At Riot, engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Unreal Ecosystem team, you will work with a passionate team of engineers in the support of plugins, tools and systems that empower all developers and collaborators to make the best game experiences for our players. 

The Unreal Ecosystem (UnEco) team collaborates with partners across Riot, all contributing to a stronger, more efficient Unreal development environment. You’ll navigate diverse technical challenges, ramping up quickly on new topics and solving complex problems in ways that empower both developers and, ultimately, our players.

This role is can be based in either Australia or New Zealand, and will be a 12-month contract.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the on-call rotation within core working hours; resolve game developer workflows & identify points of improvements from hands on support.
• Build and maintain software systems with a focus on quality, reliability, and maintainability.
• Write clear documentation and communicate technical details across teams and disciplines.
• Uphold a high standard of engineering excellence. Participate in code reviews, write unit/integration tests, and contribute to continuous improvement of team practices.

Required Qualifications: 

• 4+ years experience in professional software development
• 3+ years of professional experience and proficiency with C++
• Experience working with game development teams or adjacent industries
• Experience with Unreal engine
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, concurrency, etc.)
• Strong communication within and across teams
• Fluency in English
• Core Hours align with AEDT 10AM-6PM

Desired Qualifications:

• Fluency in Mandarin

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!

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming.

At the Riot Singapore Efficiency team, we're driven by innovation and optimization. Our team harnesses the power of Machine Learning approaches and Artificial Intelligence to reimagine the way we build games. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, we aim to streamline development processes, enhance creative workflows, which finally deliver immersive experiences to players around the globe. Join us in pushing the boundaries of what's possible in game development and shaping the future of interactive entertainment.

We are seeking a talented and experienced Data Scientist to join our AI team. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play a key role in leveraging Machine Learning techniques to drive innovation and efficiency in our game development processes. You will collaborate closely with game teams to accelerate artists' pipelines, streamline workflows, and introduce novel tools aimed at enhancing player experiences.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the development and implementation of Machine Learning models aimed at accelerating creative pipeline optimizations, enhancing processes such as content creation, iteration, and integration.
• Work closely with game designers, engineers, and artists to identify opportunities for applying Machine Learning techniques to streamline creative workflows, improve asset generation, and enhance overall efficiency in game development.
• Design and conduct experiments to validate models, measure their impact on creative pipeline optimizations, and drive continuous improvement.
• Stay abreast of the latest advancements in Machine Learning, and gaming technology, and proactively explore innovative approaches to enhancing creative pipeline efficiencies.

Required Skills 

• Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field, with a focus on Machine Learning, Data Science, or Artificial Intelligence.
• At least 3 years of extensive experience in applying Data Science techniques to real-world problems, with a proven track record of delivering impactful data science solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, C, C++, C#, and experience with libraries and frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or JAX.
• Strong understanding of statistical analysis, experimental design, and data visualization techniques.
• Experience working with Generative Models, such as Score-based Diffusion Models, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) or Variational Autoencoders (VAEs), to drive creative pipeline optimizations.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Leadership experience, including mentoring junior team members, interns and driving cross-functional collaboration, is highly desirable.

Desired Skills 

• Experience working in the gaming industry or a related field is a plus.

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

• 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 so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of our players and community through games
• We will double down on your donations of time and money to non-profits

Established in 2020, the Singapore Studio is Riot’s second international game development studio. Riot has been expanding our footprint in Asia and accelerating our talent growth to develop games that deliver great experiences to our players. Our mission is to “scale Riot’s games to hyper-serve players.”

We partner with our LA headquarters on game development for League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and Legends of Runeterra. We’re also building teams for VALORANT and 2XKO, our take on a fighting game. The Singapore Studio is seeking talented, passionate craft experts with backgrounds in all areas of game development to build games that make it better to be a player. 

We’re focused on working together to promote individual autonomy, ownership, collaboration, and inclusivity, so everyone can be their best while we boldly pursue games.

That's where you come in.

As a QA Engineer II (Contract) on Teamfight Tactics, you will work with numerous disciplines to drive quality ownership across the software development life cycle, as well as helping to establish and execute team wide quality goals. You will work with your team of artists, producers and project managers to create value for Players around the world. It will be important for you to aggressively protect the player experience and deliver results in a high pressure, agile development environment.  You will also be tasked to work with other QA professionals, often remotely to get your work completed.

Please note that Riot Games does not offer relocation packages for this position. You need to be able to work legally in Singapore, without Riot Games’ sponsorship, to be considered.

Responsibilities:

• Impact/Scope
  • Your execution of quality activities (testing, risk assessment) impacts the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of your team and closely related teams.  You have specific recommendations for improvements on the development process and quality of the products you work on.
• Complexity
  • You solve complex problems by innovating on best practices, and implement new ways of approaching  and mitigating quality risks. 
• Supervision/Oversight
  • You need little instruction on day-to-day work, and you are able to operate independently, while also instructing junior QA and external testers in their day to day tasks. 
• Craft Knowledge
  • Your skills show expertise in one area, and you are able to deploy a variety of craft elements to solve increasingly complex problems.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years Software Quality Assurance Experience, with success leading testing efforts on a team.
• Experience tasking remote testers and providing feedback on effectiveness.
• Experience managing components of a defect database.
• Experience working embedded with developers and content creators.
• Experience creating custom reports on test coverage and defect data.
• Experience designing and executing test plans.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Teamfight Tactics
• Development experience across several platforms; mobile, console, and PC.
• Preferred Licenses/certifications:
• ISTQB Foundation Level
• ISTQB Agile Tester or ICAgile Agile Testing (ICP-TST)
• ISTQB Expert Level
• ISTQB Advanced Test Manager
• ICAgile Test Expert (ICE-AT)

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players.

