Director of Immersive Education Programs, OceanX Education 

OceanX Singapore

OceanX Overview:

OceanX is a nonprofit working to unlock the ocean’s sustainable potential. Through a dual focus on science and education, we’re building a new paradigm where humanity and the ocean mutually thrive. Our approach is fueled by exploration, leveraging advanced research, multimedia educational programs, cross-sector partnerships, and advanced technology to help transform how people understand and value the ocean. Our work strives to fortify biodiversity and increase the sustainable use of ocean resources to help ensure the ocean remains a foundation for human wellbeing and potential. OceanX is a nonprofit operating program of Dalio Philanthropies.

For more information, visit www.oceanx.org and follow OceanX on Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, LinkedIn, and YouTube.   

Position Summary:

OceanX Education is seeking a Director of Immersive Education Programs to lead the design, implementation, and oversight of student and educator programs across the OceanX ecosystem. This includes onshore and on-ship hackathons, immersive labs, residencies, fellowships, early-career programs, and portside experiences.

This role sits at the intersection of education, immersive media, science, and experiential learning. The Director will build high-impact programs that enable participants to ideate, prototype, and collaborate across OceanX’s science, media, and immersive storytelling platforms.

In close partnership with Immersive Programs, Science, Media, Partnerships, and Public Events teams, the Director will translate immersive media concepts, tools, and workflows into accessible, impactful educational experiences. These programs are designed to prepare participants to meaningfully contribute to OceanX initiatives and create a seamless pathway from learning to real-world collaboration.

This is a hands-on role requiring travel and in-person facilitation, including leading and delivering programs onboard the OceanX vessel at-sea in dynamic, expeditionary environments. The Director will support program delivery directly in the field, without owning immersive media production or IP development.

OceanX Education pursues its mission through a consultative, founder-partnered approach, shaping programs that align with the founder’s vision while achieving strategic and meaningful outcomes.

Position Location:

Singapore

Duties and Responsibilities:

Program Development and Management:

• Lead the vision, strategy, and execution of OceanX Education’s student and educator programs.
• Design and implement new and existing programs, including:
  
  • Onshore and On-ship (at-sea) Hackathons 
  • Residencies and Fellowships
  • Young & Early Career Explorers
  • Immersive Labs
• Lead and facilitate in-person program delivery across locations, including onboard the OceanX vessel, ensuring high-quality participant engagement and learning outcomes.
• Translate immersive media concepts (e.g., XR, real-time engines, spatial storytelling, data visualization) into learning frameworks, curricula, and hands-on experiences.
• Ensure participants speak the same creative and technical language as OceanX teams, collaborate effectively across disciplines, and generate ideas and prototypes for future programs.
• Oversee end-to-end program execution, including planning, scheduling, logistics, staffing, and budgets.
• Ensure programs meet standards for safety, accessibility, inclusion, and participant experience.

Strategic Planning:

• Develop multi-year roadmaps, goals, and KPIs aligned with OceanX Education’s mission and strategy.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to integrate program strategies with organizational goals.

Team Leadership:

• Lead and grow a small, high-performing team of program managers and coordinators.
• Mentor emerging educators, facilitators, and program leaders within the OceanX ecosystem.
• Foster a culture of experimentation, collaboration, and learning.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with universities, research institutions, and interdisciplinary programs worldwide.
• Collaborate with faculty and institutional leaders to co-design programs that align with academic standards while remaining experimental and forward-looking.
• Represent the organization at conferences, workshops, and events to promote programs and establish partnerships.

Evaluation & Impact:

• Define and track metrics for learning outcomes, participant growth, institutional impact, and program success.
• Use feedback, data, and reflection to continuously refine program design and delivery.
• Document and share learnings to inform future OceanX Education strategy.

Resource Development:

• Collaborate with the partnerships team to identify funding opportunities and prepare grant proposals.
• Manage program budgets and ensure efficient use of resources.

