About the role
Company Overview
Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused game development can result in great games. The company culture values humble, ambitious, and razor-sharp professionals who take play seriously and see things differently. Employees are encouraged to experiment and operate with a healthy disregard for constraints.
Role Summary
As part of the Real-Time VFX team, the Senior VFX Artist will work closely with a team of artists to deliver high-quality premium content skin experiences. This role involves utilizing exceptional aesthetic sensibility and technical expertise to shape visual direction for a diverse range of weapon skin thematics. The position establishes the benchmark for creative direction, guiding and empowering partner studios' production efforts. Responsibilities include tackling complex artistic and technical challenges, pioneering new VFX features, workflows, and guidelines, and serving as a key point of contact for external partners.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the VFX Manager to establish VFX standards and execution strategies for weapon skinlines.
- Lead early-stage creative and stylistic exploration for high-tier weapon skins, setting the bar of excellence for asset delivery and seamless handovers to partner studios for production.
- Problem solve complex artistic and technical challenges while collaborating closely with the team to develop innovative VFX features and new technologies.
- Foster close collaboration with cross-disciplinary leads, maintaining open communication to build relationships, clarify project goals, and ensure alignment on expected outcomes.
- Provide clear, actionable feedback to partner studios to ensure all VFX deliverables meet the project’s standards.
- Provide hands-on guidance and use paintovers to achieve good readability, clarity, and stylization fitting to the game and intended thematic intentions.
- Assist the VFX Manager in onboarding, training, and providing resource materials for new VFX artists.
- Partner with the technical art team to ensure efficient asset optimization and the timely resolution of VFX-related technical issues.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional experience in visual effects, spanning diverse art styles.
- Deep mastery of VFX and Art fundamentals—timing, color, composition, motion, and readability.
- Exceptional aesthetic sensibility, strong creative vision, and the adaptability to execute within a given art direction.
- Adaptable and efficient at executing within a specified vision.
- Experience with Unreal Engine and VFX toolchains.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate feedback and creative intent clearly across cultures and disciplines.
- Basic English communication (spoken and written).
Desired Qualifications
- Passion for competitive PVP games.
- AAA experience on stylized, FPS games.
- Experience in team management and collaborating with external partner teams.
- Bilingual proficiency (Mandarin) to interface effectively with partner studios.
Additional Requirements
- Applicants will be expected to provide a portfolio or demo reel of work.
- Applicants may be asked to complete an art test.
Perks
- Full relocation support.
- Comprehensive 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 deepen knowledge of players and community through games.
- Donation matching for time and money given to non-profits.