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VFX Artist II - Gameplay, Teamfight Tactics

Los Angeles, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Dec 2024

About the role

As a VFX Artist II on the Teamfight Tactics Team, you will report to the VFX Art Lead. You will support a variety of projects in the lab team, both in craft and game-play as we create assets that will both surprise and delight players. Workdays will vary from a wide range of products from Environment VFX,, converting League of Legends champions, Traits, new gameplay mechanics and any future VFX needs for League of legend feature game mode. You will work closely with Delivery manager, Designers, Engineers, other discipline artists and the Art lead to stay aligned on vision and priorities. Quickly mediate and resolve craft disagreements and misalignments. Help Engineers and Designers solve problems on new exciting gameplay for Teamfight Tactics and feature game mode.

Being a part of the Real-Time VFX group, you’ll have the opportunities to design and help implement the sleek, dynamic and dramatic special effects that add atmosphere and depth to gameplay. With your experience, you’ll create aesthetically astounding visual effects that communicate essential game information. You’ll use your artistic and technical skills to breathe life into undead spells, channel primal emotions and capture the essence of hundreds of champions.

Responsibilities:

Work with designers to help create exciting and new gameplay
Update iconic effects from Summoner's Rift into TeamfightTactics
Design and help implement the Clear, Atmospheric and eye catching effects
Strong affinity for heavily Stylized VFX
Balance visual satisfaction and gameplay clarity while working to ensure amazing effects are accurately representing a given action or state
Use your craft skills to draw, paint, animate and model as-needed
Find creative and effective solutions to tackle difficult problems in production. Help product owners and designers understand clarity and implementation needs and help make decisions based on those needs
A deep understanding of League of Legends and Auto Battlers to ensure cohesion between products

Required Qualifications:

3+ years of experience creating real-time stylized VFX in games
Skills in 3D/2D Software - Maya, 3DS Max, Photoshop
Experience creating high-quality, stylized real-time VFX
Proficiency in VFX development, including fundamentals like timing, shape language, color theory.
Knowledge of the Auto Battler genre, ideally League of Legends, as it pertains to game design, isometric content and visual clarity

Desired Qualifications:

Experience working and communicating with several designers
Development experience creating materials and PBR assets within modern game engines (Unreal, Unity, etc)
Familiar with Unreal pipeline and workflows for mobile
Confident with creating punchy, sharp and stylized VFX
Familiarity with the League of Legends IP and skins universes
Experience with the League of Legends tools and pipeline
Tools experience: have worked in several tools, pipelines, and game engines.
Experience giving direction and delivering clear, constructive feedback to vendors

As a part of the application process, you will be expected to provide a portfolio or demo reel of your work and may be asked to complete an art test.

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:

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.