Senior Visual Designer: Games, Illustrations & Motion

Yahoo Holdings Inc.; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 267,000; Full time

Job summary

Yahoo Games seeks a Senior Visual Designer to own visual design and illustration for discovery, marketing, and platform experiences. You will create high-quality illustration assets spanning promotional imagery, avatars, streaks, and leaderboards, while collaborating with Product Design and Engineering to ensure a cohesive Yahoo Games presence.

You will bring motion design sensibility to platform visuals, explore AI-assisted concepts, and help accelerate prototyping and asset iteration with the

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience as an illustrator, visual designer, or similar role in or around the games industry.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating illustration, visual design, and marketing or promotional asset creation - ideally in a games or entertainment context.
• Proficiency with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and strong working knowledge of motion design tools.
• Experience incorporating AI-assisted tools into creative workflows - such as using generative AI for rapid concept exploration, visual ideation, and asset iteration.
• Motion design skills - experience creating motion graphics that guide attention and create visual excitement across digital platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to create compelling visuals that market or promote games, apps, or entertainment products.
• Familiarity with asset optimization and file preparation for web and digital platforms.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, and design.
• Deep interest in games and a strong point of view on what makes game-adjacent visuals feel polished, approachable, and exciting.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and feedback skills.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality illustrations, promotional images, and visual assets that support game discovery across the Yahoo Games platform and marketing channels.
• Design and produce supporting game assets such as streak illustrations, avatars, leaderboard visuals, and other platform-level elements.
• Own the visual design and illustration needs for Yahoo Games web presence, including game websites and platform marketing materials.
• Explore and experiment with AI-assisted tools to support rapid concepting, visual exploration, and early-stage asset creation.
• Leverage AI to accelerate prototyping and generate visual variations, helping the team quickly test different stylistic directions.
• Evaluate emerging AI tools that can improve creative workflows and asset production efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with Product Design, Product Management, and the Lead Visual Designer to ensure visual consistency and quality across the Yahoo Games ecosystem.
• Apply motion design skills to bring platform and marketing visuals to life, creating excitement and guiding the player's eye to the right places.
• Support the Lead Visual Designer on game projects as needed - for example, contributing icons, illustrations, and supporting assets when additional capacity is required.
• Ensure assets are optimized for performance across desktop and mobile web platforms.

Skills

Visual design

Illustration portfolio

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Figma

After Effects

AI-assisted tools

Cross-functional collab

Asset optimization

Motion design

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

After Effects

Job description

Yahoo Games seeks a Senior Visual Designer to own visual design and illustration for discovery, marketing, and platform experiences. You will create high-quality illustration assets spanning promotional imagery, avatars, streaks, and leaderboards, while collaborating with Product Design and Engineering to ensure a cohesive Yahoo Games presence.

You will bring motion design sensibility to platform visuals, explore AI-assisted concepts, and help accelerate prototyping and asset iteration with the