle models and hybrid-casual or builder games. LI-Hybrid We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview We are looking to welcome yet another brilliant Senior Marketing Data Analyst into our Marketing Analytics team. As a Senior Data Analyst, you’ll be responsible for designing and driving high-impact analytics solutions, from developing advanced statistical frameworks to evaluate marketing performance, to building data pipelines that integrate third-party sources, to creating interactive tools that empower partner teams. These are just a few examples of the initiatives you’ll help lead and deliver end-to-end, playing a key role in shaping the technical direction of our analytics efforts. The demands on this team are constantly evolving with the needs of Socialpoint’s and Zynga’s dynamic marketing teams, so it is important that you be able to adapt and utilize your time efficiently. What you'll do: - Partner closely with marketing and cross-functional teams to identify growth opportunities, improve efficiency, and shape strategic initiatives. - Lead analytical deep dives to surface insights and translate them into actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders. - Visualize and communicate analytical findings clearly, enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization. - Apply statistical methodologies to evaluate performance and account for uncertainties in major initiatives. - Proactively explore and prototype opportunities using AI-driven automation to streamline investigations and improve decision-making. What You Bring: - Demonstrated experience with some or all of the following: predictive modeling, statistics, experimental design, optimization, data visualization - Understanding of marketing metrics and KPIs, with experience in campaign optimization, Lifetime Value (LTV) modeling, and incrementality analysis - Proficiency in SQL and Python with hands-on experience in Redshift, Databricks, PySpark, and Airflow - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate ambiguous questions into data-driven insights - Strong communication skills — you can explain complex data in simple, actionable terms - Familiarity with AI/ML concepts or experience in automating recurring analytics workflows is a plus - A team player, you establish effective relationships to work with others for the win - Proven work experience in data analytics or data science roles - BS in Computer Science, Math, Statistics, Economics, or other quantitative field; Masters, MBA or PhD preferred What's in it for you as a Socialpointer? - Hybrid working model: we ask you to come to our Barcelona office at least 2 days per week - A generous 25 days of annual leave, plus public holidays - Private medical insurance for you and your family to keep your health bar full - Disability and life insurance - Choose from the latest iOS or Android device when you join (phone or tablet) - Free language lessons in English, Spanish and Catalan - Spotify Premium to add the perfect soundtrack to your adventure - Legendary social events and parties to let off some steam - Take-Two Interactive employee stock purchase plan (eligibility criteria applies) - Professional development budget for skills training Onsite perks include: - State of the art gym facilities - Free breakfast, lunch, and specialty coffee - Onsite physiotherapist and hairdresser (no wallet needed!) The list goes on and on… so get your game on and apply now! Click “Apply” to level up and submit your application in English. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview: Come join our team at Zynga making an impact across all of the company’s games - Mobile Game Tech (MGT). Lead the FinOps team by setting technical direction, crafting and implementing backend services for our games. We’re looking for outstanding engineers with a passion for technology and the desire to work in a team with dynamic strengths. This unique position will challenge you to tackle situations across a broad set of technical stacks, to soak up internal business logic from all kinds of teams, and to drive cost efficiency improvements across the organization. This FinOps team expands beyond just AWS and GCP and investigates cost optimization and unit economics for a variety of technology vendors. What You'll Do: - Lead all technical aspects of the FinOps team’s software development and data analysis, including mentorship of software and cloud engineers - Stay up-to-date on changes within Cloud Hosting Providers (AWS) and other vendor software (Unity, Splunk, Datadog, Jetbrains, etc) to identify new cost savings opportunities for the organization - Propose and design new FinOps tooling using a wide array of patterns: Data Pipeline, API, Cron jobs, Slack bot, UI, SQL, NoSQL, Tableau - Assist Product Management with prioritizing endeavors based upon organization impact, estimated cost reduction, and level of effort - Assist Data Analysts with designing SQL tables and using Tableau effectively for accurate data analysis - Coordinate with team members across the enterprise to ensure cost optimization and cost transparency initiatives are effective and valuable - Partner with engineering, finance, and business teams to resolve ad hoc FinOps inquiries, provide actionable insights, and drive data-informed cost optimization decisions. - Serve as a technical advisor to internal customers and stakeholders, addressing complex FinOps-related questions and providing guidance on cloud cost optimization, architecture decisions, and best practices. What You Bring: - B.S. in Computer Science, Math, Statistics, Engineering, or other quantitative field (or equivalent experience) - Experience serving as a technical leader in an enterprise (collaboration with 50+ teams) - Experience collaborating with customers across many teams and levels within an enterprise - Experience serving as a mentor to other engineers - Experience leading projects from the ground up, breaking work into logical components, and delegating tasks - 8+ years of hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) - 8+ years of hands-on experience with software programming (preferably Python) - Hands-on experience with SQL tables and SQL queries - Hands-on experience developing APIs, UIs, and data pipelines - Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code and continuous integration testing - Strong collaborative approach Bonus Points: - Previous experience with FinOps practices and cost management analysis 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 The pay range for this position in Toronto at the start of employment is expected to be between $156,140 and $206,140 CAD per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses. Ontario only: The use of Artificial Intelligence is not being used to screen candidates. The position is for an existing vacancy. