Director, Art Direction - Unpublished R&D Product

About Riot Games Since 2006, Riot Games has stayed committed to changing the way video games are developed, published, and supported for players. From our first title, League of Legends, to 2020’s VALORANT; we have strived to evolve the community with growth in Esports, and expansion from games into entertainment. Players are the foundation of Riot's community and because of them, we’re able to reach new heights. Founded by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, Riot is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and has 4,500+ Rioters in 20+ offices worldwide. Riot has been featured on numerous lists including Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” “25 Best Companies to Work in Technology,” “100 Best Workplaces for Millennials,” and “50 Best Workplaces for Flexibility.” Riot Games recruiters will never ask for money or request sensitive information, and they'll always reach out from an @riotgames.com email address. You can learn more about Riot’s interview process here: https://www.riotgames.com/en/work-with-us/interviewing-at-riot/interview-process

Riot Games

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riotgames.com

1,001-5,000 employees

Computer Games

Los Angeles, CA

2006

Privately Held

1.5M LinkedIn followers

Raised $21M

• Translate creative direction into clear visual standards, production
• practices, and scalable art workflows
• Drive visual quality, appeal, and gameplay readability across all
• player-facing art
• Apply deep expertise in the art style across art, animation, VFX, visual
• storytelling, and character-driven experiences
• Balance artistic ambition with technical requirements and production
• realities
• Build, lead, and mentor high-performing internal and external art teams
• Direct co-development partners, vendors, and distributed creative talent to
• deliver consistently high-quality work
• Partner across design, narrative, audio, engineering, product, and IP to
• ensure art strengthens the player experience
• Provide clear visual feedback through reviews, paintovers, references, and
• development guidance
• Maintain deep awareness of the art style, creative influences, and evolving
• player expectations

• 12+ years of experience developing games, with 8+ years leading art teams
• Experience as an Art Director or key artistic decision maker on at least one
• shipped 3D game
• Experience delivering games with strong character appeal in both model and
• animation
• Strong understanding of the pipelines, production techniques, and technical
• constraints required to deliver stylized visuals in games
• Strong artistic judgment across character design, composition, shape
• language, color, lighting, animation, VFX, and gameplay readability
• Experience balancing visual quality against technical, production, platform,
• and team-size constraints
• Experience building, leading, mentoring, and aligning art teams across
• cross-functional game development
• Experience directing external vendors or distributed art teams
• Champion of healthy creative processes that support iteration, alignment,
• scalable production, and strong artistic quality
• Experience leveraging emerging technologies and workflows, to accelerate
• visual development while maintaining artistic quality, authorship, and
• creative integrity
• A portfolio demonstrating strong artistic judgment, visual clarity,
• compositional skill, and stylistic range
• Experience developing games in modern game engines (i.e. Unreal, Unity, etc)
• Experience developing art direction for live-service, multiplayer, or other
• technically constrained games
• Experience with 3D games that place high demands on character appeal,
• animation, VFX, camera, gameplay readability, or combat clarity
• Working knowledge of stylized rendering techniques, VFX, animation, and
• visual clarity for gameplay
• For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative
• spirit that prioritizes the delight of players. We will look at your past
• studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people
• with a personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care
• about players' experiences, this is the role for you!
• Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and
• other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life
• insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children,
• and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages
• It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and
• Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance
• Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the
• Washington Fair Chance Act.
• Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may
• create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as
• vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters
• These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and
• compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may
• evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned
• as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Parental leave
• 401k with company match
• Open paid time off
• Flexible work schedules
• Short and long-term disability
• Vision insurance