• Willingness to travel regionally and manage onsite execution across multiple venues, including facilitating programs onboard the OceanX vessel.
• Willingness to work flexible hours, including early mornings or late evenings, to support cross-time zone collaboration.
• Adaptable to varying workloads, balancing periods of focused execution with lighter operational phases.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Professional Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in education, communications, environmental science, marine biology, or a related field (advanced degree preferred)
• At least 10 years of experience in experiential education, interdisciplinary program leadership, or immersive/creative technology education
• Strong fluency in immersive media concepts and workflows (XR, creative technology, digital storytelling) without needing production experience
• Demonstrated ability to design and lead complex learning programs involving art, science, and technology
• Experience working with universities, faculty, students, and early-career professionals
• Proven leadership experience managing teams, budgets, and multi-partner initiatives
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and building programs from the ground up
• Passion for ocean science, exploration, and mission-driven education

Personal Attributes:

• Determined, resourceful and practical. An independent, self-starter, with a “roll up your sleeves” attitude and strong work ethic
• Agility, with a track record of getting things done
• Organized, reliable, and meticulous
• Ability to prioritize, meet tight deadlines, anticipate needs, and maintain high quality work
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Comfortable with ambiguity
• Maintains high standards
• Highly collaborative
• General curiosity and passion for the Ocean

Compensation and Benefits: 

Compensation for the role includes a competitive salary dependent on years of experience, level of education obtained, as well as applicable skillset), and an excellent benefits package, including a comprehensive employer paid medical plan and CPF.

Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position. 

Director of Immersive Education Programs, OceanX Education 

OceanX Singapore

OceanX Overview:

OceanX is a nonprofit working to unlock the ocean’s sustainable potential. Through a dual focus on science and education, we’re building a new paradigm where humanity and the ocean mutually thrive. Our approach is fueled by exploration, leveraging advanced research, multimedia educational programs, cross-sector partnerships, and advanced technology to help transform how people understand and value the ocean. Our work strives to fortify biodiversity and increase the sustainable use of ocean resources to help ensure the ocean remains a foundation for human wellbeing and potential. OceanX is a nonprofit operating program of Dalio Philanthropies.

For more information, visit www.oceanx.org and follow OceanX on Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, LinkedIn, and YouTube.   

Position Summary:

OceanX Education is seeking a Director of Immersive Education Programs to lead the design, implementation, and oversight of student and educator programs across the OceanX ecosystem. This includes onshore and on-ship hackathons, immersive labs, residencies, fellowships, early-career programs, and portside experiences.

This role sits at the intersection of education, immersive media, science, and experiential learning. The Director will build high-impact programs that enable participants to ideate, prototype, and collaborate across OceanX’s science, media, and immersive storytelling platforms.

In close partnership with Immersive Programs, Science, Media, Partnerships, and Public Events teams, the Director will translate immersive media concepts, tools, and workflows into accessible, impactful educational experiences. These programs are designed to prepare participants to meaningfully contribute to OceanX initiatives and create a seamless pathway from learning to real-world collaboration.

This is a hands-on role requiring travel and in-person facilitation, including leading and delivering programs onboard the OceanX vessel at-sea in dynamic, expeditionary environments. The Director will support program delivery directly in the field, without owning immersive media production or IP development.

OceanX Education pursues its mission through a consultative, founder-partnered approach, shaping programs that align with the founder’s vision while achieving strategic and meaningful outcomes.

Position Location:

Singapore

Duties and Responsibilities:

Program Development and Management:

• Lead the vision, strategy, and execution of OceanX Education’s student and educator programs.
• Design and implement new and existing programs, including:
  
  • Onshore and On-ship (at-sea) Hackathons 
  • Residencies and Fellowships
  • Young & Early Career Explorers
  • Immersive Labs
• Lead and facilitate in-person program delivery across locations, including onboard the OceanX vessel, ensuring high-quality participant engagement and learning outcomes.
• Translate immersive media concepts (e.g., XR, real-time engines, spatial storytelling, data visualization) into learning frameworks, curricula, and hands-on experiences.
• Ensure participants speak the same creative and technical language as OceanX teams, collaborate effectively across disciplines, and generate ideas and prototypes for future programs.
• Oversee end-to-end program execution, including planning, scheduling, logistics, staffing, and budgets.
• Ensure programs meet standards for safety, accessibility, inclusion, and participant experience.

