Technical Artist Intern

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.

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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.

Join us and be part of the play

Position Overview

To strengthen our current and future game developments, we are looking for a Technical Artist Intern with coding skills to help our teams integrate art assets.
You should have the technical skills to implement the tools and solutions our projects need, while also being able to communicate effectively with different project teams, artists, and programmers.
You will primarily work with the Monster Legends and Dragon City teams, helping improve art integration pipelines and reviewing asset integration. In addition, you will provide cross-team support to the Art Central team, assisting with various tasks.

What you'll do

• Mediate between different departments to ensure smooth and efficient asset integration.
• Achieve and maintain efficient art pipelines that are consistent across our projects, addressing the needs of the games in development.
• Participate in development of tools and solutions for our artists.
• Teaching and documenting pipelines and best practices.

What we're looking for

• Expertise working with Unity engine and C# scripting.
• Understanding of game assets pipelines.
• Optimization techniques for mobile.
• A resourceful problem-solver.
• Communication skills.
• Creativity, curiosity and passion

Bonus skills:

• Shader knowledge of CG, HLSL or Shader Graph.
• VFX knowledge.
• Spine2D knowledge is highly valued.
• Adobe Animate or similar.
• Previous experience and knowledge in 2D/3D mobile games development.

What's in it for You as a Socialpointer

• Hybrid working model – join our Barcelona office and enjoy amazing benefits:
  • Free breakfast and lunch at the office.
  • State-of-the-art gym facilities so you can level up your fitness game. 
  • Book an appointment with our onsite physiotherapist. 
  • Drop by our onsite hairdressers for a trim (and forget your wallet).
• Hands-on learning from senior Product Managers.
• Private medical insurance to keep your health bar full.
• English and Spanish lessons to grow your skills.
• Spotify Premium.
• Legendary events and parties that make working here even more fun.

Intrigued? We'd love to hear from you. Please click "apply" to level up and submit your application in English.

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