Riot Games was founded on the principle that putting players first leads to the exceptional. As we expand our global content, we seek a Tech Art Lead based in Singapore to elevate our technical art and maintain alignment across Riot and partner studios.

That's where you come in.

As a Manager of Technical Art, you will lead and support defining the technical art needs across all of the different creative and technical teams on an unpublished R&D product. You will partner with the Art Director to inform on best practices and pipelines, workflow, and asset production so artists can work efficiently and without technical hurdles in production.

Responsibilities:

• As a Technical Art Lead on the team, you will oversee and be accountable for the quality of the work the team delivers and set the bar for excellence. 
• Provide technical direction for your team.
• Own the full lifecycle management of your team members—from selection and onboarding through performance development, feedback, and exits where necessary—ensuring the right people and skills are in place to deliver at Riot’s quality bar.
• You will establish and maintain a highly engaged, creative, and motivated workspace for your team to unleash people’s potential.
• You will lead teams in identifying new opportunities to incorporate technology to increase art workflow efficiency and unlock new creative opportunities
• You will lead and improve team rituals to support high-quality craft and individual growth
• You will accomplish your mission with complete autonomy if needed; you're dedicated to vigilantly finding creative and effective solutions to eliminate complex problems.
• Collaborate with the relevant discipline leads and production teams in Singapore and Los Angeles to maintain consistency in workflow, and quality expectations.
• Amplify the team’s artistic capabilities while maintaining efficient and sustainable memory and performance
• Ensure technical support to art and animation in both Maya and Motionbuilder across the product
• Prototype new products and build effective asset generation pipelines to support them
• Work with IT and other technical organizations across the company to ensure alignment and support for product
• Build close relationships with the artists and engineers you work alongside with to understand their needs and provide leadership on tool and pipeline development
• Partner with other Managers of Technical Art and Technical Art Directors of the unpublished R&D product to develop a cohesive vision and shared standards across the discipline
• Collaborate with our external partner studios to build and maintain the pipelines, tools and guidance they need to consistently deliver high quality assets

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience as a technical artist in games or related industries
• Deep expertise in Character Rigging and deformation systems
• Strong proficiency in dynamics (cloth, hair, physics-based secondary motion)
• Proven experience leading/mentoring teams and individuals
• Experience with Maya and authoring Maya tools with Python/C++
• Experience developing games, prototypes or tools in Unreal using Python and Blueprints
• Past experience working with multiple source control tools such as git and perforce
• Experience with and commitment to building long-term maintainable, testable, portable, and stable systems
• Experience defining and implementing team strategies
• Experience giving thorough direction and delivering timely, clear feedback
• Strong art fundamentals that enable the creation of content, prototypes and tools and pipelines that would match the Product Art Direction requirements
• A strong communicator and able to convey abstract/sophisticated ideas in a concise way, in English or in Mandarin

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience authoring pipeline tool sets for lighting, shaders, and content optimization
• Experience with 3D math, game engines, and a fundamental understanding of UX/UI principles when applied to tool development 
• Experience managing distributed teams across time zones and in remote work environments
• Tools experience: have worked in several tools, pipelines, and game engines 
• Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English, with the ability to communicate effectively in multilingual, cross-cultural treatments 

At Riot, we believe in putting players first. Our Sydney-based studio partners globally to develop a across our suite of live games, core technology and new and evolving experiences across multiple Unpublished R&D titles. Whether building foundational systems, driving production strategy, or fostering collaboration across time zones, our teams help deliver genre-defining player experiences.

As a Manager, Game Production on League of Legends, you will work closely with producers, product managers, and cross-discipline leaders to guide teams from conception through launch and live operations. You will be the custodian of strong delivery processes and ensure that collaboration with other teams runs smoothly. You will oversee a team of teams work, build work systems, ensure execution, and provide stakeholders and customers with visibility on complex deliverables. You will also ensure teams work at a sustainable pace and continuously improve. You will work with an offsite team to oversee their development of features and services and ensure they are incorporated into the team’s work system. Your role will report to the Sydney Studio Senior Manager in Game Production on League of Legends.

Responsibilities:

• Directly manage and grow production and product management craft across multiple teams and projects.
• Drive strategic alignment across initiatives to ensure work supports both local and global objectives.
• Maintain and report on project status regularly to stakeholders, customers, and dependent teams.
• Facilitate conversations, identify misalignment areas in development, and develop risk mitigation plans.
• Provide leadership guidance, mentorship, and feedback to producers and product leads.
• Foster healthy and efficient co-development practices between Sydney and partner studios.
• Champion team health, culture, and long-term sustainability.
• Identify and communicate production risks and opportunities across teams and product verticals.

Required Qualifications: 

• 8+ years of experience shipping games, applications, or software in a production/product/program management role.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a people management role or team leadership, coaching and mentoring.
• Proven experience leading teams through major development phases (planning, execution, release, and post-launch).
• Demonstrated experience with Agile development methodologies and frameworks.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to align diverse stakeholders across disciplines and time zones.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience establishing metrics and data-driven improvement processes.
• Strong analytical and strategic planning skills.
• Experience fostering collaboration across distributed global teams.
• Previous experience in game development, live service operations, or related entertainment fields.

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:

At Riot we strongly believe in work / life balance, and we encourage that with our open paid time off policy, paid parental leave (for both primary and secondary carers) and flexible work schedules to fit your lifestyle. We also believe that work should be fun, we have co-op gaming areas, a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of players and community, and all the snacks you would ever need to power through your day (even healthy snacks!). And that’s not all we offer, there’s also:

• Medical Insurance that covers you and your dependents
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness fund
• Donation matching of time and money to registered charities
• Learning and Development opportunities

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming.

