Technical Artist

Job description

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. From thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites and latest hits include FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Wizard of Oz Slots™, Hit it Rich! Slots™, Wonka Slots™, Top Eleven™, Toon Blast™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, CSR Racing™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, Match Factory™, and Color Block Jam™—plus many more! 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! Position Overview: Zynga is looking for a TECHNICAL ARTIST to join the team that brings to life one of many beloved games. We make the world’s most beautiful slots and do so in a fast-moving, supportive, and energetic environment. Our team consists of industry veterans from the casino and video game industry, giving us great depth and adaptability. 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 and all 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. Our ideal candidate is a great communicator, team player, and proactive problem solver. You draw from a range of skills to creatively determine solutions. You are a contributor of ideas, overseer of pipelines, and collaborator across discipline lines providing expertise and seeking out potential issues before they become problems. What You'll Do: The Technical Artist’s primary duties will be integrating art assets(prefabs 2d and 3d), animations ,VFX in the game, using the Unity game engine. Will be taking up the responsibility of rigging and skinning of 3D and 2d(sprite) assets. Should be highly efficient in handling the unity prefabs, art assets, animations, animation controllers, VFX (2D&3D). Should be proficient in creating and managing game environment, lighting , optimizations. Should be great at creating tools in the pipeline. The Technical artist will be working with the Art team(Concept,3D artists, animators) closely and then Developers ,UI/UX team, game designers to integrate all the game assets and bring them to action. Ability to receive and digest feedback in constructive manner and demonstrates work estimation and tracking of the time. Effective team collaborator, and who has good experience in game development. What You Bring: 3-5 years of industry experience and knowledge on Unity engine game development . A passion for games and social networking. Experience with Git and version control software such as Perforce. Unity animations ,and NGUI samples are encouraged Proficient in software like Maya, Unity, Photoshop, Texture packer, visual studio. Great working knowledge in VFX and optimizing the textures. Proficient