VFX Artist – Animation Focus (Mobile / Unity)

Orbital Ignition Interactive – Remote / Bucharest, Romania

About Us

Orbital Ignition Interactive is developing Taliara’s Rise, a stylized AAA-quality free-to-play mobile game that blends board game strategy with fantasy storytelling. Our world is whimsical yet epic, and we’re looking for a VFX Artist specialized in animation to help bring it to life through magical, playful, and emotionally resonant effects.

• Create animated VFX for characters, abilities, environments, UI, and cinematic sequences.
• Work closely with animators and designers to ensure VFX enhance motion, timing, and emotional beats.
• Design effects that are clear, stylized, and highly readable for a mobile audience.
• Collaborate with the art director to define a consistent VFX style language for factions and abilities.
• Prepare effects for handoff to the tech art team for integration and optimization.
• Provide animated previews, reels, or storyboards of effects for review and iteration.

• 2+ years of experience in games, animation, or cinematics as a VFX artist.
• Strong portfolio showing animated stylized effects (fantasy magic, attacks, UI, etc.).
• Proficiency with Unity particle systems, VFX Graph, or equivalent tools.
• Deep understanding of timing, motion, impact, and animation principles for VFX.
• Ability to collaborate with animators, character artists, and tech artists.

• Experience creating cinematic or trailer-quality effects.
• Familiarity with free-to-play mobile games and stylized aesthetics (Clash Royale, League of Legends, etc.).
• Background in 2D/3D animation or motion graphics.

• Remote-first flexibility (core hours GMT+2).
• Competitive compensation with potential equity/revenue participation.
• The chance to define the signature look and feel of VFX in a globally competitive mobile title.
• A small, ambitious team with room for creativity and ownership.