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview: Join our Central Analytics team to build high-quality data marts, tools, and AI-powered workflows that shape player experience and drive game growth. You'll work alongside talented and experienced Analytics Engineers, partnering closely with game and marketing analysts to deliver solutions that make a real difference, all using a modern, cutting-edge technical stack. To truly make an impact, you'll need to learn quickly, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and collaborate closely within the team and with the stakeholders. What You’ll Take On: - Write and optimize complex SQL queries to support, experimentation, and model feature engineering across large-scale player datasets. - Design, build, and maintain cross-game data marts, providing clean and transformed data ready for Analysts to use. - Develop scalable, reusable, and maintainable code, tools, and frameworks that can be adopted across different game teams. - Partner with game analytics teams to co-design, build, and maintain data tools and products used across multiple applications. - Build and maintain end-to-end AI pipelines to support the day to day Analysts tasks. - Share knowledge across the team by educating game analysts on coding and software engineering best practices. Why should you join us? - We are committed to continuous improvement, you will never stop learning. - We are a collaborative team that learns from each other every day. - We run a large production pipeline spanning ETLs, analytical tools and AI/ML models. - We focus on delivering innovative solutions to real-world problems. What You Bring: - A bachelor degree in a quantitative field (e.g Engineering, Computer Science, Maths, Statistics or Physics). - Advanced SQL skills, including experience with CTEs, query optimization, and large-scale data warehouses. - Advanced experience building and maintaining data pipelines in production environments, using tools such as Airflow, Docker, S3, and CI/CD workflows. - Advanced experience in Python for developing production-level data analytics solutions. - Basic to intermediate experience integrating LLMs or working with generative AI tools and workflows. - A collaborative team player who builds trust, communicates openly, and contributes to shared success. - A fast learner who is proactive and comfortable working with ambiguity. - Detail-oriented, with a strong commitment to accuracy and high-quality outcomes. - Pragmatic, with the ability to balance short-term delivery needs with long-term technical quality. Nice-to-haves: - Experience creating and maintaining dashboards in Tableau or a similar BI tool. - Background in the Mobile Gaming industry. - Background in Marketing Analytics. What's in it for you as a Socialpointer? - Hybrid working from home/office system. So, what does this mean? All we ask is that you live within commuting distance of our office in Barcelona so you are able to come into the office for important meetings/events. - Relocation support to help you move to Barcelona (if you’re not already here). - An impressive 25 days annual leave, not including public holidays. - 5 additional days annual leave on Christmas. - A very generous ticket-restaurant to restore some life-points. - Private medical insurance for you and your family, to keep your health bar full. - Choose from the latest IOS or Android device upon joining (phone or tablet). - Free language lessons (English & Spanish ). - Spotify Premium to add that special soundtrack that every adventure deserves. - Legendary social events & parties to let off some steam. - Players develop…Oops, sorry! People development is key for us: an amazing budget just for you to spend skilling up your abilities & knowledge to achieve real growth opportunities! Coming to work in the office? Don’t worry - we have you covered. Check out some of our onsite benefits: - Want to stay in shape? We have state of the art gym facilities so you can level up your build stats. - A massive gaming room equipped with all consoles and games you could ask for. - Book an appointment with our onsite physiotherapist for your aches and pains. - Drop by our onsite hairdressers for a trim (and forget your wallet; it's a Guild perk). The list just goes on & on... so get your game on & apply now! Please click “apply” to level up and submit your application in English. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview: We’re looking for a Principal Data Analyst to join our Analytics team. In this senior role, you’ll be a key partner to our game teams, shaping product strategy and driving impactful data-driven decisions that improve our games, boost player engagement, and fuel business growth. You’ll combine deep quantitative analysis, business acumen, and technical expertise to uncover insights that matter. As a Principal, you’ll also help elevate analytics standards across the company, mentor analysts, and champion a culture of data-informed decision-making. What You'll do: - Help Shape the Game Strategy: Be a part of the development of data-driven strategies for top games, influencing product roadmaps, features, and monetization. - Player & Product Insights: Partner with cross-functional teams to analyze player behavior, economy trends, and product performance. - Experimentation & Modeling: Design A/B tests and build predictive models (e.g., churn, LTV, segmentation) to assess