Zynga Game Network India Pvt Ltd

Senior 2D Animator

Zynga Game Network India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru/Bangalore
Not disclosed
Work from OfficeWork from Office
Full TimeFull Time
Min. 6 yearsMin. 6 years

Job Description

Senior 2D Animator

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!

Zynga is seeking a skilled Senior Animator to join a dynamic team for one of Zynga’s most established games. We are looking for driven individuals who want to contribute to the growth and development of our product in a highly-collaborative environment. The ideal candidate must be able to work with talented contributors from different disciplines and bring a unique perspective to the table. Applicants must have a strong understanding of animation principles and be able to use a range of techniques to drive high quality visuals with a limited toolset, with a strong focus on 2D and sprite-based animation.

You will confidently and respectfully challenge the status quo in order to improve things. Assertive when needed, you voice concerns, generate ideas for improvements, and stay on the cutting edge of animation technology and technique. Confident in your decision making, you nevertheless think carefully before you speak and act.

What you will do:
  • Produce high quality 2D and sprite-based animation using animation principles for characters, environments, UI, VFX.
  • Encouraging and generating creative ideas and solutions with the team.
  • Demonstrate excellent time management, to deliver animation to required quality, specification and time.
  • Proficient level of communication and emotional intelligence for cross discipline collaboration and problem solving.
  • Demonstrate strong understanding of how animation supports gameplay and narrative with the ability to communicate these links to the team.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in 2D animation workflows and sprite-based animation techniques.
  • Experience working with Spine is a plus, with knowledge of skeletal and mesh-based 2D animation workflows being highly desirable.
  • Assist in the preparation of assets for animation using Photoshop.
  • Prioritizing optimization when integrating animations within a game team’s game engine.
What you bring:
  • 6-11 years of game development experience.
  • Senior level 2D animation skills, with a strong focus on sprite-based animation.
  • Senior level communication and problem solving skills.
  • The ability to provide and receive feedback.
  • Software experience in Spine, Photoshop, Unity/Cocos2D
  • Technical experience preparing and working with 2D animation assets, sprites, rigs, and animation-ready assets.
  • Knowledge of game development on multiple projects, enabling pragmatic, strategic judgements and providing creative ideas and solutions to the team.
  • Proven experience delivering animations on ambitious timelines.
  • Experience working on business level tasks, e.g. cross discipline pipeline development.
  • Experience working with game animation pipelines and optimization, including preparing and integrating animation assets for runtime.
  • Excellent showreel demonstrating strong 2D and sprite animation skills.
  • A love of games!

 

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 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, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).  

Experience Level

Senior Level

Job role

Work location
Work locationBengaluru, India
Department
DepartmentMedia Production & Entertainment
Role / Category
Role / CategoryAnimation / Effects
Employment type
Employment typeFull Time
Shift
ShiftDay Shift

Job requirements

Experience
ExperienceMin. 6 years

About company

Name
NameZynga Game Network India Pvt Ltd
Job posted by Zynga Game Network India Pvt Ltd

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