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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.
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Position Overview:
Zynga is looking for a 3D Art Generalist 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 video game industry, giving us great depth and adaptability.
The 3D Generalist Artist will be working with a team of Designers, UX, Concept Artists, Animators, Producers and Software Engineers to develop beautiful and optimal game content. A key member whose 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:
- Driving 3D asset production across a diverse range of types, including environments, props, character models, and UI elements.
- Owning the 3D pipeline from end-to-end, including modeling, texturing, rigging, and keyframe animation.
- Integrating assets smoothly into Unity, ensuring optimal setup of prefabs, materials, and animations.
- Adapting to evolving technologies, including AI and procedural generation tools, and integrating new workflows effectively.
- Partnering closely with Art and Design teams to craft fun, engaging player experiences, occasionally leveraging basic 2D art skills for concepting or UI adjustments.
- Managing priorities effectively while staying organized, agile, and maintaining asset optimization for mobile performance in a fast-paced environment.
- Clearly articulating, presenting, and defending design and technical art decisions to cross-functional stakeholders.
What You Bring:
- 6+ years of experience in game art, with a heavy focus on 3D art generation and production pipelines.
- Expert knowledge of Maya and Unity (or equivalent 3D/engine packages), with a proven track record of shipping mobile or web games.
- Strong 3D animation skills, including rigging and a solid grasp of weight, timing, and overlapping action.
- A strong portfolio that demonstrates versatility, creativity, and clean topology, including the efficient optimization of 3D models (low-poly modeling, texture baking).
- Solid understanding of art fundamentals, including composition, color theory, lighting, and rendering styles across both 3D and 2D spaces.
- Supporting 2D art skills, with the ability to handle basic texturing, UI tweaks, or initial concept sketching.
- A genuine passion for playing and understanding games, with a strong awareness of market trends, industry standards, and the ability to translate them into relevant creative outputs.
- Please include your portfolio in the application, else your application will not be considered.
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 [email protected] 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, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).
Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience in game art with focus on 3D production pipelines
- Expert knowledge of Maya
- Expert knowledge of Unity (or equivalent engine) and integration of assets into engine
- Strong 3D animation skills including rigging and understanding of weight, timing, overlapping action
- Proven track record of shipping mobile or web games
- Portfolio demonstrating versatility, clean topology, low-poly modeling, and efficient optimization (texture baking)
- Solid understanding of art fundamentals (composition, color theory, lighting, rendering)
- Ability to set up optimized prefabs, materials, and animations in Unity
- Familiarity or willingness to adopt AI and procedural generation tools and integrate new workflows
- Basic 2D art skills for texturing, UI tweaks, or concept sketching
- Strong communication, teamwork, and proactive problem-solving skills
- Must include portfolio with application
Zynga Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is positioned as comprehensive, featuring medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, an EAP, and wellness programs as core offerings. Employer-paid premiums for employees and support for dependents are emphasized to keep costs manageable.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as generous and inclusive for all new parents, complemented by fertility support, adoption assistance, and emergency childcare. Additional partnerships and programs reinforce family-building and return-to-work support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is characterized by flexible or “unlimited” PTO/DTO alongside paid holidays and sick leave. This breadth of time-off options is highlighted as a core element of the package.
Zynga Insights
What We Do
Zynga was founded in 2007 with the vision that play would become one of the core activities on the Internet. We pioneered social games with the belief that if we could make games simple, accessible and social the world would start playing. We are excited that games have grown to become the second most popular activity by time spent, even surpassing email. But we have a lot of hard work, innovation and growth ahead of us to create a future where social gaming is a daily habit for everyone.
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