Senior VFX Artist - LaunchOps

2 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Technical Art

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior VFX Artist at Voodoo, you'll design and create visually stunning particle effects for upcoming casual puzzle and midcore mobile games. You'll integrate VFX into Unity, collaborate with artists, and ensure effects are both visually appealing and technically feasible. Responsibilities include optimizing shaders for performance, staying current with industry trends, and mentoring other artists in VFX techniques. Experience with Unity and Photoshop is essential, while knowledge of Maya, Blender, or Houdini is a plus. The role is based in Paris, but remote options are available within Europe.
Must have:
  • Design & create stunning particle effects
  • Integrate VFX into Unity
  • Optimize shaders for performance
  • Mentor other VFX artists
  • Proficient in Unity & Photoshop
Good to have:
  • Experience with Maya, Blender, or Houdini

Job Details

Founded in 2013, Voodoo is a tech company that creates mobile games and apps with a mission to entertain the world. Gathering 800 employees, 7 billion downloads, and over 200 million active users, Voodoo is the #3 mobile publisher worldwide in terms of downloads after Google and Meta. Our portfolio includes chart-topping games like Mob Control and Block Jam, alongside popular apps such as BeReal and Wizz.

This role would be ideally on-site based in our Paris offices, but we're open to remote candidates in Europe.

Team

Our Gaming team is made up of hybrid-casual, casual and mid-core experts. Our 'Core' games team supports internal and external studios worldwide in creating, developing and launching new hit games, whilst our 'Live' games team focuses on delivering higher engagement on our existing and successful games.

The Core Central Team provides hands-on support and mentoring to all Voodoo studios looking to create new casual puzzle and midcore games, and anything hybrid in between.

Role

    • Design and create visually stunning particles to enhance the wow factor and game feel of all our upcoming casual puzzle and midcore games
    • Integrate your VFX into the Unity game engine, working closely with artists
    • Ensure compliance with technical limitations to produce both visually appealing and functional effects.
    • Be the go-to person in the company for anything related to VFX, teaching other artists all your tricks
    • Stay current with industry trends and technologies to ensure our VFX are cutting-edge.

Profile

    • Design and implement high-quality VFX using Unity and Photoshop.
    • Collaborate with art and development teams to ensure visual effects align seamlessly with the overall artistic direction and technical requirements of mobile platforms.
    • Utilize tools like Maya, Blender, or Houdini to enhance and streamline VFX pipelines (knowledge in any of these is a plus).
    • Write and optimize shaders for visually compelling and performance-efficient effects (a highly valued skill).
    • Maintain high standards of creativity, quality, and innovation, contributing to the ongoing visual refinement of our games.
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About The Company

Voodoo is a tech company that creates mobile games and apps. With 7 billion downloads and over 150 million monthly active users, Voodoo is the #3 mobile publisher worldwide in terms of downloads after Google and Meta.


The company is one of the most impressive examples of hypergrowth in the ecosystem, having raised over $1B and backed by Goldman Sachs, Tencent, and GBL.


Voodoo is now a team of over 750 employees worldwide, we’re looking for talented individuals from across the globe to join.


Entertain the world with us 

voodoo.io/careers/jobs

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