Manager, VFX Art

Location

Singapore

Studio Overview

Established in 2020, Riot Singapore is a game development studio focused on delivering great experiences to players. The studio partners with the LA headquarters on game development for League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT, and 2XKO. Riot Singapore focuses on working together to promote individual autonomy, ownership, collaboration, and inclusivity.

Role Overview

As a VFX Lead on the Cosmetics Team for Teamfight Tactics, you will channel your knowledge of color and light to explore and produce the best player value for Teamfight Tactics players. You will guide the exploration and execution of the VFX, implementing sleek, dynamic, and dramatic visual effects that add atmosphere and depth to gameplay. You will mentor and level up the craft and game developer skills of your VFX team, work with the Associate Art Director to implement a VFX style that fits within the art pillars and punctuates game design, set the high quality bar, and expand and support a high-performing external team in China.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and be accountable for the quality of the work the team delivers and set the bar for excellence.
• Provide craft direction for your team.
• Provide as-needed support of all aspects of the VFX process, from set-up through production and troubleshooting.
• Balance visual satisfaction and gameplay clarity.
• Provide hands-on craft support to the product where needed.
• Support the Associate Art Director on emergent tasks where needed.
• Build a world-class team by sourcing AAA VFX artists in China and developing and growing their craft skills and soft skills through training and feedback.
• Build and maintain a healthy VFX team by setting a clear vision, providing consistent feedback, and building trust.
• Establish and maintain a highly engaged, creative, and motivated culture to unleash artists' potential.
• Drive and improve team rituals to support high-quality craft delivery and enable efficient growth of the team.
• Collaborate with Rioters in Singapore and worldwide to ensure product goals are fulfilled and working practices are appropriate.
• Vigilantly find creative and effective solutions to eliminate complex problems.
• Work closely with Product Leads, Delivery Leads, Stakeholders, and the Associate Art Director to stay aligned on vision and priorities.
• Quickly mediate and resolve craft disagreements and misalignments.
• Prioritize craft health and support above personally contributing to art production.
• Run and manage healthy and productive craft review sessions.
• Work closely with other VFX Leads on Teamfight Tactics Cosmetics to cultivate a great cohesive culture and ensure consistent quality and style.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in the video games industry as a VFX artist.
• 2+ years of management experience leading and mentoring teams and individuals.
• Advanced skills in 3D/2D Software: Maya, 3DS Max, Photoshop.
• Experience creating high-quality, stylized real-time VFX.
• Expertise in handpainted stylized VFX.
• Shipped titles as a Senior or Lead VFX Artist.
• High proficiency in VFX development, including fundamentals such as timing, shape language, composition, design, shader, and color theory.
• A clear understanding of the Teamfight Tactics art style.

Desired Qualifications

• AAA Feature/Game experience.
• Teamfight Tactics community connections/knowledge.
• Experience giving direction and delivering clear, constructive feedback to vendors.
• Past leadership or management experience.
• Development experience creating materials and PBR assets within modern game engines (Unreal, Unity, etc.).
• Broad experience collaborating with other art disciplines, working production end-to-end.
• Well-versed in VFX design for themed and cosmetic content across a variety of game titles, with the ability to form and articulate thoughtful creative insights.
• Tools experience across several tools, pipelines, and game engines.
• Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English, with the ability to communicate effectively in multilingual, cross-cultural treatments.
• Experience managing distributed teams across time zones and in remote work environments.

Perks and Benefits

• Full relocation support.
• Full health insurance for you, your spouse, and children.
• Open paid time off.
• Retirement benefits with company matching.
• Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability.
• Play Fund to broaden and deepen knowledge of players and the community through games.
• Donation matching for time and money contributed to non-profits.