Lead Game Designer - Blitz
BeReal.
Design
Paris, France
Posted on May 7, 2025
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 teams are creating innovative and entertaining apps for everyday life. The apps we create are downloaded and used by millions of people around the world, with a central focus on the US.
Blitz is a gaming platform launched by Voodoo in 2021, allowing players to compete in mobile games for real cash prizes (head-up, tournaments, leagues, etc.). It is leveraging Voodoo’s unique game portfolio as well as exclusive games crafted for Blitz to engage users in a fun and rewarding way.
Role
We are looking for a talented Lead Game Designer, deeply passionate about gameplay, level design, perfect visual pixel execution and top-notch look and feel, who will play a key role in the development of Blitz, our real-money gaming platform.
- Define a clear and cohesive gaming roadmap of our platform
- Pitch and implement big features to the team, deconstructing them into smaller components
- Own & help fine-tune game balancing, pace, feel
- Improving game experience based on metrics and user feedback
- Design and balance our maps and levels (tripeaks, match3, tile match, pool, bubble shooter …)
- Being responsible for excellence in execution and look & feel
- Get involved in all aspects of game development: UI, UX, game design, logic, performance, etc.
- Thinking creatively to design unique, fun, and engaging mechanics, features and special modes for our players
- Always back up your ideas with available data points
- Ability to deconstruct and analyze mobile games mechanics
- Understanding of models and tools to analyze gameplay and user behavior
- Analyzing player data to make design decisions (monitoring a/b tests and derive insights)
- Staying up-to-date with the mobile market, playing and analyzing mobile games, and sharing new insights with the team
- Proficiency in Unity a huge plus
- Familiarity with Figma or similar visual collaboration software
- Able to create a playable prototype individually as well as within a team
Profile
- 5+ years of experience as Game Designer in casual mobile games
- Experience in team management
- Creative and hacker mindset
- Good sense of gameplay experience, and special attention to details
- Communication skills in English, both written and verbal
- Deep collaboration mindset, including excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a positive mindset towards receiving, acting on, and giving feedback
- Accountability, independence, and responsibility when given ownership over your work
- An eagerness to learn new ways to perform your tasks in a more efficient way, and to improve yourself day after day
- Experience in designing and balancing puzzle, match3, merge games
- Experience in Unity
- Familiarity with Figma or similar visual collaboration software
Nice to have :
Benefits
- Competitive salary upon experience
- Swile Lunch voucher
- Gymlib (100% borne by Voodoo)
- Premium healthcare coverage SideCare, for your family 100% borne by Voodoo
- Wellness activities in our Paris office
- Remote days on Fridays
Benefits: competitive salary, lunch vouchers, healthcare, child day care, wellness activities, unlimited vacation policy, remote days.