Technical Art Intern - Harry Potter Puzzles and Spells at Zynga

Toronto, Ontario, Canada -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

20 Dec, 25

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Technical Art, Game Development, Unity, Python, C#, Shader Language, Art Integration, UX Collaboration, VFX Support, Animation Support, Tool Development, Automation, Communication Skills, Problem Solving, Artistic Vision, Team Collaboration

Industry

Computer Games

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: Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells is looking for a Technical Art intern to contribute to our project. Our Technical Art group has 4 members and is looking for an individual who is enthusiastic about learning to make games. Whether you are interested in rigging, shaders, scripting or other aspects of technical art we will evaluate your skill set and set you up with an experienced Technical Artist to work hands on, developing content in our game. Technical artists work with, and coordinate between, engineers and artists. They work with the two groups to ensure the game art meets technical requirements as well as function in the game as defined by design or art direction. On Harry Potter this work takes place in the Unity game development engine. What You'll Do: Integrate Art Assets: You will oversee the integration of high-quality art assets into the game engine, ensuring they fit seamlessly within the world of Harry Potter. UX Collaboration: You will partner with the UX team to implement initial prefab stubs and provide ongoing technical support throughout the polishing and finalization phases. Cross-Discipline Liaison: Act as the primary bridge between Art and Technical teams, ensuring technical requirements are met while maintaining the integrity of the artistic vision. VFX & Animation Support: Assist the VFX and Animation teams with asset implementation, specifically troubleshooting sorting issues and hooking up dynamic elements for gameplay features. Tool Development & Automation: You will build scripts and tools (e.g., Python, C#, Unity Editor scripts) to automate mundane or repetitive tasks for the Art team, focusing on efficient asset import, pipeline checks, and data manipulation within Unity. What You Bring: Interest in both the technical and artistic aspects of game development Keen to help artists get their work into the game and making it work as expected Enthusiasm for being challenged with technically difficult tasks Understanding of high level programming language like python or c# or shader language like HLSL Familiarity with Unity Coursework showing an interest in art either art history and/or art classes A simple portfolio would be appreciated Strong verbal and written communication skills Confidence in communicating with artists and engineers about their disciplines, being able to flex your communication style across different team members In this role you will be learning to coordinate needs and expectations of both engineers and artists What We Offer You : Daily lunches, tons of snacks and beverages Zynga happy hours and frequent employee events Flexible working hours on many teams Casual dress every single day Culture of diversity and inclusion including employee resource groups Work with cool people and impact millions of daily players 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, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

Responsibilities

The Technical Art Intern will integrate art assets into the game engine and collaborate with the UX team for technical support. They will also assist in troubleshooting and support the VFX and Animation teams.