Marketing Art Lead

Who We Are:

Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). With massive global reach in more than 175 countries and regions, the combined diverse portfolio of popular game franchises has been downloaded more than 6 billion times on mobile, including Star Wars™: Hunters, CSR Racing™, Dragon City, Empires & Puzzles™, FarmVille™, Golf Rival™, Hair Challenge™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, High Heels!™, Merge Dragons!™, Merge Magic!™, Monster Legends, Toon Blast™, Top Eleven, Toy Blast™, Two Dots, Words With Friends™, and Zynga Poker™.Founded in 2007, Zynga is headquartered in California with locations in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.zynga.com or follow Zynga on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or the Zynga blog

As a Lead Marketing Artist, you will play a significant role in promoting Zynga mobile games. You will work closely with our marketing creative team to produce visual communications that showcase the exciting features of upcoming games, as well as live features and events of current titles. This responsibility requires an ability to execute against a broad range of tasks across all areas of the game’s portfolio, from creating promotional images & motion graphics to helping edit 2D animation.

You will also engage with our UA team and relevant stakeholders to ensure our team meets its objectives and KPI’s on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. You will be a key figure in the overall design pipeline, providing feedback and insights to designers, artists, and producers on proposed designs and strategy. You’ll be an advocate and collaborator, leveraging the talent and expertise of our staff to develop content that excites players to install and enjoy our games worldwide.

Requirements 

• Support UA and marketing strategies by designing high-quality visual static and motion assets that capture attention, communicate effectively and drive audience engagement
• Stay up to date with design trends, tools and best practices; introduce, encourage, and champion innovative ideas to the team
• Ability to lead and work on multiple projects simultaneously to deliver on the organisations creative goals; adapt quickly to changing project priorities
• Build strong communication within the art team to effectively deliver on the creative tasks
• Work closely with the Marketing Art Lead to align on creative strategy to help guide ideation and production
• Be proactive and intuitive, ensuring the team is always driving forward in an efficient and positive way
• Mentor and guide more junior designers

What do you need from me?

• At least 5 years experience in a similar role
• Experience working with casual mobile games
• Expert motion graphics and animation skills
• Highly proficient using Photoshop, After Effects and Illustrator
• Experience working on live projects or products 
• UA/digital marketing knowledge is desirable but not essential
• 3D software & Unity knowledge is desirable but not essential
• JIRA experience desirable but not essential
• A portfolio of recent work demonstrating your skill and breadth of experience

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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.

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