Senior Director, Art
Apply NowCompany: Zynga
Location: Chicago, IL 60629
Description:
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
Do you enjoy being a part of an incredible art team? Are you passionate about crafting outstanding mobile games? Do you find guiding and mentoring more junior team members fulfilling? Zynga is looking for an extraordinary Senior Art Director to help lead one of the largest teams at Zynga. This division is made up of almost 300 versatile people working on a portfolio of +7 games in multiple stages of development across numerous locations.
This position will be operating on multiple levels to mentor and support each team's Art Director and their group of artists to deliver industry-leading visuals. It's a highly collaborative environment with highly creative individuals.
Come help us make a difference by connecting the world through games!
Main Responsibilities
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 site
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 [redacted] 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).
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
Do you enjoy being a part of an incredible art team? Are you passionate about crafting outstanding mobile games? Do you find guiding and mentoring more junior team members fulfilling? Zynga is looking for an extraordinary Senior Art Director to help lead one of the largest teams at Zynga. This division is made up of almost 300 versatile people working on a portfolio of +7 games in multiple stages of development across numerous locations.
This position will be operating on multiple levels to mentor and support each team's Art Director and their group of artists to deliver industry-leading visuals. It's a highly collaborative environment with highly creative individuals.
Come help us make a difference by connecting the world through games!
Main Responsibilities
- Provide high level critique on games, art styles and features, looking at more than just visuals, but the entire experience.
- Be an advocate and champion for the art teams within the org and within Zynga as a whole. This includes helping to make the culture one where people feel supported and have a place while driving hard to achieve difficult goals.
- Provide high-level support as needed to each of our game teams, without micromanaging.
- Help make sure there are clear lines of communication within the art team, but also to other areas of expertise as well.
- Assist and guide artists in their careers.
- Help set standards across the organization.
- Help set and debug art processes as needed.
- Be a mentor to a group of extremely high-functioning, dedicated Art Directors and their teams.
- Be willing to roll-up your sleeves and jump in to help instruct as well as fill-in during outages.
- Extensive experience in entertainment and game markets.
- Bachelor's Degree in Arts, Graphic Arts, or related field
- 12+ years of professional experience and sophisticated leadership including communication and project management skills required.
- Successful track record in developing and managing multidisciplinary art teams of more than 20+ people. Including different office locations and timezones.
- Expert in the creative fields : concept art, animation, tech art, and 3D.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Experience managing multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines with a strong attention to detail.
- Highly collaborative and great teammate.
- Excellent communication - the ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing.
- Demonstrated ability to direct and multi-task under pressure, while balancing speed and quality of work
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 site
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 [redacted] 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).