Senior Game Designer

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!

Gram Games is the studio behind popular titles like 1010!, Six!, Merge Dragons!, and Merge Magic!, with more exciting projects in the pipeline. We are proudly part of the Zynga & Take-Two Interactive family. We do things differently here: we work in small self-managing teams, giving you an incredible amount of ownership, autonomy, and impact. 

At Gram, everyone is expected to have a razor-sharp focus on creating a tangible impact on their team, their work environment, and on the overall company strategy. If you are motivated by autonomy, constant improvement, collaboration, and a sense of belonging, this is the place for you.

At Gram we embrace a hybrid work environment. Within this role, you would work 2 days per week in our London office and the remaining days at home.

As a Senior Game Designer, you will be responsible for new features, up to and including bold beat scope and impact. You will take on more complex design challenges and lead the development of key game mechanics, levels, and features. As an adept in systems, mechanics, and player experience; you will be accountable for maintaining coherence and balance across entire game. Support the leaders by providing experiential insights from the player perspective. 

• →Ideate and design new levels, gameplay, systems or features with minimal supervision
• →Collaborate with developers, artists, product managers & other stakeholders to integrate design elements into the game
• →Ensure technical feasibility, clear visual direction and high ROI from design solutions
• →Conduct research and apply competition insights to support design concepts and ideas
• →Create design solutions to drive business impact while leveraging player experience and game KPI’s
• →Analyze and deconstruct competitor games to stay up to date on the market & share actionable insights & learnings
• →Present compelling design pitches & project visions to stakeholders
• →Create & maintain comprehensive game design documentation for the team
• →Tune and balance complex gameplay mechanics to ensure an engaging player experience
• →Playtest designs, conduct player research and iterate on designs based on feedback
• →Prototype, propose new designs, and develop solutions to improve existing systems and address complex design problems, ensuring all efforts are explicitly aligned with the high-level strategic goals of the game
• →Ensure a high level of quality to achieve the best player experience

• Previous experience as a Game Designer 
• Established verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to understand and translate players’ requirements into product
• Clear cross‐functional communication at the team level, capable of explaining and evangelizing a design in conversation with peers