and forecast outcomes. - Leadership & Communication: Mentor analysts and present insights clearly to senior leadership through compelling storytelling and dashboards. - Data Culture & Infrastructure: Collaborate on improving data tools and pipelines while promoting data literacy and experimentation best practices. What You Bring: - Experience in analytics or data science roles, ideally in gaming, mobile apps, or digital products. - Strong business sense and product intuition; you understand how to prioritize what matters most. - Solid experience with A/B testing, causal inference, and experimentation design. - Strong background in applied statistics; experience with Bayesian methods is a plus. - Expert proficiency in SQL and Python for data exploration and analysis. - Excellent communication skills, with experience influencing senior stakeholders. - Ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences. - Demonstrated experience working with visualization tools like Tableau, Looker, or similar. - Experience mentoring or leading other analysts is a big plus. - Fast learner, highly meticulous, proactive, and pragmatic. What's in it for you as a Socialpointer? - Hybrid working model: we ask you to come to our Barcelona office at least 2 days per week - A generous 25 days of annual leave, plus public holidays - Private medical insurance for you and your family to keep your health bar full - Disability and life insurance - Choose from the latest iOS or Android device when you join (phone or tablet) - Free language lessons in English, Spanish and Catalan - Spotify Premium to add the perfect soundtrack to your adventure - Legendary social events and parties to let off some steam - Take-Two Interactive employee stock purchase plan (eligibility criteria applies) - Professional development budget for skills training Onsite perks include: - State of the art gym facilities - Free breakfast, lunch, and specialty coffee - Onsite physiotherapist and hairdresser (no wallet needed!) The list goes on and on… so get your game on and apply now! Click “Apply” to level up and submit your application in English. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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. Join us and be part of the play! 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, with a strong focus on 2D and sprite-based animation . 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. What you will do: - Produce high quality 2D and sprite-based 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 2D animation workflows and sprite-based animation techniques . - Experience working with Spine is a plus, with knowledge of skeletal and mesh-based 2D animation workflows being highly desirable. - Assist in the preparation of assets for animation using Photoshop. - Prioritizing optimization when integrating animations within a game team’s game engine. What you bring: - 6-11 years of game development experience. - Senior level 2D animation skills, with a strong focus on sprite-based animation. - Senior level communication and problem solving skills. - The ability to provide and receive feedback. - Software experience in Spine, Photoshop, Unity/Cocos2D - Technical experience preparing and working with 2D animation assets, sprites, rigs, and animation-ready assets. - 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. - Experience working with game animation pipelines and optimization, including preparing and integrating animation assets for runtime. - Excellent showreel demonstrating strong 2D and sprite animation skills. - A love of games! 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 We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview: Zynga is looking for a server-side engineer in the Austin or Chicago areas, and more specifically, someone whose level of experience should be equivalent to a Senior Software Engineer. We have a well-rounded and tight-knit, distributed team with a healthy mix of engineering skill levels, and are looking to strengthen our team in tackling a variety of challenges that we face. We need a self-driven and motivated engineer who is a strong communicator, works well as a team player, and performs well under tight deadlines. The candidate would have an opportunity to work on critical game components that contribute to user-facing features, gameplay functionality, existing functionality & systems, and have a general focus on solving challenging problems for high profile titles. The ideal candidate will have strong working knowledge in PHP and will have at least four years of experience as a software developer. Our mission is to “Connect the World through Games” by building a truly social experience that makes the world a better place. To be successful in this role you will have a passion for games, a high level of integrity, great technical depth and skills, and a strong desire to build successful software. What You'll Do: - Help to develop features & gameplay functionality in PHP - Dive into the internals of existing systems to extend them as-needed - Create and work with data objects in relational and non-relational storage models - Develop and integrate new technologies and tools - Assist with defining and scoping out work What You Bring: - B.Sc. in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent education / work experience - 4+ Years industry experience as a Software Developer - Strong working knowledge in an object-oriented backend language like PHP - Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software methodologies - Excellent communication skills and comfort working in a collaborative environment Bonus Points: - Prior game development experience (on shipped titles or live games experience) - Mobile development experience with a focus on Unity, iOS, and/or Android - Experience in Javascript, Go, or similar programming languages - Experience with Source Control like git 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 The pay range for this position in Illinois at the start of employment is expected to be between $98,100 and $145,200 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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. Join us and be part of the play! 