As a Music Supervisor at Riot you help teams build their creative vision. Across different teams you will guide teams to help them find their "sound", occasionally stepping in and driving creative production for original artist collaboration. Oftentimes you will play a support role helping navigate the licensing process. You will work with external composers, artists, and music related talent and our legal, finance and publishing creatives to achieve product teams goals.
As part of the Music Services team in the Central Creative Services group you will report to the Audio Services Lead. You will work with many of our games and publishing teams across League of Legends, Valorant, Legends of Runeterra, and Esports. You will be a central expert at Riot for music management and licensing. Additionally you will be an advocate for Creative Service teams and help products level up their skills when looking for music guidance and licensing support.
Responsibilities:
- Support teams and artists with creative production guidance on original artist collaborations
- Negotiate with talent representation, including legal, label, talent management, agency, and business management
- Manage and secure legal rights of our recordings, licenses of pre-existing music, credits, and cue sheets
- Create realistic budgets concerning all music related costs
- Determine the viability of any music related ancillary product
- Build processes around tracking and managing requests, status, budget and additional details across assigned projects
- Track overall sync quote and license progress and the conclusion of license deals with Product, Finance and Legal Teams
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
- 3+ years experience in the television, film, entertainment or video game field in a music licensing capacity, with experience in negotiations and agreements
- Experience working in multiple genres of music
- Have an accurate knowledge of all costs associated with delivery of music elements
Desired Qualifications:
- Knowledgeable about the gaming industry including newest trends and events
- Experience working with international teams and global music talent.
For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and choices that focus on your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position!
Our Perks:
We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children. Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available. Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations. Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games.
It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history (LAMC 189.00).
