Established in 2020, the Singapore Studio is Riot’s second international game development studio. Working together with our Hong Kong 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 Project L, our take on a fighting game. The Singapore Studio 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 Manager, Technical Art on the Teamfight Tactics (TFT) team, you will work closely with the team’s Art Director to lead a team of Riggers to create, improve, and maintain rigs for characters and other assets in TFT. With you team of 4-6 Technical Artists, the focus of your team will include helping to create materials and shaders, pipeline automation tools, supporting artists (mostly 3D and VFX artists) with configuration/setup, and generally being the technically minded voice of our substantial Art team that’s shipping content every two weeks!
You will report to our team’s Art Director.
Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and grow a growing Technical Art team in our partner studio in Shanghai
Source & hire AAA tech Art talent in China
Develop and grow their tech Art skills through training and feedback
Ensure they’re properly informed and have all the information they need to succeed
Make sure studio culture and team health is maintained
Make sure the tech Art content they deliver meets/exceeds the quality bar for TFT
Be the bridge for the tech Art discipline between Riot Games and our Art Partner
Form a good, trust based relationship with discipline peers in Los Angeles to enable support and knowledge sharing
Coordinate with other Rioters in our team to make sure product goals are fulfilled and working practices are appropriate
Uncover and communicate Riot’s tribal knowledge pertaining to tech, product, and process
Build a long term strategy for Technical Art in our Teamfight Tactics Singapore Team
Anticipate the team’s future technical art needs and develop/supervise solutions & resources in advance
Own Art tools and processes, and facilitate and improve to accelerate Art production
Unlock products and content that would have otherwise been blocked by technical Art
Align and collaborate with the overall tech art/tools strategy
Required Qualifications
Leadership experience, having mentored and managed teams (3+ people), and defined and implemented team strategies
Professional experience as a technical artist in games or related industries
Experience with 3D math, game engines, and a fundamental understanding of UX/UI principles when applied to tool development
Expertise in Maya, game engines, and scripting in Python
Experience with and commitment to building long-term maintainable, testable, portable, and stable systems
Experience authoring pipeline tool sets for lighting, shaders, and content optimization
Experience translating artistic requirements into sustainable workflow design
A strong communicator and able to convey abstract/sophisticated ideas in a concise way, in English or in Chinese
Desired Qualifications
Experience with the technical requirements for a variety of game platforms
Experience working in animation and rigging
Exposure to procedural content generation
Exposure to machine learning for content creation
Bonus points for:
Working on content heavy pipelines
Working on live service games
Working on games which are content heavy
Proficiency in Mandarin language
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 the experience of players, this could be the role for you!
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