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 We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview: NaturalMotion is looking for a talented and passionate Meta Designer to join our London studio, helping shape the combat experience for our first-person shooter mobile title. This role focuses on designing and managing metagame, live, and progression features to create a satisfying and sustainable mobile experience. You will own key metagame features from conception through live, coordinating with design, art, UX, engineering, and product management throughout the whole process. As a live game you will need to design features with iteration and extensibility in mind and analyze live data to expand and improve your features over time. We are looking for someone who brings both craft knowledge, an excitement to try new things, and a genuine love of action games. We embrace a hybrid work environment. Within this role you will work 2 days per week in our London office and the remaining days at home. What You'll Do: - Ownership of designing, prototyping, and implementing progression, economy, and engagement features that align with the creative vision of the game - Help define, analyze, and take action on analytics, feature data, and KPIs - Work closely with live and product management teams to define goals and implement solutions to boost engagement - Collaborate closely with art, animation, audio, design and engineering teams to build content and solve problems in a multi-disciplinary environment - Develop and balance in-game economies across many different metagame features - Work closely with UX and engineering to ensure features are implemented in ways that meet the engagement goals - Analyse player data, feedback, and behaviours to identify and fix metagame issues and retention barriers - Work concurrently on multiple features at varying stages of development, managing priorities effectively as content pipelines run in parallel - Document and communicate metagame feature concepts clearly to ensure alignment across all development teams What You Bring: - Previous experience in Metagame / Progression / Engagement Design or an equivalent role in the video game industry - At least one shipped title in a design role for a live service title - Experience designing and implementing progression, economy, or engagement features for live gamesKnowledge and experience analyzing KPIs and player behaviour data - Familiarity with the Unreal game engine - Ability to analyse gameplay data and player feedback to inform and balance design decisions - Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-disciplinary teams - The ability to manage multiple designs in a fast-paced development environment - Passionate about action games with a deep understanding of what makes enemy designs engaging and memorable Bonus Points: - Background in mobile games with an understanding of mobile player behaviour and market leaders - Experience with visual scripting or rapid prototyping tools - An avid gamer with a genuine enthusiasm for crafting engaging progression and metagame features and motivating players over a long period of time What We Offer You: - Competitive salary and discretionary annual bonus scheme - 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays & 2 paid personal days - 6 months fully paid maternity/adoption leave and 16 weeks fully paid paternity leave (eligibility criteria applies) - Pension plan, with a double matching employer contribution - Private medical & dental insurance and healthcare cash plan - Life insurance, personal accident insurance and income protection - Mental health and neurodiversity support programs - Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan (eligibility criteria applies) - Fitness reimbursement plan, worth £600 per annum - Flexible working hours - Weekly happy hours, seasonal parties and monthly social events - Annual rail season ticket advance and cycle to work scheme LI-Hybrid LI-NH3 We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview: NaturalMotion is looking for a talented and passionate Enemy Designer to join our London studio, helping shape the combat experience for our first-person shooter mobile title. This role focuses on implementing well known enemies, adapting existing enemies and adding new compelling enemies to bring an authentic console experience to mobile Sitting at the intersection of design, art, animation, audio, and engineering, you will ensure enemy encounters are polished, purposeful and fun. A core responsibility will be working with Level Design & Combat Design to ensure every enemy encounter is polished, purposeful, and fun. We are looking for someone who brings both craft knowledge and a genuine love of action games. We embrace a hybrid work environment. Within this role you will work 2 days per week in our London office and the remaining days at home. What You'll Do: - Ownership of designing, prototyping, and implementing enemy behaviours, AI systems, boss encounters & other features that align with the creative vision of the game - Take enemies and bosses from paper design through to shipping quality, ensuring they are complete, polished and fun for players - Work with Level Design & Combat Design to ensure enemies, factions, and NPCs meet their goals at every stage of development. Define required metrics to track and achieve them - Collaborate closely with art, animation, audio, design and engineering teams to build content and solve problems in a multi-disciplinary environment - Develop and balance a diverse roster of enemies, bosses, mutators & more - Create compelling AI behaviours & attack patterns that provide an exciting experience and appropriately challenging for players - Analyse combat data, player feedback, and internal playtests to refine and iterate on enemy and boss designs - Work concurrently on multiple features at varying stages of development, managing priorities effectively as content pipelines run in parallel - Document and communicate enemy and boss design concepts clearly