At Riot, we believe in putting players first. Our Sydney-based team is partnering globally to build next-generation features and technology on an exciting Unpublished R&D Title. The team focuses on supporting the game's visual targets and content production needs - helping our artists to realize a vibrant and rich world for players to be immersed and express themselves in.

As a Manager, Technical Artist, Rendering, you’ll help define and deliver the visual bar for our next generation of worlds. You’ll lead and grow a team of talented technical artists, providing hands-on coaching, clear direction, and thoughtful feedback that elevates both craft and collaboration. By partnering closely with Art Leadership, Environment Art, and Lighting, you’ll help shape content creation efforts and translate creative ambition into clear rendering and lighting requirements that achieve our visual targets.

As a Manager, Technical Artist, you’ll own the artist-facing interfaces to the rendering pipeline, ensuring tools and systems are intuitive, well-documented, and built to scale. You’ll work side-by-side with Engineering to evaluate performance implications, balancing stunning visual fidelity with scalability across hardware constraints. From asset pipeline optimization to evolving visual systems as the project matures, you’ll ensure lighting and rendering workflows integrate seamlessly into content creation. As a strategic cross-disciplinary partner, you’ll communicate constraints, risks, and opportunities with clarity — empowering artists with best practices while guiding leadership toward smart, sustainable technical decisions. 

You will report into the Senior Manager, Technical Art and work closely with the Tech Art Director and other members of the team abroad.

Responsibilities:

• Directly manage a team of technical artists, providing support, coaching, and guidance in how they conduct their work.
• Partner with Art Leadership, Environment Art, and Lighting to define rendering and lighting requirements needed to achieve the desired visual target.
• Own and support the artist-facing interfaces to the rendering pipeline, ensuring systems are intuitive, documented, and scalable.
• Work with Engineering to evaluate performance implications of lighting and rendering features, balancing visual quality with scalability and hardware constraints.
• Partner on asset pipeline development and optimization, ensuring lighting and rendering workflows integrate cleanly with content creation.
• Support the evolution of existing visual systems, adapting tools, workflows, and systems as needed.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to artists around lighting and rendering best practices.
• Build strong cross-disciplinary relationships to understand artist needs and communicate constraints, risks, and opportunities to leadership.

Required Qualifications: 

• 6+ years of professional experience as a Technical Artist in games or a related industry.
• Experience with Unreal Engine lighting, rendering, and scripting systems.
• Proficiency with one or more industry standard content creation tools such as Autodesk Maya, 3DS Max, Adobe Suite, ZBrush, Houdini, Substance Suite, or Blender.
• In-depth understanding of real-time rendering principles, lighting models, and optimization strategies for real-time environments.
• Proven experience partnering closely with engineers to support or drive engine-level changes that meet artistic goals.
• Strong understanding of art production pipelines and the ability to translate artistic requirements into usable, production-ready tools or processes.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to act as a bridge between art and engineering.
• Proactive, responsible, and comfortable owning ambiguous or evolving problem spaces.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working on a large-scale, AAA game with a sizable, cross-disciplinary team.
• Familiarity with modern Unreal Engine rendering features such as Lumen, Nanite, PCG, dynamic lighting systems, and weather-driven lighting.
• Experience contributing to or supporting content creation efforts during early or transitional production phases.
• Experience with scalable systems, tools, or pipeline development for large teams.
• Experience working with performance profiling and optimization in collaboration with engineering.

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:

At Riot we strongly believe in work / life balance, and we encourage that with our open paid time off policy, paid parental leave (for both primary and secondary carers) and flexible work schedules to fit your lifestyle. We also believe that work should be fun, we have co-op gaming areas, a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of players and community, and all the snacks you would ever need to power through your day (even healthy snacks!). And that’s not all we offer, there’s also:

• Medical Insurance that covers you and your dependents
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness fund
• Donation matching of time and money to registered charities
• Learning and Development opportunities

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

Riot Games was founded in 2006 by gamers who believed that putting players first could lead to extraordinary games. In 2009, we released League of Legends, now the world’s most-played PC game.Today, millions log on every month—and it's for them that we continue evolving the League experience.

We’re looking for humble but ambitious, razor-sharp leaders who push craft and technology forward. You take play seriously—are passionate about games, fearless in experimentation, and comfortable defying constraints.

That's where you come in.

Responsibilities:

• Own the technical art vision for League of Legends in Singapore, spanning cosmetics and other content produced in partnership with LA.
• Build and sustain an environment where Technical Art Managers and their teams can thrive—balancing craft excellence, technical innovation, and player-focused outcomes.
• Lead, mentor, and grow the Technical Art discipline in Singapore by managing and enabling Rendering and Rigging leads to build high-performing, player-focused teams.
• Manage and coach Technical Art Managers, supporting their career growth through clear development strategies, mentorship, and feedback. Empower them to grow both their technical and leadership impact while building sustainable, high-performing teams.
• Partner with Recruiting and Production to hire world-class technical artists and managers, ensuring balanced team structures, clear onboarding, and sustainable workloads.
• Establish clear performance expectations for Technical Art Managers and their teams, providing regular feedback and managing performance effectively and empathetically.
• Remain hands-on with tools, pipelines, and game engines—able to contribute directly in rendering, rigging, shaders, or pipeline development when necessary to guide decision-making, unblock teams, or set examples of technical best practices.
• Define long-term technical strategies in partnership with LA leadership, ensuring Singapore’s contributions integrate seamlessly with Riot-wide pipelines, tools, and workflows.
• Build and maintain alignment between Singapore and LA Technical Art leadership to ensure shared standards, knowledge transfer, and consistency in technical direction across regions.
• Anticipate future tech and workflow needs, building strategies to keep Riot’s pipelines modern, scalable, and efficient. Drive innovation that enhances player experiences, ensuring technical solutions ultimately serve gameplay clarity, art quality, and performance.
• Align diverse partners across art, engineering, production, and partner studios around clear technical strategies that balance creative ambition, efficiency, and sustainability.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with partner studios and external vendors, ensuring efficiency, quality, and consistent standards
• Define and nurture a healthy, inclusive, and high-performing culture across Singapore’s Technical Art teams. Build frameworks and rituals that strengthen collaboration, trust, and continuous improvement across Rendering, Rigging, and broader Technical Art disciplines.
• Proactively identify risks and remove blockers to ensure sustainable, high-quality delivery across multiple content streams.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years in the games industry, with at least 4+ years in technical art leadership or management roles.
• Proven experience leading and developing Technical Art Managers or Leads across multiple subdisciplines (Rendering, Rigging, Shading, or Pipeline).
• Deep knowledge of game art production pipelines, with strong expertise in real-time rendering and/or rigging, and the ability to guide managers in technical decision-making.
• Broad familiarity with multiple aspects of the 3D art pipeline (rigging, modeling, texturing, shading, integration).
• Strong background collaborating with cross-discipline partners in art, engineering, and production.
• Demonstrated success in hiring, mentoring, and developing leaders to elevate team performance and craft quality.
• Hands-on technical experience with major game engines (Unreal, Unity, or proprietary).
• Proven ability to align stakeholders across disciplines and regions around a shared technical vision.
• Excellent communication skills, able to clearly articulate complex technical strategies to both creative and technical audiences
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).
• Passion for League of Legends, with an understanding of cosmetics and player expectations.

Desired Qualifications:

• Broad experience shipping stylized AAA content
• Programming or scripting knowledge (e.g., Python, C++, C#) to collaborate effectively with engineers and provide informed guidance on tools and workflows.
• Experience improving pipelines, tools, and workflows at scale.
• Multilingual skills (e.g., Mandarin) to support collaboration with partner studios.

Our Perks:

• 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 so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of our players and community through games
• We will double down on your donations of time and money to non-profits

Don’t forget to include a resume and cover letter. We receive a lot of applications, but we’ll notice a fun, well-written intro that shows us you take play seriously. 

Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused game development can result in great games. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to critical and player acclaim. As the most played PC game in the world, over 100 million play every month. Players form the foundation of our community and it’s for them that we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience. 

We’re looking for humble but ambitious, razor-sharp professionals who can teach us a thing or two. We promise to return the favor. Like us, you take play seriously; you’re passionate about games. We embrace those who see things differently, aren’t afraid to experiment, and who have a healthy disregard for constraints.

That's where you come in.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee art direction for League of Legends cosmetics, from concept through final in-game assets, ensuring every piece expresses clear thematic vision, craft excellence, and strong player resonance.
• Define and uphold the artistic vision, craft standards, and success criteria that drive clarity, readability, and emotional impact across cosmetics. Partner with production to ensure pipelines support sustainable quality.
• Translate Riot LA’s creative vision into actionable direction for craft leads and teams.
• Partner closely with Riot LA Creative and Product leadership to interpret and implement League of Legends’ creative and artistic vision for cosmetics, ensuring alignment with global quality standards, champion identity, and thematic intent.
• Champion player clarity and fantasy in every cosmetic, guiding teams to create visually exciting, thematically cohesive, and gameplay-readable art.
• Collaborate across Riot LA and Singapore to maintain alignment, manage feedback, and resolve challenges across all stages of production.
• Build strong, trust-based relationships with Riot LA Creative, Art, and Product partners through transparency, reliability, and consistent delivery.
• Remove creative and operational blockers to enable sustainable delivery, and partner closely with Riot LA and Singapore cosmetics leadership to align on art direction, share best practices, and ensure visual consistency across regions.
• Mentor and grow craft leads, fostering both creative excellence and leadership confidence. Inspire teams to push boundaries while maintaining League’s distinctive visual identity.
• Foster a healthy, inclusive, and creatively charged team culture that encourages experimentation, feedback, and continuous improvement—aligned with Riot’s values and player focus.
• Success in this role comes from translating Riot LA’s creative and product vision into inspiring, high-quality cosmetic content. You’ll align cross-regional teams, synthesize feedback, and guide Singapore’s artists to deliver work that embodies League’s clarity, craft excellence, and champion fantasy—bringing joy to players around the world.

Required Qualifications:

• Deep experience with the game art production pipeline, across multiple art disciplines.
• Proven success in art direction and people management.
• Strong background collaborating with external vendors and co-development partners.
• Skilled in stakeholder management, prioritization, and navigating ambiguity.
• Fluent in English, able to clearly communicate creative direction and goals.
• Deep expertise in League of Legends—its champions, visual identity, and player expectations for cosmetic content—with strong player empathy to evaluate work for clarity, readability, and delight.

Desired Qualifications: 

• Experience planning and maintaining production schedules in partnership with producers or development managers.
• Broad experience shipping stylized AAA content.
• Familiarity with outsourcing workflows and end-to-end pipelines.
• Engine experience (Unreal, Unity, or proprietary).
• Multilingual skills (Mandarin or other regional languages).

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:

• 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 so you can deepen your knowledge of our players and community through games
• We’ll double down on your donations of time and money to non-profits

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. As the most-played PC game in the world, millions of players log in every month. Players form the foundation of our community, and it’s for them that we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience.

