UI/UX Director

About the role

Zynga is looking for a world-class UI / UX Director to lead the visual development on an exciting new, unannounced game project. The nature of this project is graphic design heavy and user experience critical.

Responsibilities

• Setting the visual style through strong graphic design skills
• Career & performance management for your direct reports
• Guide, mentor, and assist with hiring/recruiting of team members
• Sourcing freelancers and external studios as needed
• Rapid-prototyping both in Figma and in Unity
• Directing the animation & motion graphics side of the player experience
• Managing UI/UX related issues from both creative and technical standpoints
• Ensuring all released content is consistent and high quality
• Style Guides creation
• Collaborative strategic roadmap and development planning
• Collaboration with Marketing and User Acquisition teams around Marketing material creation
• Overseeing visual and experience development processes
• Ensuring feature estimates are accurately scoped and planned
• Setting goals and objectives for your creative team
• Lead inter-department communications as they relate to UX / UI and art
• Lead both formal and informal critique, and work through leads to disseminate feedback

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in a creative field
• 5+ years of experience managing a creative team
• Experience in 0 to 1 new game development - at least 1 shipped title
• Extensive mobile development experience
• Strong UX and UI hard skills around creating visuals and flows
• Ability to work directly in the Unity Engine
• Have a comprehensive understanding of multiple creative disciplines and how they function in the gaming pipeline
• Knowledge of software like Creative Suite, Perforce, JIRA, and other software
• High level of EQ and communication skills
• Passionate about games - zynga games, a plus!
• Be well versed in the market and competition
• Have a high quality portfolio with works that apply

Qualifications

Bonus Points: Creating Motion Graphics & Unity implementation

Benefits

Zynga offers a world-class benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our teams, including medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year; 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.

Pay

The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $160,000 to $200,000 per Year. The pay range for this position in Toronto at the start of employment is expected to be between $150,000 to $180,000 per Year. The pay range for this position in Illinois at the start of employment is expected to be between $155,000 to $185,000 per Year.