Senior UX Designer - Poker Austin, TX

Zynga Inc; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Zynga Inc is seeking a Senior UX/UI Designer for the Zynga Poker team to shape end-to-end experiences for a live, real-time game played by millions. You will craft flows, wireframes, prototypes, and documentation, while collaborating across product, design, and art to maintain a trustful and delightful user experience.

The role emphasizes usability, engagement, and the ability to communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences, with a strong focus on prototyping and usability testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HCI, Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, or related area.
• 5+ years of experience in the game development industry specializing in UX/UI, having worked on 3+ different game titles.
• A portfolio with relevant industry/personal work.
• Ability to adapt in a fast-paced setting and rapidly develop new skills.
• Ability to present complex ideas to diverse audiences and articulate a convincing point of view.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical writing.
• Ability to utilize AI tools as they evolve.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and complete work with minimal oversight.
• Interest in leveling up personal, interpersonal, and craft skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and design teams to conceptualize, define, and develop features for live, social, real-time games.
• Create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and design documentation.
• Define problems, research, analyze, design, and validate results in the design process.
• Collaborate with art team to define and adhere to a thematic art style.
• Design functional animation for user interactions.
• Plan and moderate user testing.
• Conduct market competitor research and deconstructs.
• Conduct heuristic evaluations of internal and external products.
• Partner with engineers to ensure designs work in the game engine.

Skills

UX/UI design

Prototyping

Information architecture

UI layout design

Color theory

Game UX

Portfolio

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in HCI/Design

Tools

Prototyping software

Job description

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.

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 Senior UX/UI Designer to join the Zynga Poker team. As a Senior Designer you’ll shape the end to end experience for a live, social, real-time competitive game for millions of players globally where clarity, trust, and delight matter every hand played.

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate with the product and design teams to conceptualize, define, and develop features that yield extraordinary experiences for our players.
• Create user flows, interface wireframes, prototypes, and design documentation.
• Employ the classic design process of defining problems, researching, analyzing, designing, and validating results.
• Collaborate with the art team to define/adhere to a thematic art style.
• Design functional animation for user interactions.
• Participate in the planning and moderating of user testing.
• Conduct market competitor research and deconstructs.
• Conduct heuristic evaluations of internal & external products.
• Partner with technical artists and engineers to ensure designs will work well in the game engine.
• Set examples, guides, and standard methodologies in UI/UX for others in your game team.
• Lead and participate in company-wide UI/UX community events, critiques, product reviews, and feature retrospectives.

What You Bring:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in HCI, Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, or related area required. A combination of education and experience may substitute for a Bachelor's degree.
• 5+ years of experience in the game development industry specializing in UX/UI, having worked on 3+ different game titles.
• A portfolio with relevant industry/personal work.
• Ability to adapt and work in a fast-paced setting. Be able to rapidly develop new skills and behaviors in response to changing circumstances.
• Ability to present complex ideas to diverse audiences and articulate a convincing point of view.
• Highly proficient written and verbal communication skills, including technical writing.
• Ability to utilize new tools and technologies as they evolve with AI.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, work efficiency, handle time effectively, and complete your work with minimal oversight.
• Proactive self-development and interest in leveling up personal, interpersonal, and craft skills.
• An authority on the UX Design process: Defining usability challenges, researching the problem space, analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, designing appropriate solutions, and validating ideas through testing.
• Experienced expert in designing for games vs. task completion, specifically supporting fun and engagement.
• High degree of competence in assessing and addressing product usability and applying user psychology.
• An accomplished expert with prototyping design software.
• An accomplished expert in user interface layout design, hierarchy, color theory, and information architecture.
• Can consistently produce high-quality visual assets for user interfaces.

What We Offer You:

Zynga offers a world-class benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our teams. To find out more about our benefits, visit theZynga Benefits site

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