Associate Technical Artist

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

Position Overview

The Technical Artist will be working with a team of Designers, UX, Concept Artists, Animators, Producers and Software Engineers to develop beautiful and optimal game content. The Technical Artist acts as liaison between engineering, art and all other disciplines, responsible for the planning, implementation, documentation and optimization of art setups to support our game’s animation and design needs. A key member who’s primary role is to support the team and the product and is expected to be proactive in their communication on a daily basis.

What You'll Do:

• Work closely with the Art and Engineering teams to construct game assets in Unity
• Export 2d art assets from concept art to Unity for in game dialogs, features, etc
• Maintain and troubleshoot pipeline for in game assets
• Provide feedback to the animation team and artists to enhance the quality of the assets.

• Help to drive and direct overall asset pipeline for future project needs, with tool/workflow development geared towards extensibility and flexibility for upcoming needs

• Develop and maintain tools for the production pipeline, particularly for animation and technical art tasks
• Build upon existing tools and scripts
• Maintain a constant focus to refine techniques and processes to get them to the next level
• Leverage materials/shaders to achieve unique styles and hit amazing visual quality
• Identify redundancies in our workflow and provide solutions for automation
• Periodically audit project assets and perform cleanup

What You Bring:

• Effective communication with team members of varying disciplines including written documentation of pipeline processes
• 2+ years of experience with Unity
• Working knowledge 3D modeling, rigging and UV texturing with professional 3D software such as Maya or ZBrush
• Basic scripting with C#
• Understanding of optimizing 3D and 2D assets for memory and performance considerations
• Intermediate skills creating high quality VFX particle systems in Unity
• Experience with C# tools
• Core Adobe Creative Suite skills
• Technical background in developing scripts, Photoshop actions, and other automation tools necessary for art implementation and optimization
• 2+ years experience in games development, with shipped titles
• Experience with version control software such as Perforce, Git
• Animation and VFX experience is a plus

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.

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