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Motion Graphics Artists concept and give life to high-quality motion projects for Riot Games products. Your technical skills and keen aesthetic eye for motion and compositing will transform static images into temporal works of art. You will make creative decisions to define how elements within projects will interact, build, transition, celebrate and function in collaboration with artists, designers and engineers, and help usher in the next generation of League of Legends UI.

As a Motion Graphics Artist on League of Legends, you will report to a Lead Visual Designer. You will design, lead, and execute on all of League of Legends and Teamfight Tactic’s motion needs like UI animatics, transitions, full motion user flows, in-engine UI effects, sprite sheet creation, and more. You will work with UI artists, UX designers, Audio, Engineering, and QA on your product team to create stable and performant motion graphics that enhance the player experience.

Responsibilities

  • Create UI animatics by taking the visual designs of menus, buttons, navigation flows, and animating them according to the League of Legends quality bar and style
  • Work with UX, Audio and Visual Design to create and iterate user interface animations in-engine
  • Interpret and document motion conventions and best practices for future artists to leverage
  • Confidently and effectively able to communicate and represent what motion can be used for and also when it shouldn’t be leveraged
  • Understand and present the product’s features and goals by breathing life into the League of Legends User Interface experience
  • Adeptly navigate feedback with Riot and external partners to achieve the products goals
  • Utilize different technical formats of League of Legends style animations in the most efficient and performant way that achieves the product goals of League of Legends
  • Participate in feedback loops throughout Riot, and contribute to communities of practice in your craft

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional experience as a motion graphics artist
  • Experience animating dynamic and functional User Interfaces, including systems, menus and HUDs
  • Experience with real-time particle and VFX-based animations
  • Proficient in Adobe After Effects and experience with the Adobe Suite including Photoshop and Illustrator
  • Understanding of Perforce and game dev workflow

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience working in 3D with motion including Maya, 3DSMax, Cinema4D, or other industry standard software
  • Experience working Unity or Unreal a plus
  • Experience working in Figma a plus
  • Knowledge of League of Legends IP and style
  • Knowledge of Teamfight Tactics IP and style
  • Knowledge of best practices for optimized implementation

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.

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