Senior Motion Graphics Artist, Riot Games

• 4+ years of motion design experience across UI, games, or media
• Portfolio showing proficiency of motion graphics fundamentals (easing, pacing, timing, composition, legibility)
• Portfolio showing experience creating motion graphics for real-time UI (celebrations / ceremonies, design systems, notifications, HUDs, interactive states, screen transitions etc)
• Mastery in the Adobe Suite (After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator)
• High proficiency with VFX particle plugins like Trapcode Suite or xparticles
• Strong understanding of version control tools and game dev workflow / pipelines
• A keen eye for maintaining best practices related to optimization and performance
• Experience in Figma

Desirable

• As a Senior Motion Graphics Artist on League of Legends, you will work alongside art and product leads to bring League of Legends pages and UI to life
• Motion artists operate at the intersection of art and tech through collaboration with visual designers, game designers, audio designers, UX designers, and engineers
• You will work as a key contributor on various product features that span both the in-game and around-game spaces
• You will design eye-catching transitions and interactive states that reinforce an established motion language, expanding / evolving that language when necessary
• You will then translate your vision into real-time executions by working directly in the game engine, where you balance aesthetics, functionality, and performance of your executions
• Motion Graphics Artists frequently work with various teams or initiatives across the League org. The Senior Motion Graphics Artist reports to the Sr. Visual Design Manager
• Help shape motion and interactive direction for League features, defining directions that meets the creative goals and artistic direction of the project
• Align the team on a vision by creating high-quality animatics that demonstrate full motion user flows
• Work alongside engineers, tech artists, and visual designers to translate your animatics into interactive experiences
• Collaborate with that multi-discipline team at each stage of development, from concept to in-engine implementation
• Raise the bar for and uphold the League of Legends art style & quality standards
• Contribute to logistical efforts like planning and estimating scope of work
• Utilize strong communication skills to advocate for your craft across the org
• Drive workflow improvements to unlock the potential of future artists
• Work within proprietary tools and workflows to efficiently import/export assets, optimize animations, and streamline development pipelines
• Be an active member of Riot’s Motion Graphics craft community