Strategic Planning:

• Develop multi-year roadmaps, goals, and KPIs aligned with OceanX Education’s mission and strategy.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to integrate program strategies with organizational goals.

Team Leadership:

• Lead and grow a small, high-performing team of program managers and coordinators.
• Mentor emerging educators, facilitators, and program leaders within the OceanX ecosystem.
• Foster a culture of experimentation, collaboration, and learning.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with universities, research institutions, and interdisciplinary programs worldwide.
• Collaborate with faculty and institutional leaders to co-design programs that align with academic standards while remaining experimental and forward-looking.
• Represent the organization at conferences, workshops, and events to promote programs and establish partnerships.

Evaluation & Impact:

• Define and track metrics for learning outcomes, participant growth, institutional impact, and program success.
• Use feedback, data, and reflection to continuously refine program design and delivery.
• Document and share learnings to inform future OceanX Education strategy.

Resource Development:

• Collaborate with the partnerships team to identify funding opportunities and prepare grant proposals.
• Manage program budgets and ensure efficient use of resources.

• Willingness to travel regionally and manage onsite execution across multiple venues, including facilitating programs onboard the OceanX vessel.
• Willingness to work flexible hours, including early mornings or late evenings, to support cross-time zone collaboration.
• Adaptable to varying workloads, balancing periods of focused execution with lighter operational phases.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Professional Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in education, communications, environmental science, marine biology, or a related field (advanced degree preferred)
• At least 10 years of experience in experiential education, interdisciplinary program leadership, or immersive/creative technology education
• Strong fluency in immersive media concepts and workflows (XR, creative technology, digital storytelling) without needing production experience
• Demonstrated ability to design and lead complex learning programs involving art, science, and technology
• Experience working with universities, faculty, students, and early-career professionals
• Proven leadership experience managing teams, budgets, and multi-partner initiatives
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and building programs from the ground up
• Passion for ocean science, exploration, and mission-driven education

Personal Attributes:

• Determined, resourceful and practical. An independent, self-starter, with a “roll up your sleeves” attitude and strong work ethic
• Agility, with a track record of getting things done
• Organized, reliable, and meticulous
• Ability to prioritize, meet tight deadlines, anticipate needs, and maintain high quality work
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Comfortable with ambiguity
• Maintains high standards
• Highly collaborative
• General curiosity and passion for the Ocean

Compensation and Benefits: 

Compensation for the role includes a competitive salary dependent on years of experience, level of education obtained, as well as applicable skillset), and an excellent benefits package, including a comprehensive employer paid medical plan and CPF.

Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

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 

ABOUT VAYNERX

VaynerX (https://vaynerx.com) is the most contemporary family of companies, working together to build and grow brands. Subsidiaries include VaynerMedia, Eva Nosidam Productions, The Sasha Group, Gallery Media Group, Tingley Lane Trading, VaynerSpeakers, and VaynerCommerce.

ABOUT VAYNERMEDIA 

VaynerMedia is a contemporary global creative and media agency with an expertise in driving relevance for clients and delivering impactful business results. The independently-owned company was founded in 2009 by Gary Vaynerchuk, and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Mexico City, London, Amsterdam, Singapore, Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Tokyo, and Sydney. VaynerMedia has been recognized for its work at Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards and The Webby Awards. It is part of the VaynerX family of companies.

Culture is our key and Empathy is how we build it. VaynerMediaAPAC is strong with a world-class combination of diverse backgrounds collaborating to put forward innovative, creative and strategic solutions to the one advantage that stands the test of time --- PEOPLE. Day in and day out, we propel some of the biggest brands in the world to the intersection of attention and culture. In APAC, we are proudly +300, servicing a diverse client all around the region.

What’s up? We’re VaynerMedia! We are a contemporary global creative and media agency with an expertise in driving relevance for clients and delivering impactful business results. The independently-owned agency was founded in 2009 and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Singapore, Australia, Thailand, Japan and Mexico City. VaynerMedia has been recognized for its work at Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards and The Webby Awards. It is part of the VaynerX family of companies.

