Principal Concept Artist – Characters – Unpublished R&D Product
| Company | Riot Games |
|---|---|
| Location | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 10+ years of concept design experience in gaming or equivalent industry
- 5+ years of professional experience working in Photoshop or equivalent software
- Experience in a Principal or Lead role that involved establishing style or setting vision for the product
Responsibilities
- Ideate and create highly varied character concepts
- Express character and story through your designs
- Explore creative solutions to establish a unique visual identity for the characters in the game
- Craft detailed concept art for 3D artists and outsourcing
- Work with game designers to understand and fulfill the needs of gameplay
- Collaborate with the other artists on the team by providing and receiving creative/team feedback and providing clear creative goals and outcomes to your team
- Work closely with the Art Director to explore and define new styles and tones in the IP
- Discover and incorporate interesting trends and non-traditional reference
- Continuously deliver concept assets that fulfill the requirements of the project’s game and visual design
- Collaborate with artists on the team by providing and receiving creative/team feedback and providing clear creative goals and outcomes to your team
- Guide and mentor junior members of the team
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience shipping at least one AAA game title
- Experience working on a highly recognizable stylized game
- Experience working in pre-production for at least one game title
- Experience with creating character concepts
- Experience working in Fantasy character concepts
- Familiarity with Riot’s Live IPs