We’re looking for humble but ambitious, razor-sharp professionals who can teach us a thing or two. We promise to return the favor. Like us, you take play seriously; you’re passionate about games. We embrace those who see things differently, aren’t afraid to experiment, and who have a healthy disregard for constraints.

That’s where you come in.

Senior Manager, Art Direction at Riot oversee the quality and management of a team with a focus on Mission, Direction, and Cohesion. Your scope of responsibilities covers an entire initiative. These responsibilities include overall culture, performance, and growth of your direct reports.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee art direction for the project cosmetics, from concept through final in-game assets, ensuring every piece expresses clear thematic vision, craft excellence, and strong player resonance.
• Uphold the artistic vision, craft standards, and success criteria that drive clarity, readability, and emotional impact across cosmetics. Partner with production to ensure pipelines support sustainable quality.
• Partner closely with Riot LA Creative and Product leadership to interpret and implement the creative and artistic vision for cosmetics, ensuring alignment with global quality standards, champion identity, and thematic intent.
• Champion player clarity and fantasy in every cosmetic, guiding teams to create visually exciting, thematically cohesive, and gameplay-readable art.
• Collaborate across Riot LA and Singapore to maintain alignment, manage feedback, and resolve challenges across all stages of production.
• Build strong, trust-based relationships with Riot LA Creative, Art, and Product partners through transparency, reliability, and consistent delivery.
• Remove creative and operational blockers to enable sustainable delivery, and partner closely with Riot LA and Singapore cosmetics leadership to align on art direction, share best practices, and ensure visual consistency across regions.
• Mentor and grow craft leads, fostering both creative excellence and leadership confidence. Inspire teams to push boundaries while maintaining the project’s distinctive visual identity.
• Foster a healthy, inclusive, and creatively charged team culture that encourages experimentation, feedback, and continuous improvement—aligned with Riot’s values and player focus.
• Success in this role comes from translating Riot LA’s creative and product vision into inspiring, high-quality cosmetic content. You’ll align cross-regional teams, synthesize feedback, and guide Singapore’s artists to deliver work that embodies the project’s clarity, craft excellence, and fantasy—bringing joy to players around the world.

Required Qualifications:

• Deep experience with the game art production pipeline, across multiple art disciplines.
• Proven success in art direction and people management.
• Strong background collaborating with external vendors and co-development partners.
• Skilled in stakeholder management, prioritization, and navigating ambiguity.
• Fluent in English, able to clearly communicate creative direction and goals.
• Experience developing a style and artistic vision, shepherding the vision through production and shipping, and directing an organization to execute on the style

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience planning and maintaining production schedules in partnership with producers or development managers.
• Broad experience shipping stylized AAA content.
• Familiarity with outsourcing workflows and end-to-end pipelines.
• Engine experience (Unreal, Unity, or proprietary).
• Multilingual skills (Mandarin or other regional languages).

Our 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 so you can deepen your knowledge of our players and community through games
• We’ll double down on your donations of time and money to non-profits

Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused development leads to exceptional games. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to critical and player acclaim. Since then, Riot has expanded its portfolio and studios globally, continuing to create games that inspire and connect players around the world.

That’s where you come in.

As a Senior Manager, Game Production for one of Riot’s Unpublished R&D products, you’ll lead the production effort in our Singapore studio, orchestrating the local development team and ensuring strong alignment with the senior game leadership based in Los Angeles. You’ll be the team captain responsible for translating the game’s creative vision into clear, actionable plans, maintaining the health of both the collaboration and the local production organization.

Your role is to foster a cohesive, high-performing team environment where creative excellence and operational discipline meet. You’ll drive delivery predictability, strengthen cross-studio communication, and ensure that our Singapore team contributes effectively to the overall success of the project.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Singapore production organization, aligning team goals and priorities with the game’s vision, strategy, and milestones set by the Los Angeles leadership team.
• Serve as the primary accountable owner for collaboration health, ensuring clear communication, mutual trust, and smooth integration between studios.
• Drive operational excellence by designing and maintaining scalable production systems, workflows, and accountability rituals that enable sustainable and predictable delivery.
• Cascade strategic direction from senior game leadership into clear objectives and execution plans for Singapore-based teams.
• Oversee cross-disciplinary coordination (art, design, engineering, QA, etc.) to ensure efficient collaboration and timely delivery of features, prototypes, and content.
• Assess and manage risks, proactively addressing production challenges, dependencies, and resourcing needs.
• Monitor production and collaboration health metrics, fostering transparency, alignment, and continuous improvement across all teams.
• Support people management efforts in partnership with discipline leads, ensuring clear goals, career growth, and strong team morale.
• Represent the Singapore team in strategic discussions, status updates, and cross-studio alignment meetings, ensuring both clarity and advocacy for local needs.
• Model Riot’s values and leadership expectations, fostering psychological safety, inclusion, and a feedback-driven culture across teams.
• Champion a player-focused mindset and be the voice of the player

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in game production, operations, or project management roles within the gaming or entertainment industry.
• Proven experience leading large, cross-disciplinary teams across multiple locations or studios.
• Strong background in managing co-development or distributed development environments.
• Experience translating creative vision into execution frameworks, milestone plans, and deliverables.
• Track record of building and maintaining strong cross-functional relationships with leadership, partners, and vendors.
• Skilled in risk assessment, capacity planning, and driving accountability through structured processes.
• Deep understanding of production methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Kanban) and adaptability to R&D environments.
• Demonstrated success in improving delivery predictability, communication, and collaboration health.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills.

