Voodoo is a Tech company that creates and publishes hyper-casual and casual mobile games for a wide audience. It is the worldwide leader in the mobile game market through snackable, innovative and creative content combining data and new technologies.
The company raised $200M in 2018 and we have been certified a Great Place to Work France 2020 and Best Workplace 2021. More recently, Tencent has become a minority stakeholder in Voodoo, with a role in framing our strategy to dominate the Asia Pacific region.
#1 worldwide in mobile game downloads, and regularly at the top of the App Store rankings, our games have about 300 million monthly active users and more than 5 billion downloads since our creation. Voodoo is one of the most impressive examples of hypergrowth in the ecosystem, having multiplied its turnover by 5 over the past few years.
With more than 360 employees around the world, we would love you to apply to join an ambitious, innovative and international company!
What is Voodoo’s Culture all about?
We recruit passionate and creative profiles, who combine data and new technologies to disrupt the mobile market. Driven by a test-and-learn culture, we welcome wonderfully talented people wishing to undertake and manage unique, ambitious and challenging projects. Our goal is to foster excellence, both individual and communal, which to us means solving problems by breaking the rules, learning fast and autonomously and delivering with the best execution.
Before applying, you need to know that the company’s Culture is very important to us. Our employees evolve within an environment designed to be a centre for fulfillment. Daily life at Voodoo is characterised by numerous events throughout the year that allow you to feel fully integrated into the team and get involved in creative and innovative projects. Among them: onboarding programs, our annual global summit, other company-wide events, hackathons, game jams, wellness events and more.
What will be your main challenges?
- Define, champion, and communicate the game art vision.
- Support the game production with hands-on work when required, across all areas of art.
- Champion an art production workflow allowing your game team to test ideas fast.
- Help with the recruitment of the best talents to execute the artistic vision.
- Mentor artists from all levels within your team, and maintain a high level of craft excellence in a friendly atmosphere.
- Collaborate with all other functions, manage stakeholders' expectations, and be a positive driver for change.
What do we expect?
- About 3+ years working as Lead Artist or Art Director for casual mobile games.
- About 6+ years of experience in the mobile gaming industry.
- Extensive knowledge of game art best practices (including 2D, 3D, animation, VFX) and industry-standard art creation tools. Working knowledge of Unity game engine.
- Experience working with UI for casual games.
- A keen eye for detail, ability to know what good art looks like, and give clear directions for how to get there.
- Great fundamental art skills (lighting, color, volume, anatomy, composition) and knowledge of graphic design principles.
- Excellent presentation and english communication skills.
- High resilience and positive attitude towards change.
- Positive mindset towards receiving and acting on feedback. Ability to give constructive feedback with impact.
- Understanding of the free-to-play gaming market and KPIs, with a data-driven approach when it comes to decision-making.
What is your team about?
The Barcelona Casual team is developing a new mobile casual puzzle game and is looking for a lead artist to reinforce their ranks.
What do we offer for this role?
- Competitive compensation package
- Free shares
- Remote days
- Lunch card
- Wellness activities
- Hackathon
- Seminars
- Global Summit
We are offering all members of staff an unlimited vacation policy, allowing them to take as many paid days off as they wish as long as the work is done and objectives are achieved.
What is our recruitment process?
Our recruitment process typically includes a call with our recruitment team, as well as interviews with your future manager and team members focusing on job fit. We will focus on your soft skills through values fit interviews that will determine if your values are compatible with ours. Lastly, a test/case study will feature at some point in your process.
Does this sound like it was written with you in mind? Excellent! Put in your application and let’s discuss the possibilities!