to ensure alignment across all development teams What You Bring: - Previous experience in Combat / Enemy Design or an equivalent role in the video game industry - At least one shipped title in a design role for a Shooter / Action / RPG title - Experience designing and implementing enemy AI, behaviours, and encounters for action games - Experience working on a first-person or third-person game - Familiarity with the Unreal game engine - Ability to analyse gameplay data and player feedback to inform and balance design decisions - Strong visual & verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-disciplinary teams - The ability to manage multiple designs in a fast-paced development environment - Passionate about action games with a deep understanding of what makes enemy designs engaging and memorable Bonus Points: - Background in live service games and/ or mobile games with an understanding of ongoing balancing and content updates - Experience with visual scripting or rapid prototyping tools - An avid gamer with a genuine enthusiasm for crafting memorable and inventive enemy designs What We Offer You: - Competitive salary and discretionary annual bonus scheme - 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays & 2 paid personal days - 6 months fully paid maternity/adoption leave and 16 weeks fully paid paternity leave (eligibility criteria applies) - Pension plan, with a double matching employer contribution - Private medical & dental insurance and healthcare cash plan - Life insurance, personal accident insurance and income protection - Mental health and neurodiversity support programs - Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan (eligibility criteria applies) - Fitness reimbursement plan, worth £600 per annum - Flexible working hours - Weekly happy hours, seasonal parties and monthly social events - Annual rail season ticket advance and cycle to work scheme LI-Hybrid LI-NH3 We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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. Join us and be part of the play! The New Games team is looking for a highly skilled Senior VFX & Animation Generalist to join us. This is a hands-on and creative role for someone who can take visual effects and motion design from ideation to final in-game implementation. You will help design, build, and polish the VFX and motion language of the game, working closely with art, design, tech art, engineering, and production. Crucially, we need someone who can take full ownership of the pipeline that drives the dynamic, deeply satisfying VFX and interactions seen in top-tier, highly polished casual puzzle games. We are looking for a generalist who combines strong artistic judgment with deep hands-on Unity experience. Responsibilities - Own, build, and optimize the VFX and animation pipeline, establishing efficient workflows tailored to producing the highly dynamic and rewarding interactions expected in top-tier casual puzzle games. - Create high-quality VFX and animations from ideation, concept, and visual exploration through to final implementation in Unity. - Design and implement "juicy" interactions and celebratory effects that make every player interaction feel incredibly tactile and satisfying. - Bring your own creative ideas to the table to make the puzzle pieces, UI, environments, and effects feel alive and responsive. - Work hands-on with modern Unity workflows, including the Animation timeline, Particle System, Shader Graph, URP, custom materials, and animation-driven effects. - Translate concepts, prototypes, gameplay needs, and rough ideas into clear, polished in-engine effects and motion. - Optimize VFX and animations for mobile, balancing visual ambition with performance, memory, readability, and production constraints. - Identify visual, technical, and workflow bottlenecks in the pipeline, and propose practical solutions. - Collaborate with tech art and engineering on shaders, tools, profiling, and runtime performance. Requirements - Significant experience (at a Senior, Lead, or Principal level) creating real-time VFX and animations for games, specifically casual puzzle games or highly polished free-to-play titles. - Proven experience owning, building, or significantly contributing to a VFX and animation pipeline for mobile. - A strong grasp of fundamental animation principles applied to gameplay elements, UI, and effects. - Strong hands-on experience making VFX and animations directly in Unity. - A strong portfolio showing high-quality in-game VFX and motion design from idea to final implementation, highlighting "juicy" and satisfying visual feedback. - The ability to create assets from early ideation, concept, mood boards, mockups, prototypes, or rough direction and turn them into polished in-engine results. - A strong understanding of mobile performance constraints and optimization techniques. - The ability to troubleshoot visual bugs, sorting issues, and performance problems. - Strong collaboration skills across art, design, technical art, engineering, and production. - A proactive, organized, and self-driven approach to your work. What Makes You Successful In This Role - You are not waiting for tasks to be assigned. You look at the game, understand what it needs, and help raise the bar. - You are comfortable owning a feature’s VFX and motion from start to finish: shaping the idea, exploring the visual direction, implementing it in Unity, polishing it, and keeping stakeholders informed and aligned. - You can explain your creative and technical choices clearly, take feedback well, and help the team make better visual decisions. - Most importantly, you make the game feel better and the player feel profoundly rewarded. What We Offer You: - Highly competitive salary - Private medical care - Company bonus scheme - Awesome onsite chef serving breakfast, lunch, and lots of treats (naughty and nice) - Life insurance and a favorable pension scheme - Healthcare cash plan including dental and optical coverage - Amazing tech to work with and consoles to play and relax with everywhere you look! We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).