VFX Artist - Freelance

Voodoo

ABOUT VOODOO 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. TEAM You will be an integral part of a newly established internal studio, a dynamic and focused team dedicated to elevating some of the most promising game concepts emerging from our innovative prototyping teams. This studio is specifically chartered to take high-potential prototypes and evolve them into successful, market-ready titles. In this exciting role, your initial focus will be on Marble Sort, a game that has already demonstrated significant promise and captured our attention with their compelling core mechanics and engaging gameplay. You'll have the opportunity to contribute directly to the growth and refinement of Marble Sort, leveraging its existing traction to build a truly exceptional player experience. This is a unique chance to join a project with established momentum while still having a significant impact on the future direction within a dedicated and agile studio environment. ROLE * Creating high-quality 2D and 3D VFX, including motion graphics & animations * Developing and implementing visual effects for core gameplay, character abilities, environmental effects, and reward animations * Collaborating with designers, artists, and developers to integrate 3D assets and VFX seamlessly into the game * Working with developers to adapt and integrate new art features based on project specifications * Optimizing VFX for performance * Developing and maintaining VFX pipelines and workflows to ensure efficient production processes * Troubleshooting and solving technical issues related to motion graphics & animations & VFX creation and implementation PROFILE * Proven experience as a VFX Artist with a strong portfolio demonstrating a range of 2D/3D art, motion graphics & animations * Proficiency with Maya or Blender. ZBrush, Substance Painter, Houdini, After Effects would be a plus * Experience with Unity real-time rendering * Solid understanding of particle systems, physics simulations, shaders, and scripting * Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail * Strong communication and collaboration skills * Experience with shader development and optimization techniques is preferred * Knowledge of animation principles and techniques is a plus * Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks simultaneously BENEFITS * Competitive salary * Premium healthcare (SideCare) for you and your family 100% borne by Voodoo * Swile Lunch voucher * Gymlib (100% borne by Voodoo) * Wellness activities in our Paris office * Child daycare facilities (Les Petits Chaperons rouges)

Voodoo

ABOUT VOODOO 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. 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. This is an opportunity to bring your ideas to life, to create your games, in an enjoyable and benign working environment among gaming lovers. Your games will be published by the worldwide leader in this field. You will get the chance to join a newly created small studio, focusing on creating and testing new hyper casual game prototypes to be published by Voodoo. You will have autonomy, a strong impact on the ideation, and a unique opportunity to reach hundreds of millions of players. You will take an innovative approach to gameplay ideas/features and give them their own spin.  ROLE With this role, you will be core to the company by contributing daily to important decisions with a multidisciplinary team of passionate and talented people. The game you will be focused on is Draft Showdown. Flesh out the details of a game's design, oversee its testing, and revise the game in response to player feedback. Thanks to your creativity and your teamwork, let’s entertain millions of people with your hit games. Our studios are looking for people who bring their own ideas and are always willing to compromise to move forward. * Contribute to VFX design for in-game actions, events, and player feedback. * Support gameplay teams with technical visual solutions and FX that enhance readability and impact. * Develop and integrate screen-space FX and postprocessing effects for menus and gameplay. * Build tween-based animation systems and shader-based responsive feedback fx. * Create custom shaders and materials (2D/3D) for characters, environments, and UI elements. * Implement modular and reusable UI/UX systems (cards, popups, banners, upgrades, etc.). * Develop and maintain tools to streamline art production and optimize pipelines. PROFILE * You have solid experience as a Technical Artist in a game studio, ideally with shipped mobile titles * You are proficient in Unityand have a strong understanding of its rendering pipeline and asset integration workflows * You have hands-on experience withshader creation(HLSL, ShaderGraph, or equivalent) and real-time VFX systems * You are comfortable writingtools and scripts(Python, C#, or similar) to automate and improve art pipelines * You have a strong understanding of performance optimization— draw calls, texture memory, poly counts, and mobile GPU constraints * You act as a naturalbridge between artists and engineers, with strong communication skills and an ability to translate technical constraints into actionable guidance * You are aproblem-solverwho can proactively identify bottlenecks in the pipeline and propose solutions without waiting to be asked BENEFITS • Best-in-class compensation • Other benefits according to the country you reside

Voodoo

ABOUT VOODOO 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. TEAM You will be an integral part of a newly established internal studio, a dynamic and focused team dedicated to one of our most promising prototypes in scale. This studio is specifically chartered to improve this high-potential game up to the successful and market-ready title it is meant to become. In this role, you'll work across our midcore game portfolio, contributing your artistic leadership to titles that have already demonstrated strong core mechanics and real player engagement. Midcore games demand a rich and immersive visual language, from compelling character and environment art to visceral combat feedback and cohesive world-building, and your vision will be central to delivering that. You'll have the opportunity to drive the growth and visual refinement of our midcore titles, leveraging their existing traction to build truly exceptional player experiences. This is a unique chance to join a project pipeline with established momentum, while having a defining impact on the creative direction within a dedicated and agile studio environment. ROLE * Define and own the overall artistic vision for the game, ensuring consistency, quality, and alignment with the product's creative and commercial goals. * Establish and maintain a cohesive visual style across all art disciplines — UI/UX, characters, environments, VFX, and animation. * Lead, mentor, and inspire a multidisciplinary art team, providing clear creative direction and actionable feedback at every stage of production. * Collaborate closely with the General Manager to align the visual direction with gameplay intent and player experience goals. * Drive the creation and governance of visual style guides, asset pipelines, and quality benchmarks. * Actively contribute hands-on to key art assets and concepting where needed, setting the quality bar for the team. * Champion player-centric design thinking, using live data, competitor analysis, and playtesting insights to continuously refine the game's visual experience. PROFILE * Proven experience as an Art Director or Senior Lead Artist on at least one shipped mobile title, ideally within the midcore genre. * Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership of a game's visual identity, from early concept through to live product. * Deep understanding of the visual language of midcore games — including character design, environment art, UI/UX, and combat feedback systems. * Demonstrated ability to lead and develop multidisciplinary art teams in a fast-paced, iterative environment. * Hands-on proficiency in Unity, with the ability to implement, integrate, and optimise assets directly in-engine. * Fluent in English. BENEFITS • Best-in-class compensation • Other benefits according to the country you reside