Role

Shanghai.monks, is looking for an art-based Associate Creative Director to create integrated creative campaign concepts. You understand Chinese youth audiences, digital and social trends, and inspire our clients with smart creativity. You thrive in a creative agency where you get your hands dirty and stretch far to make work that is remembered beyond today.

Responsibilities

• You’ll spearhead the creation of breakthrough integrated concept decks spanning IMC, social, digital, film, and experiential.
• You’ll take the lead on pitching and selling high-stakes campaign concepts to senior-level clients with confidence and clarity.
• You’ll set the overarching visual direction for the brand, ensuring the team delivers "pixel-perfect" craft across every touchpoint.
• By leading from the front, you’ll infuse your team with creative ambition and actively foster top-tier talent.
• You’ll own the creative execution of projects, overseeing everything from the initial pitch through final production and delivery.
• You’ll partner with extraordinary copywriters, creative technologists, and producers across the global .Monks network to push the boundaries of what's possible.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in art-based and conceptual roles within top-tier creative agencies.
• At least 5 years of experience in Mainland China, paired with a deep understanding of the local social landscape and youth culture.
• Full professional fluency in both English and Mandarin Chinese is mandatory.
• You have a proven ability to manage, inspire, and grow diverse teams of creatives.
• You’re a genuine sports fan who is as skilled at elevated product storytelling as you are at driving social and community engagement around athletes.
• A body of work that demonstrates mastery across everything from high-end TVC and KV production to innovative social-first campaigns.
• Exceptional presentation skills with a track record of winning pitches and building strong client relationships.

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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 video 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.

Riftbound, the League of Legends trading card game, is looking for a world-class visual design lead who has a deep background and emphasis in the print industry to ensure the look and tactile feel of our cards is something that continuously surprises and delights our players.

Reporting to the Game Art Director, you will earn the trust of players and collectors for Riftbound by leveraging your years of experience with high end print craft techniques and ensuring our visual experience embodies the craft, polish, and imagination players expect from Riot. We need a hands-on visual craftsperson who can bring consistency, clarity, and aspiration to every touchpoint allowing Riftbound to stand out in a crowded TCG market.

In this role, you’ll partner closely with the Game and Publishing Creative Art Directors as well as cross-disciplinary teams to translate ideas into visual reality, helping to guide the look and feel of our cards, packaging, marketing, and brand systems. You’ll set the standard for quality and cohesion, elevating both the product at the point of sale and the player experience from set ideation all the way until cards end up in players decks and binders.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Creative Leadership across Game and Publishing to ensure Riftbound's Creative Direction is world class in the TCG genre
• Visual Design
• Ideate and execute world class game and card UI visual design systems, including scalable icons, and typography standards that accommodate Global localization while honoring player experience.
• Oversee the Print Production Process for Cards, Packaging, and Accessories
• Apply deep knowledge of printing processes and materials to ensure final product quality meets visual standards
• Communicate with factories, at times in person for Print Checks, to align on specifications, push for optimal production methods, and resolve quality issues
• Evaluate and improve production workflows to ensure efficiency, consistency, and scalability
• Establish and monitor color and print tolerances across global print partners, including color targets, proofing standards, and press approval procedures.
• Identify and collaborate on print innovations, including finishes, materials, and production techniques, that enhance collectibility, and narrative themes while remaining scalable across global manufacturing partners.
• Design Ops:
• Partner with Creative Leadership to ensure our visual design content pipeline can support our product output demands

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years experience in the TCG and/or print industries
• Worked on shipped titles or sustained titles (‘evergreen’ projects, like LoL, MtG, Pokemon) with demonstrable experience in shipping physical product
• Strong practical CAD experience with an understanding of physical engineering and comfort working with die lines, die whites and printing specs
• A strong understanding of the print process for physical products and quality standards
• A keen visual eye with strong knowledge of design principals including an expert knowledge of typography, visual hierarchy, clarity and user experience
• Experience working with external vendors, printers and contract artists, giving thorough direction, and delivering timely, clear feedback
• Proficiency in video game development tools, pipelines, and workflows
• Familiar with manager work systems (performance calibration methods and software)
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese 

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in the video games industry as a visual designer.
• Experience and familiarity with League of Legends and the world of Runeterra

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 video 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 are looking for a meticulous and passionate Art Project Manager, you will report to the Manager on Game Production.  You will be the driving force in vendor sourcing and management. You’ll manage the daily relationship with multiple domestic and international vendors, ensuring clear communication, clean pipelines, and in-time deliveries. Your expertise in project management and your love for art will be essential in delivering exceptional work on time and on budget.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end project management of art outsource, from kickoff to final delivery in collaboration with the Art Director.
• Work with the Art Director to strategize around the outsourcing goal and build an actionable plan accordingly.
• Maintain and expand the vendor pool, support new vendor trials with clear kick-offs, documentation, and expectations.
• Develop detailed project delivery plans and track project progress, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions to keep projects on track.
• Manage and coordinate the daily communication and facilitate effective communication between vendors and Art Director. 
• Manage the feedback and approval process, ensuring clarity and constructive direction.
• Maintain project documentation and provide regular status reports to stakeholders.
• Ensure vendors are set up with proper certification, tools, and invoicing systems, support contracts, invoices, and timecards for vendors.
• Implement and optimize project management tools (e.g., Trello, Airtable) and methodologies (Agile, Waterfall) for the art team. 

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of professional experience managing multiple art vendors or external partners.
• Strong communication skills across technical, artistic
• Experience with asset management and maintaining pipelines.
• Fluent in English speaking, native in Chinese speaking

Desired Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in the games industry.
• Experience creating or integrating art in a production environment.
• Previous experience in outsourcing/vendor management on a shipped title.
• Positive track record of building vendor relationships and delivering at scale.

