Animator / Tech Artist - Helix Jump

Voodoo; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best-in-class compensation

Other benefits according to the country you reside

Job summary

Voodoo is seeking an Animator / Technical Artist to enhance the visual experience of Helix Jump. You will utilize your strong Unity skills to create animations and visual effects that improve the game’s appeal while ensuring optimization for mobile performance.

Ideal candidates possess experience in mobile gaming and have a keen eye for game feel and timing. We offer best-in-class compensation and benefits tailored to your location.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as an Animator or Technical Artist on mobile games.
• Strong hands-on experience with Unity.
• Good understanding of Unity animation systems and particle systems.

Responsibilities

• Create polished, satisfying animations, VFX, and effects.
• Collaborate closely with developers to ensure visual quality.
• Optimize effects for mobile performance.

Skills

Animator experience

Unity experience

Game feel and timing

Mobile performance optimization

Good communication skills

Job description

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

We are looking for an Animator / Technical Artist with strong Unity experience to help make Helix Jump feel more satisfying, polished, and modern.

Your mission will be to improve the game’s visual feedback, animations, VFX, transitions, impact moments, rhythm, and overall game feel, while keeping everything lightweight and optimized for mobile.

You will:

• Create polished, satisfying, and lightweight animations, VFX, trails, transitions, and feedback effects
• Improve impact moments, destruction, combo, speed, rhythm, and momentum-based feedback
• Work directly in Unity to implement and iterate on animations and effects
• Collaborate closely with developers to ensure everything looks good while staying optimized
• Improve readability, timing, tactile satisfaction, and overall game feel
• Optimize effects for mobile performance, including draw calls, overdraw, particle count, materials, batching, texture sizes, and GPU cost
• Iterate quickly based on product direction, player behavior, and A/B test learnings
• Contribute ideas to improve the game’s visual quality and player experience

Profile

You have:

• Strong experience as an Animator or Technical Artist on mobile games
• Strong hands-on experience with Unity
• Good understanding of Unity animation systems and particle systems
• Strong eye for game feel, timing, rhythm, readability, polish, and tactile satisfaction
• Experience creating effects for fast-paced gameplay, impact, destruction, combo, speed, rhythm, or momentum-based mechanics
• Strong performance-conscious mindset for mobile games
• Ability to balance creativity, quality, and speed
• Good communication skills in English

Nice to have:

• Shader knowledge
• Tween system knowledge
• 3D modeling skills
• Experience improving an existing live game
• Experience working in small, autonomous teams

We value people who are passionate about games and player experience, proactive, resourceful, self-disciplined, open to feedback, and motivated by measurable product impact.

Benefits

• Best-in-class compensation
• Other benefits according to the country you reside