Concept Art Intern

Level Up Your Career with Zynga!

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.

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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!

What you will do:

As a Concept Artist Intern, you will work closely with the art team to create captivating marketing assets that highlight the unique visual style of our games. In this role, you will design promotional artwork, including key visuals, character art, and environmental pieces, to bring our game worlds to life for a broad audience

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the art team to composite characters, environments, props, and other assets.
• Create sketches, and color studies based on game themes and design briefs.
• Develop mood boards and gather references to inspire team creativity.
• Participate in feedback sessions, incorporating insights to refine designs.
• Assist in preparing and organizing art assets for game production.

Qualifications:

• Strong foundational skills in drawing, composition, and color theory.
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or other digital painting software (knowledge of 3D software like Blender or ZBrush is a plus).
• Ability to iterate on ideas quickly and adapt to feedback.
• Passion for games, storytelling, and visual design.
• Portfolio showcasing strong conceptual work, preferably with character or environment designs.

What We Will Offer You:

• Mentorship from industry professionals.
• Hands-on experience contributing to real game projects.
• A creative, collaborative work environment.
• Catered breakfast, lunch and evening snacks
• Well stocked pantry
• Frequent employee events
• Flexible working hours on many teams
• Casual dress every single day
• Work with cool people and impact millions of daily players!

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.

Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others.  Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel.  Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage.  Zynga’s  in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).