Senior Visual Designer, Unpublished R&D Title

As a Senior Visual Designer for an undisclosed R&D title, reporting to the Director of Marketing Creative Direction, you will help introduce a brand new game to players for the very first time. This is a rare opportunity to be an early pioneer - shaping how this game shows up in the world, how players first experience it, and how the brand and live service evolve over time. 
You will be responsible for conceptualizing and executing visual assets and deliverables that support a wide variety of brand moments across all player touch points including branding, social media, key art, game trailers, and live events. At a craft level you will lead and support the Game Publishing team, to which you are assigned, collaborating with individual contributors from other cross-disciplines to align on project goals, advocate for craft excellence and present creative solutions to briefs while ensuring brand and creative consistency via brand guidelines globally.

• Perform expert, hands-on Visual Design duties while simultaneously driving the art direction (high level artistic vision, artist management) of branding and marketing work.
• Drive and maintain the holistic visual identity for the publishing campaigns, moments, seasons and ensure that internal and external partners consistently adhere to brand guidelines and established visual identity
• Lead and manage relationships with external art vendors, design studios, and creative agencies
• Determine art resources, skills and timing needed to achieve positive campaign outcomes
• Review and deliver clear visual feedback that elevates artists and vendors in order to maintain high quality and consistency throughout multiple campaigns deliverables
• With the alignment from the Creative Director, establish the marketing art style, tone, and craft tactics for multiple features of various campaigns while responding to strategic needs
• Collaborate efficiently and effectively with a multi-disciplinary team providing creative input and feedback: Motion Graphic, illustration, Creative Direction, Gameplay Capture, and Animation

• 8+ years of experience as a visual designer and/or art director in games, entertainment, tech, or advertising.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Miro, and presentation tools
• Proven record of outstanding craft skills in branding, typography, visual design systems, motion graphics and brand guidelines
• Expert knowledge of illustration, animation, and general creative development process for art
• Experience and curiosity around creative ideation beyond executional visual design
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, providing rationale and strategy to back creative decision making.

• Knowledge of 3d art pipelines (posing, lighting compositing, etc)
• Experience owning projects end-to-end
• Video Editorial and gameplay capture for game trailers and social media
• Able to perform at several altitudes, going from high level direction to hands-on individual contributor craft work
• Experience or passion for the games industry, entertainment, or youth-culture-driven brands

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

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 for more information.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles 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:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• 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.