Desired Qualifications:

• 2+ years managing large-scale collaborations between internal and external studios.
• Experience shipping or supporting AAA, MMO, or live-service titles.
• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity and rapid iteration in R&D or early-stage development.
• Experience managing production organizations of 30+ people or multi-team operations.
• Experience in working with outsourcing vendors and teams

Our Perks:

• 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 so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of our players and community through games
• We will double down on your donations of time and money to non-profits

Established in 2020, Riot Singapore is a game development studio focused on delivering great experiences to our players. We partner with our LA headquarters on game development for League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT and 2XKO. Riot Singapore is seeking talented, passionate Rioters with backgrounds in all areas of game development to build games that make it better to be a player. 

We’re focused on working together to promote individual autonomy, ownership, collaboration, and inclusivity, so every Rioter can be their best while we boldly pursue games.

That's where you come in.

As a Manager, Sound Design for the League of Legends team, you will be directly responsible for the production of high quality audio content of multiple products. Your consistent high standards and attention to detail will ensure that the content your team produces meets the very high expectations of our players. You’ll manage a high performing remote team, and using your broad knowledge of the creativity, craft and tech of games production, support and direct them through the process of making awesome stuff.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee the creative and technical quality of audio content for League of Legends PC, ensuring it is compelling, high-quality, and bug-free
• Collaborate closely with Rioters across teams, regions & disciplines to align audio goals with broader product initiatives, stakeholder needs, and efficient production practices
• Guide the ideation, conception, design, and implementation of sound design, voice-over, and music that supports and enhances gameplay and aligns with product goals
• Manage a remote, multidisciplinary team of world-class audio professionals by sourcing AAA talent, providing mentorship, and developing their craft through training and feedback
• Set and uphold the bar for audio excellence, reviewing deliverables, directing day-to-day activities, and ensuring alignment with the game's vision and evolving player expectations
• Create and execute audio plans and proposals for new features or major content, including timelines, resource needs, quality targets, and delivery milestones
• Design, record (studio and field), edit, and implement sound effects for characters, environments, and features using industry-standard tools, techniques, and middleware
• Drive the creative use of sound and VO to support gameplay clarity, narrative goals, and esports integrity
• Manage outsourced audio content partners and remote team members, ensuring timely delivery and integration of high-quality assets
• Operate autonomously when needed, proactively solving complex challenges with creative and efficient solutions.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience developing sound for game, or shipped multiple AAA titles
• Expertise in the holistic game audio process (Sound Design, Voice Over, Music Implementation, Technology, Player Experience, etc.)
• Expertise in game engine technical implementation and Wwise audio middleware.
• Experience with sound design creation tools (DAW, Izotope, Waves, Melda, Native Instruments, etc) and techniques
• Experience in setting up sound studios, audio hardware, and software setup
• Experience with voice over processing tools and techniques
• Experience giving thorough direction and delivering timely, clear feedback
• A strong communicator and able to convey abstract/sophisticated ideas in a concise way, in English or in Mandarin

Desired Qualifications:

• Proven experience leading/mentoring teams and individuals
• Growth minded and motivated towards teaching, enabling, and coaching other sound designers
• Familiarity with League of Legends - the game, it’s characters, its products, its players and community
• Experience teaching audio, on-line or in person
• Experience with Reaktor and synthesizers
• Experience with interactive music editing & implementation
• Experience with Scripting languages such as LUA
• Experience with Audio programming, creating audio efficiency tools
• Wwise certification
• Mandarin speaker

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:

• 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 so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of our players and community through games
• We will double down on your donations of time and money to non-profits

Riot Games was founded on the principle that putting players first leads to the exceptional. In 2009, we released League of Legends—today, millions log in each month. As we expand our global content, we seek a VFX Lead based in Singapore to elevate our visual effects and maintain alignment across Riot and partner studios.

We’re looking for someone humble yet confident in their craft—passionate about impact, clarity, and visual effects that bring champions and their abilities to life. You’ll bridge Riot’s creative vision with partner studio execution, ensuring skin VFX meet a world-class standard through clear feedback, craft direction, and collaboration.

That's where you come in.

As a VFX Lead on the Singapore Studio (Unpublished R&D Product), you will lead the visual effects discipline, driving craft quality, partner alignment, and production excellence. You will provide clear creative direction, ensure consistency across internal and external teams, and uphold Riot’s quality bar. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners and mentor VFX artists to deliver high-quality, readable, and impactful visual effects. You will report into the Associate Art Director of the team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and grow the VFX craft in Singapore, ensuring it serves as a center of excellence for delivering feedback, aligning with partner studios, and upholding Riot’s quality bar.
• Own the full lifecycle management of VFX team members—from selection and onboarding through performance development, feedback, and exits where necessary—ensuring the right people and skills are in place to deliver at Riot’s quality bar.
• Set clear performance expectations for VFX staff and partner teams, providing regular feedback and managing performance effectively and empathetically.
• Provide clear, actionable feedback to partner studios to ensure all VFX work meets the project’s bar for readability and clarity.
• Partner closely with studios throughout the production process—from kickoff through delivery—to ensure alignment on creative direction, technical quality, and schedule.
• Build strong relationships with partner studios, creating an environment of trust, transparency, and shared pursuit of craft excellence.
• Review and evaluate VFX deliveries, providing guidance on timing, color, composition, and motion to ensure clarity and visual impact.
• Collaborate with the Associate Art Director, art discipline leads, and Production teams in Singapore and Los Angeles to maintain consistency in workflow, and quality expectations.
• Identify and communicate risks or blockers early, partnering with production and partner studios to maintain sustainable delivery.
• Contribute to documentation, visual guides, and training materials that clarify VFX standards and expectations for partner teams.
• Occasionally provide hands-on guidance or paintovers to demonstrate desired motion, timing, or readability.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, openness, and continuous learning with partner studios, ensuring alignment with Riot’s values and player-first mindset.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of professional experience creating visual effects for games, film, or real-time content.
• 3+ years in a lead or supervisory role providing feedback, mentorship, and direction to VFX artists.
• Deep mastery of VFX fundamentals—timing, color, composition, motion, and readability.
• Experience with game engines (Unreal, Unity, or proprietary) and VFX toolchains.
• Proven experience collaborating with and managing partner studios or external VFX teams.
• Strong communication skills—able to articulate feedback and creative intent clearly across cultures and disciplines.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills; able to work effectively with art, tech, and production partners.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).