Culture is our key and Empathy is how we build it. VaynerMediaAPAC is strong with a world-class combination of diverse backgrounds collaborating to put forward innovative, creative and strategic solutions to the one advantage that stands the test of time --- PEOPLE. Day in and day out, we propel some of the biggest brands in the world to the intersection of attention and culture. In APAC, we are proudly +200, servicing a diverse client all around the region.

The PITCH

We’re lucky that everyone within our walls thinks creatively, shares a passion for building communities, and understands the world of both big campaigns and social micro-content.

Our Creative Directors enjoy working in a fast paced environment and love the challenge of discovering what drives and moves consumers. Our Singapore office is hunting the landscape for a passionate and driven CD that will help lead some of our exciting accounts, overseeing all work for our office in the region.

Here’s your first brief --

• Engages and inspires teams across a large body of work; capable of working with a small but growing creative team, and with cross-functional disciplines with the agency
• Being a Storyteller on SOCIAL MEDIA. Twitter expert. Master in Tiktok and short form video creations.
• Attends and provides leadership in high priority project brief and kick off sessions.
• Integrate seamlessly art, copy, and editing techniques, and guides the team across each. 
• Deep understanding of platforms that are relevant to market
• Leads the development and delivery of creative solutions, from content work to larger campaign initiatives for a variety of clients and industries. This includes both executing work on your own as well as managing and approving the work of your assigned creative team.
• Provides high level concept guidance and approvals.
• Curious about new ways of working, humble enough to unlearn and reboot creative ‘operating systems’
• Able to front-face and build client relationships.
• Leads and wins new business pitches.
• Leads VM creative development for specific clients, working closely with clients to co-create when appropriate.
• Ensures that work is outstanding creatively and meets all brand objectives, while providing clear support and communication to the senior team on all current initiatives.
• Masters industry best practices and be able to articulate the unique VaynerMedia POV 
• Embodies strong creative vision and understanding of client and agency business needs and objectives.

Your Experience

• 10+ years of relevant work experience in the creative media or advertising field with a strong portfolio in Singapore.
• Competencies:
• Execution - ability to prioritise and deliver effectively with autonomy.
• Leadership - ability to maintain self-awareness and self-motivation while creating an impact through sharing, learning, innovation and VaynerX culture sustainability.
• Empathy - ability to show compassion, manage diverse personalities while cultivating a sense of understanding.
• Communication - ability to effectively interact, manage and inspire those around us.
• Strategic Thinking - ability to forecast decision outcomes and conduct sound business judgment.
• Adaptability - ability to change, be curious and naturally resilient to this ever changing world.
• A coach and cheerleader to all creatives
• Obsessed with people and culture; fostering a people-first, empathy-led culture
• Natural ability to develop and maintain key relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Lastly, think logically even under pressure and come up with innovative solutions to problems.

What you should know about VaynerMedia

Think “lab” and not “agency”. We get excited about solving business problems, not creating advertising for the sake of making advertising. Our entrepreneurship DNA runs deep. We’re willing to break rules, try new things, and test hypotheses if it means better understanding our craft. It’s fun!

Our environment (and pace) feels much more like a start-up than most agencies you might be used to. Hopefully that, and the opportunity to collaborate with the talented and enthusiastic crew, work with big brands excites you, as it does us. We can’t wait to meet you.

P.S Send us your portfolio --- always excited to see some unicorn talents :)

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

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

Company

Rubicon Carbon is a next-generation carbon solutions provider. Led by a world-class management team, Rubicon is an innovative platform that channels capital to unlock at-scale carbon project development, and delivers trusted, enterprise-grade solutions for carbon credit demand. Rubicon strives to deliver greater scale, confidence, and innovation across all facets of the carbon market and to meet the growing demand for end-to-end, high-integrity emissions reduction solutions. 

Position Summary
Rubicon is seeking an experienced carbon market science and technical leader to support the growth of its project, investment, and portfolio activities across Asia, and the surrounding region. Reporting to the Head of Asia & Head of Asset Management with a dual reporting line to its Chief Science Officer in the US, this role will provide technical leadership and expertise across carbon project screening, due diligence, project design, portfolio management, and market-facing technical positioning.

