About the role
Company Overview
Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused development can result in great games. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to critical and player acclaim. The company seeks humble but ambitious, razor-sharp professionals who take play seriously, are passionate about games, embrace experimentation, and have a healthy disregard for constraints.
Role Overview
Based in the Singapore Studio, the Concept Art Lead for an unpublished R&D product leverages expertise in game development concept art to guide a team of artists in the creation of highly inspirational and informative art for characters, environments, and various assets. This role is responsible for guiding the exploration and execution of the Concept Art discipline across cosmetics content and implementing a style that fits within art pillars and punctuates game design.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and be accountable for the quality of the work the team delivers and set the bar for excellence.
- Provide craft direction for the team.
- Own the full lifecycle management of team members, including selection, onboarding, performance development, feedback, and exits.
- Establish and maintain a highly engaged, creative, and motivated workspace to unleash potential.
- Drive innovative ideation and design aspirational concepts to set up other disciplines for success.
- Collaborate with the Associate Art Director, Product and Art Leads, stakeholders, and production teams in Singapore and Los Angeles to maintain consistency in workflow and quality expectations.
- Set a clear vision and strategy to grow the team, provide consistent feedback, and build trust.
- Drive the concept development for 2D and 3D art products.
- Lead and improve team rituals to support high-quality craft and individual growth.
- Accomplish the mission with autonomy, vigilantly finding creative and effective solutions to eliminate complex problems.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in the video games industry.
- 2+ years of management experience.
- Demonstrated experience working directly with an outsource vendor either as an Art Outsource Manager or as a Concept Art Lead.
- Extreme proficiency in art fundamentals such as anatomy, composition, design, and color theory.
- Proven experience leading/mentoring teams and individuals, with a growth-minded approach toward teaching and coaching.
- Experience giving thorough direction and delivering timely, clear, actionable feedback.
- Strong background in concept art and a good understanding of technical limitations for 3D assets.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to convey abstract/sophisticated ideas concisely in English, and effectively operate in multilingual, cross-cultural treatments.
Desired Qualifications
- AAA feature/game experience.
- Experience giving direction and delivering clear, constructive feedback to vendors.
- Broad experience collaborating with other art disciplines and working through the production end-to-end.
- Well-versed in Concept Art work for themed and cosmetic content across a variety of game titles, with the ability to form and articulate thoughtful creative insights.
- Experience with several tools, pipelines, and game engines.
- Experience managing distributed teams across time zones and in remote work environments.
- Mandarin fluency (verbal and written) is a strong plus.