Desired Qualifications: 

• Experience working on AAA titles
• Familiarity with modern VFX tools and systems
• Experience improving workflows or optimizing real-time performance
• Experience collaborating across multiple disciplines
• Multilingual communication skills (e.g., Mandarin)

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:

• 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 so you can deepen your knowledge of our players and community through games
• We’ll double down on your donations of time and money to non-profits

Riot Games was founded on the principles that putting players first leads to exceptional experiences. Since the launch of League of Legends in 2009, millions of players around the world log in each month to connect through our games and the music that brings them to life.

As we continue to expand our global content portfolio, we’re seeking an Interactive Music Manager based in Singapore to support the delivery of high-quality interactive music across Riot’s products and partnerships.

That's where you come in.

As the Interactive Music Design Manager in Riot Singapore Game Studio, you’ll help bring Riot’s music vision to life by developing and overseeing interactive music production and in-game implementation across assigned products and features. This role sits at the intersection of music, audio systems, and gameplay — partnering closely with Audio, Design, Engineering, and external music vendors to ensure music is authored, implemented, and optimized for real-time player experiences.

This is not a music supervision, licensing, or marketing-driven role. It is a game music production role with a strong emphasis on music systems, technical integration, and interactive execution, rather than record production or campaign-based music supervision.

This is a position based in Singapore, working closely with both global and regional Riot teams.

Responsibilities:

• Production Scope & Accountability
  • Translate gameplay goals, creative vision, and system intent into clear, actionable interactive music briefs.
  • Be responsible for end-to-end interactive music production for game cosmetic products across League of Legends & Teamfight Tactics. 
• Interactive Music Systems & Implementation
  • Own and oversee end-to-end game music delivery across the team, spanning asset creation, in-game implementation, and final validation.
  • Partner with game teams to define and support interactive music system behavior, including transitions, layering, states, and real-time logic.
  • Supervise and review interactive music implementation using middleware or game engines (e.g., Wwise, FMOD, Unreal, Unity or equivalent) and ensure performance considerations are met.
  • Guide and support external composers and vendors on interactive music design best practices for real-time gameplay.
  • Validate music content against runtime performance, memory, streaming, and platform constraints.
  • Ensure profiling, debugging, and iteration of in-game music behavior to ensure a polished player experience.
• Team Alignment & Collaboration
  • Foster healthy collaboration, craft growth, and accountability across internal team members and external contributors
  • Maintain alignment & relationship building with partners & stakeholders at Riot LAX HQ, including League Creative eXpressions (LSCX) & Riot Games Music (RGM)
  • Facilitate collaboration & communication across global, regional, & external partners
  • Support interactive music team members through goal setting, feedback, and ongoing development.
  • Surface and escalate music-related risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs related to implementation, scope, or technical constraints.
• Outsource & Resourcing
  • Manage outsource music production & the day-to-day work of external composers and vendors, including interactive design direction, revisions, and delivery expectations
  • Recommend and assess composers and music vendors based on creative fit, interactive design fluency, and technical delivery capability.
  • Set clear expectations for interactive deliverables, implementation readiness, and iteration cycles
• Creative Execution & Quality
  • Guide & oversee day-to-day creative execution & iteration with external composers, ensuring music supports interactive systems and gameplay needs.
  • Oversee recording, revisions, and final music assets with gameplay constraints in mind.
  • Maintain a high creative and technical quality bar across all music deliverables
  • Provide clear actionable feedback on both musical content and in-game behavior throughout production cycles
• Constraints & Operations
  • Balance quality, scope, time, and budget within defined production constraints
  • Validate production milestones and deliverables prior to creative sign-off and implementation.
  • Facilitate invoice submission and payment by validating milestones and coordinating with Production and Finance partners

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience composing and technically implementing music for shipped video games
• Ability to translate creative vision and product intent into clear interactive music design briefs
• Demonstrated ability to uphold a creative and technical quality bar without serving as a primary composer Individual Contributor
• Experience managing outsourced music production, including interactive design guidance, revisions, and delivery expectations
• Sound judgment in assessing composers or music vendors based on interactive design capability and production constraints
• Working knowledge of interactive music systems and middleware (e.g., Wwise, FMOD or equivalent)
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Audio, Design, Product and Engineering teams
• Strong understanding of music production workflows, recording processes, and delivery pipelines
• Ability to balance quality, scope, time, and budget within defined constraints
• Experience validating production milestones and facilitating invoices with Production and Finance
• Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills across disciplines and regions

Desired Qualifications:

• Previous experience working at a games developer or publisher
• Hands-on familiarity with Wwise, Unreal, Unity, or proprietary game engines.
• Deep fandom or working knowledge of Riot IPs & their cultural/music identities.
• Experience managing outsource vendors, composers and musicians.
• Experience working with international teams and global music talent.