This role requires deep expertise across both nature-based and technology-based carbon pathways, with strong grounding in methodology understanding and application, project design and implementation, MRV and dMRV, registry requirements, technical risk assessment, and market integrity frameworks. The successful candidate will combine scientific rigor with practical delivery experience, strong commercial judgment, and the credibility to engage effectively with developers, registries, auditors, ratings agencies, investors, and customers. Frequent international travel is expected for this role. 

Role location is flexible, with a strong preference for candidates based in Singapore 

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across carbon projects spanning avoidance, reduction, and removal pathways, including both nature-based and technology-based solutions.
• Assess project design, baseline setting, additionality, leakage, permanence, monitoring plans, quantification approaches, uncertainty treatment, and delivery risk.
• Advise on methodology selection, applicability, interpretation, implementation, and where relevant, opportunities for methodology refinement or development.
• Lead or support technical due diligence for investments, project partnerships, and offtake opportunities, including review of PDDs, monitoring reports, validation and verification findings, and key technical assumptions.
• Support Asset Management of portfolio projects by identifying technical underperformance drivers, implementation bottlenecks, issuance risks, and mitigation measures.
• Work closely with project developers and implementation partners to strengthen project quality, monitoring systems, and issuance readiness
• Maintain strong working knowledge of major carbon standards, registries, and relevant program rules, including Verra, Gold Standard, ACR, CAR, ART, Puro, and other relevant mechanisms
• Monitor and interpret evolving carbon market integrity frameworks, including ICVCM CCP, ratings agency frameworks and criteria, and broader market expectations on project quality
• Work with the Rubicon Science team SMEs on the use of dMRV, remote sensing, GIS, sensor-based data systems, and other technology-enabled monitoring approaches to improve transparency, efficiency, and quality control
• Assess field implementation realities and technical execution risks, including data quality, operational capability, land tenure, local stakeholder engagement, FPIC, and audit readiness
• Support evaluation of project suitability for different market pathways and buyer use cases, including voluntary market applications and relevant Article 6 or jurisdictional considerations where applicable
• Partner closely with Science, Investments, Sales, Trading, and Asset Management teams to translate technical complexity into actionable investment, portfolio, and commercial decisions
• Contribute technical input to customer and commercial discussions, including quality positioning, methodology choices, delivery expectations, and risk implications
• Build and maintain strong relationships across the carbon ecosystem, including developers, standards bodies, registries, validation and verification bodies, ratings agencies, and technical advisors

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, with relevant PhD or master’s degree preferred, such as environmental science, forestry, ecology, engineering, climate science, geospatial science, soil science, chemistry, or related fields, or equivalent experience.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience with at least 3 years in carbon markets, climate project development, carbon science, MRV, methodology development, technical due diligence, or related fields
• Deep understanding of major carbon credit pathways across both nature and technology, and how methodologies are designed, applied, and implemented in practice
• Hands-on experience in carbon project design, development, implementation, monitoring, validation, and verification
• Strong familiarity with key standards, registries, and market mechanisms, including Verra, Gold Standard, ACR, CAR, ART, Puro, and related frameworks
• Strong command of high-integrity carbon market principles, including additionality, baseline setting, quantification, permanence, leakage, uncertainty, and double counting
• Familiarity with ratings agency frameworks, quality assessment approaches, and how external quality signals affect project risk, portfolio value, and customer suitability
• Practical understanding of dMRV developments, geospatial tools, remote sensing, field data systems, and technology-enabled monitoring approaches
• Experience identifying and managing technical, implementation, and issuance risks across different project types and geographies
• Strong understanding of stakeholder engagement, safeguards, local community considerations, and FPIC in project development and implementation
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to connect technical rigor with investment, portfolio management, contracting, and customer needs
• Established network across the carbon market ecosystem in Asia and ideally globally
• Ability to operate credibly across technical, commercial, and executive audiences
• Multilingual skills - specifically in Bahasa, Mandarin, or Hindi - are a significant plus.

Preferred Attributes

• Strong judgment, intellectual rigor, and a pragmatic approach to technical problem-solving
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment
• Comfortable working across multiple pathways, geographies, and project stages
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to distill complex technical issues into clear recommendations for non-technical stakeholders