Senior Motion Graphic Designer

Why Zynga

Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games. To date, more than one billion people have played Zynga’s franchises including CSR Racing™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, Merge Magic!™, Toon Blast™, Toy Blast™, Words With Friends™ and Zynga Poker™. Zynga’s games are available in more than 150 countries and are playable across social platforms and mobile devices worldwide. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with locations in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, India, Turkey, and Finland. For more information, visit or follow Zynga on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or the Zynga blog.

Zynga India

Zynga India is Zynga’s largest studio outside USA with 500+ people and growing rapidly. It manages some of Zynga’s biggest global games in the Casual Gaming, Action Strategy, Match-3, Slots, and Invest Express genres. The game teams are responsible for the long term-vision of the game, its entire Game Design & Tuning, Product Roadmap, Features, Content & Creative decisions, Art work (2D, 3D, Animation), Development, QA/Testing, Analytics & Performance Tracking, User Acquisition & Live Operations.

The Zynga India team is full of passionate gamers, who love to play, build great products, and have fun doing it. Studio I expects continued growth and is looking for strong leaders to expand the studio into this next growth phase.

About the Team

The vision for our global Marketing Creative Team at Zynga is informed by an aggressive pursuit of new and different ideas, rapid creative development, and efficient production. We develop creative executions across digital marketing channels that invite millions of players worldwide to take part in our games. We prioritize achieving both performance objectives and execution excellence while fostering a collaborative culture that embraces and drives creative trends in the mobile marketing & acquisition space.

As a Senior Motion Graphic Designer on Zynga’s Marketing Creative team, you will be responsible for designing motion/video advertisements for Zynga's game titles. The ideal candidate should be able to work independently to generate a variety of creative executions inspired by a central selling point to engage a target audience.

Responsibilities:

Contribute to an efficient, high-volume pipeline of User Acquisition advertising, App Store, and live-ops marketing assets.

Work with the Art Lead, Art Director, and Producer to generate video marketing content that translates campaign goals and performs against KPIs.

Address and integrate creative feedback to ensure projects meet a successful result.

Ability to develop and execute a 10-30 sec ad using creative assets and resources on hand within a 2-3 day timeframe; deliver on time or ahead of schedule

Engage in creative brainstorming, design retrospectives, and constructive feedback sessions; openly share in group settings to foster a culture of creativity & collaboration.

Create engaging animations and transitions to communicate creative ideas to a mass audience using Adobe CC and other industry-standard tools.

Adapt to different requirements within a short period, understand the production pipeline, and foster quick turnaround deliverables.

Able to find creative/technical solutions on a case-to-case basis.

Continually seek to refine your craft and artistic skill set.

Mentor young designers toward creative success.

Seek new technological advancement and bring in the same to facilitate production.

Develop/contribute to new production pipelines from past experience/learning.

Templatize work for wider use within the motion team.

Studying competitor's work and analyzing the same for design strategies

Driving meaningful sessions related to motion/design/video.

Absorbing multiple design/motion styles & approaches resulting in simultaneous production support for multiple titles

Required Skills:

At least 8-9 years of professional experience developing and executing video creative.

Strong add production skills.

Superior knowledge of Adobe After Effects, Premiere, Unreal, Audition along with great knowledge of Photoshop/Illustrator

Excellent grip on design and animation principles

Thorough understanding of Trapcode suite, Red Giant Plugins, Element 3D, Optical Flares, and other industry plugins

Strong conceptual and visual design skills leading to thoughtful creative executions.

Confident working in an extremely fast-paced environment with multiple projects and quick turn-around ensuring minimum quality loss.

Decent understanding of consumer-facing ad experiences on social ad platforms (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube) and partner ad networks

Decent understanding of the nuances of creating video assets for the iOS and Google Play storefronts.

An ability to manage multiple deadlines and thrive under pressure.

Great communication skills and a team-first attitude

Striving for superior quality with a solution-driven mindset.

Strong understanding of 3D pipeline along with good lighting, HDR, rendering, look & feel development skills.

Strong compositing skills

Excellent fundamental skills of strong storytelling with logical editing & camera animation

Good understanding of 3D organic animation and generic Unreal pipeline

Able to convert simple ideas to mind-blowing videos which generate stronger retention among viewers.

Should have a decent understanding of Ae expressions & logic.

Good to have knowledge related to Unity & C4D

What We Offer You

Work in a studio that has complete P&L ownership of games.

Create next-gen games that will be played and loved by millions of players around the world.

Work in a collaborative team that invests in your development and growth on-the-job.

Competitive salary, bonus plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan

20 days annual leave + company holidays

Extended medical coverage that includes OPD, dental, vision and telehealth

Group Life, Disability and Critical Illness insurance

Equitable Childcare facilities for all employees

Virtual mental health and neurodiversity support programs

Family planning and nurturing support programs

Comprehensive leave options and flexible working hours to ensure work life balance.

Keep your health on track with our wellbeing programs covering fitness expenses and complimentary meals served around the clock.

Employee Assistance Programs

Around the year employee events and casual dress every single day

A diverse team of friendly, fun and supportive co-workers to work with and, impact millions of daily players.

Re-engage with your special interest by being a part of our employee resource groups that connect Zyngites through inclusivity, culture, lifestyle and fun.

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