Our Perks:

• 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 so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of our players and community through games 
• We will double down on your donations of time and money to non-profits

Don’t forget to include a resume and cover letter. We receive a lot of applications, but we’ll notice a fun, well-written intro that shows us you take play seriously. 

Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused game development can result in great games. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to critical and player acclaim. As the most played PC game in the world, over 100 million play every month. Players form the foundation of our community and it’s for them that we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience. 

We’re looking for humble but ambitious, razor-sharp professionals who can teach us a thing or two. We promise to return the favor. Like us, you take play seriously; you’re passionate about games. We embrace those who see things differently, aren’t afraid to experiment, and who have a healthy disregard for constraints.

That's where you come in.

As an 3D Character Lead in the Singapore Studio Teamfight Tactics Cosmetic team, you will channel your knowledge of color and light to explore and produce the best player value for Teamfight Tactics players. 

You’ll guide the exploration and execution of the 3D discipline across Character and Environment content. In addition to providing clear direction, you’ll implement the sleek, dynamic and dramatic visual effects that add atmosphere and depth to the gameplay. Through your expertise, you’ll mentor and level-up the craft and game developer skills of your 3D team. You will work with the Associate Art Director to implement a 3D style that fits within the art pillars and punctuates the game design. You will implement the effects and set the high quality bar. 

You’ll expand and support a high-performing external team and give them guidance and knowledge. You will set high expectations, push for growth for both each individual artist and the entire team, and streamline the production efficiency. You will use your broad knowledge of art, craft, technique, and people management, to set clear goals for your team and make sure the process of delivering those goals is as smooth as possible for your team and their stakeholders. You will ensure your team stays motivated and empowered to take ownership of creativity, you will coach your team to be a triple A team. 

You will 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 the craft’s health and support, above personally contributing to art production. Run and manage healthy and productive craft review sessions. Work closely with the others 3D Leads on Teamfight Tactics Cosmetic to together cultivate a great cohseive culture and ensure a consistent quality and style. 

Responsibilities:

• As a 3D lead on the team, you will 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 3D production process; from set-up through production and troubleshooting 
• You will 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. 
• You will build a world-class team by sourcing AAA 3D artists in China and developing and growing their craft skills and soft skills through training and feedback 
• Build and maintain a healthy 3D team. Set clear vision, provide consistent feedback, and build trust. 
• You will establish and maintain a highly engaged, creative, and motivated culture to unleash artists’ potential. 
• You will drive and improve the rituals in your team to support high-quality craft delivery and enable efficient growth of your team. 
• You will collaborate with Rioters in Singapore and worldwide to make sure product goals are fulfilled, and working practices are appropriate. 
• You will be vigilantly finding creative and effective solutions to eliminate complex problems. 

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years professional experience in the video games industry in 3D. 
• 2+ years of management experience of leading/mentoring teams and individuals. 
• Advanced skills in 3D/2D Software - Maya, 3DS Max, Photoshop 
• Experience creating high-quality, stylized 3D models and textures. 
• Expertise in handpainted stylized. 
• Shipped titles as a Senior or Lead 3D Artist 
• High proficiency in 3D production 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 of collaborating with other art disciplines, working production end to end 
• Well-versed in 3D work design for themed and cosmetic content across a variety of game titles, with the ability to form and articulate thoughtful creative insights. 
• Tools experience: have worked in 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 

Our Perks 

• 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 so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of our players and community through games 
• We will double down on your donations of time and money to non-profits 

Established in 2020, Riot Singapore is a game development studio focused on delivering great experiences to our players. We partner with our LA headquarters on game development for League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT and 2XKO. Riot Singapore is seeking talented, passionate Rioters with backgrounds in all areas of game development to build games that make it better to be a player. 

We’re focused on working together to promote individual autonomy, ownership, collaboration, and inclusivity, so every Rioter can be their best while we boldly pursue games.

That's where you come in.

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’ll guide the exploration and execution of the VFX. In addition to providing clear direction, you’ll implement the sleek, dynamic and dramatic visual effects that add atmosphere and depth to the gameplay. Through your expertise, you’ll mentor and level-up the craft and game developer skills of your VFX team. You will work with the Associate Art Director to implement a VFX style that fits within the art pillars and punctuates the game design. You will implement the effects and set the high quality bar.

You’ll expand and support a high-performing external team and give them guidance and knowledge. You will set high expectations, push for growth for both each individual artist and the entire team, and streamline the production efficiency. You will use your broad knowledge of art, craft, technique, and people management, to set clear goals for your team and make sure the process of delivering those goals is as smooth as possible for your team and their stakeholders. You will ensure your team stays motivated and empowered to take ownership of creativity, you will coach your team to be a triple A team.

You will 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 the craft’s health and support, above personally contributing to art production. Run and manage healthy and productive craft review sessions. Work closely with the others VFX Leads on Teamfight Tactics Cosmetic to together cultivate a great cohesive culture and ensure a consistent quality and style.

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 VFX process; from set-up through production and troubleshooting
• You will 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.
• You will 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. Set clear vision, provide consistent feedback, and build trust.
• You will establish and maintain a highly engaged, creative, and motivated culture to unleash artists’ potential.
• You will drive and improve the rituals in your team to support high-quality craft delivery and enable efficient growth of your team.
• You will collaborate with Rioters in Singapore and worldwide to make sure product goals are fulfilled, and working practices are appropriate.
• You will be vigilantly finding creative and effective solutions to eliminate complex problems.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years professional experience in the video games industry as VFX
• 2+ years of management experience of leading/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 of 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: have worked in 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

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:

• 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 so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of our players and community through games
• We will double down on your donations of time and money to non-profits