Art Lead - Teamfight Tactics

As an Art Lead at Riot, you will manage a team of Artists and oversee the development and growth of the team. You are also responsible for the hiring, onboarding, and offboarding of direct reports and ensuring that the team is meeting department quality and product needs. You will lean on your years of experience to help build some of the most iconic art in the world of gaming. Your skills, artistic eye and understanding of art principles and process will lead the way in art creation. Working within both technical and design constraints, you will use your knowledge of game development art production and readability to ensure art is optimized in game. Your craft expertise and high-level execution will enrich the player’s immersive experience.

As the Art Lead on Teamfight Tactics (TFT) Gameplay,  you will report to the Gameplay Art Director (AD). You will be responsible for understanding TFT’s creative direction in collaboration with the Gameplay AD and driving the vision for TFT sets through all aspects of art including concept, illustration, environment, character, animation, VFX and audio.  You will partner with the discipline specific art leads and various other departments such as product owners, designers and engineers to create globally-appealing TFT sets that inspire your team and delight players. You will also collaborate globally across Riot.

Responsibilities:

• Lead art direction and world-building of TFT sets alongside the Gameplay AD and drive the vision across all art craft disciplines
• Drive Product efforts and prioritize resources
• Collaborate closely with product, narrative, and design partners to develop the vision for TFT sets
• Collaborate with production to define clear schedules, priorities, and task delegation across all set phases, ensuring timely execution.
• Collaborate with both internal and external teams
• Provide constructive, goal-oriented feedback on artists’ work to ensure art quality and achievement of product goals
• Advocate for your team, and be a source of calm and compassion
• Manage artists across concept and illustration

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience working in the games industry as an Artist or Art Director
• 1+ years of management experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience mentoring others
• Strong visual communication skills
• Experience with production pipelines, scheduling, and task prioritization in collaboration with producers
• Experience partnering with external studios and delivering feedback to produce high quality art

Desired Qualifications:

• BA in game art development or similar
• A background in concept or illustration
• 7+ years of industry experience
• 1 year of experience in art direction, especially world building and thematic development
• Experience with Unreal Engine 

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!

Our Perks:

We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children. Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available. Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations. Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games.

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