Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents, Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun, social, and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion, encouraging kids and adults to move more, play more, and have fun together. Nex Playground, the company’s award-winning active play system, is purpose-built to get families moving year-round, with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE+ COPPA compliant and built to support healthy, active play for all ages and abilities.
Nex Playground features a growing library of 50+ experiences, including motion and dance games, fitness and educational experiences, and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro, Sesame Workshop, and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, and Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has earned Red Dot, IDEA, and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have Fun and Is Motion Gaming Back?, as they offer a deeper look into our culture, values, and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.
Location: San Jose, California (Hybrid)
Annual salary: USD 85,000 to USD 95,000
Type: Full-time
Reports to: VP, Design
We are looking for a talented Unity Technical Artist to join our team and bring visually engaging content to life. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Unity and a strong understanding of creating optimised and dynamic visual effects. You'll collaborate closely with designers and developers to ensure seamless integration of assets and animations into our experiences.
What You'll Do- Create game art, layout and integrate UI prefabs in a clean and structured manner.
- Design stunning dynamic transitions between UI components using MMFeedbacks, particle systems, and animators.
- Collaborate with the game development team to ensure seamless integration of visual content.
- A sharp eye for design and detail, and a passion for elevating UI/UX through polish, transitions, and dynamic presentation.
- Strong proficiency with Unity and URP, with experience building and integrating beautiful particle systems, and VFX.
- Experience structuring clean, maintainable prefabs, animations, and art assets within Unity's pipeline.
- Problem-solving mindset—able to debug, iterate, and creatively push technical constraints to achieve great-looking results.
- Experience working with MMFeedbacks and Unity Animator to create visual transitions
- Experience working on mobile platforms and understand the performance constraints
- Experience in 3D modelling and 3D rigging
- Competitive compensation package.
- Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
- Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
- Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field
Nex is located in San Jose, California, USA and Hong Kong. Learn more about us at nex.inc/who-we-are.
We encourage applications even if you don’t meet more than 50% of the requirements — we believe that experience comes in many forms!
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What We Do
Nex is helping families reconnect with the joy of movement through fun, social, and interactive content that’s accessible to all ages. Its award-winning Nex Playground console, launched in December 2023, uses cutting-edge AI, mobile and vision technologies to merge digital and physical worlds, immersing players in the experience using their natural body movement. Nex Playground games range from original sports and fitness titles, to educational games and titles in collaboration with Hasbro and Sesame Workshop.
Since its founding, Nex has been recognised as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has been awarded the prestigious Apple Design Award. Nex Playground is also kidSAFE+ COPPA certified, highlighting the company’s firm stance on privacy and safety for kids and families. To learn more, visit https://www.nex.inc or follow the company on Instagram and Facebook.
See current job openings at https://www.nex.inc/careers