Employment Type: employment contract with FESCO Adecco, a professional personnel company in China.

As the Marketing Creative Director for VALORANT Mobile, you will report to the China VALORANT Creative Lead, and will be responsible for shaping and delivering world-class campaigns for VALORANT MOBILE in China. Partnering closely with internal teams and external production partners to deliver on the high demand for compelling creative content across in-game contents, gameplay trailers, cinematics, illustrations, UA assets and more–all crafted with authenticity and a deep connection to both the product and the player. Working with the VALORANT Mobile publishing team, you’ll help execute creative strategy, manage and guide vendor partnerships, and ensure each campaign meets its strategic goals and maintains the highest quality standards.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate and support craft excellence on in-game and out-of-game marketing content across strategy, creative, art, writing, video and audio.
• Guide workstreams and help uphold the bar for creative craft excellence within Riot, local publishing partners and in vendor partnerships. 
• Strong eye for creative quality with experience in guiding asset reviews, offering actionable feedback, and elevating work to meet evolving creative and platform best practices. 
• Partner across multi-team and disciplinary, publishing, dev, consumer product, global and regional partners, including external partners — to align and elevate creative execution.
• Collaborate with product manager, brand manager, creative directors, writers, art directors, producers, editors, directors, artists, and more to deliver creative that surprises and delights our players.
• Effectively balance the needs of multiple stakeholders, with a focus on aligning with teams to achieve creative excellence — even as expectations and standards vary.
• You will work with our VALORANT MOBILE leadership team to ensure timely resolution of needs and advocate for opportunities. 
• Hold us accountable to be true partners to the other studio pillars, external vendors, regional hubs and regional vendors. 
• Innovate in the space of creative marketing and storytelling. 
• Be an active participant in the creative director discipline to ensure global creative quality bar is met and developed.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or demonstrated equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in games marketing or creative agency with focus on gaming projects
• Impressive portfolio that demonstrates a proven track record of developing 360 campaigns from strategic creation to final delivery while building the foundation of a brand identity with a unique creative platform
• Experience collaborating across multiple marketing craft disciplines from Brand, Creative, Comms and Channels
• Level-headed approach to change management, conflict resolution and patience through the fluctuating creative development process
• Strong proficiency in Mandarin Chinese and English

Desired Qualifications: 

• Understand what gaming competitors are doing to promote acquisition, fandom, and engagement
• Prior experience in the China market is a strong advantage
• PC and Console marketing experience optional

Employment Type: employment contract with FESCO Adecco, a professional personnel company in China.

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 video 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 the Creative Director for Wild Rift, you are the primary architect and public steward of the game’s creative soul. Your mission is to synthesize the outputs of Art, Audio, Narrative, and Visual Design into a singular, world-class voice that defines the League of Legends experience on mobile.

You are a visionary who bridges the gap between high-level brand aspiration and production reality. By aligning internal Riot teams, Publishing, and global partners like Tencent, you ensure that every player touchpoint—from the UI to the latest cinematic—feels cohesive, immersive, and unmistakably Wild Rift. You don’t just manage a team; you build the "North Star" frameworks that empower a multi-disciplinary apparatus to make fast, high-quality decisions at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Define & Socialize the Vision: Author the "Creative Direction Artifacts" (Tone Maps, Pillar One-Pagers, and Visual Design Systems) that serve as the source of truth for both creative and non-creative stakeholders.
• Discipline Integration: Synthesize Art, Audio, Narrative, and UX into a singular, world-class voice. You bridge the "language gap" between these specialists to ensure they work in concert toward a unified player experience.
• The Creative "Connective Tissue": Align the creative vision with Tech, Production, and Publishing. You will contextualize technical or budgetary constraints (e.g., performance budgets on low-end devices) and transform them into creative opportunities that elevate the player experience.
• Global Co-Creation: Partner with Tencent and regional leads to ensure hyper-local authenticity (maps, skins, celebrations) while safeguarding the global brand lane.
• Strategic Altitude: Maintain effective work-systems and rituals that provide enough scaffolding for the team to move fast, while leaving ample room for individual creative interpretation and problem-solving.
• Systems-Oriented Leadership: Proven ability to move beyond bespoke feedback. You have a track record of building scalable creative "playbooks" and rituals that align disparate disciplines—Art, Tech, Production, and Publishing—behind a single North Star.
• Ecosystem Leadership: Collaborate with other Riot CDs to shape the future of the League of Legends ecosystem, memorializing experiments and validating what works for the global audience.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of proven track record of leading massive, multi-disciplinary creative teams within gaming.
• 5+ years of proven experience managing and mentoring diverse creative team members across Art, Audio, Narrative, and UX.
• You have a "future-facing" pulse on culture (fashion, music, animation) and can anticipate player trends before they hit the mainstream.
• The ability to translate abstract concepts into concrete "bumper-guardrails" and matrices that unlock team speed and quality.
• Expert-level stakeholder management; you can nudge strong, divergent opinions toward a shared outcome while remaining firm on the "world-class" bar.
• Experience navigating the nuances of international IP, specifically in balancing western design sensibilities with the needs of a global, multi-cultural player base.
• A deep understanding of the constraints of mobile platforms and the ability to find the "creative throughline" between technical capabilities and aesthetic output.

Desired Qualifications:

• Genre affinity for games in the mobile free-to-play space, especially MOBAs.
• Fluency in English.

For this role, you’ll find success through craft awareness, cultural empathy, and decision-making that puts Wild Rift players first. If you care about live games, team health, and visual excellence, this could be the role for you.

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.