Senior Visual Designer - Teamfight Tactics, Gameplay

3 Months ago • 5 Years + • UI/UX Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Visual Designer for Teamfight Tactics Gameplay at Riot Games, you'll design in-game UI, balancing functionality and aesthetics. You'll create vector artwork, iconography, and optimized assets for the game engine. Responsibilities include improving TFT's UI, managing vendors, collaborating with Motion Graphics, and mentoring other artists. You'll lead asset production, plan work, define scope, and maintain quality standards. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in visual design, a strong portfolio showcasing UI/UX design in games, and mastery of visual design fundamentals. Experience with Figma and Adobe CC is required.
Must have:
  • 5+ years Visual Design experience
  • Strong UI/UX portfolio
  • Mastery of design fundamentals
  • Figma & Adobe CC expertise
  • Game development pipeline knowledge
Good to have:
  • Experience with game engines (Unreal, Unity)
  • Cross-platform design experience
  • Motion Graphics & Illustration skills
  • League of Legends/TFT knowledge
Perks:
  • Open Paid Time Off
  • Flexible Work Schedules
  • Medical, Dental, Life Insurance
  • Parental Leave
  • 401k with Company Match

Job Details

Riot Visual Designers create the best player experiences through their knowledge of systems design, interactivity, layout, typography, and color theory. Visual Designers collaborate with other disciplines and act as both artistic and design problem solvers. They understand players and ask questions about the what, who and how when solving for an interface or communication challenge.

As a Senior Visual Designer for the Teamfight Tactics Gameplay team, you will develop and execute visuals and UI for new set releases, in-game features, and gameplay HUD UI. You will report to the Visual Design craft lead while working with other UI artists, engineers, designers, and producers to create delightful and immersive UI that improve the player experience.

Responsibilities:

  • Design in-game UI that balances functionality with aesthetics, while maintaining alignment with UX, product, and art direction goals.
  • Create vector artwork, iconography, and export rasterized assets that are high-quality and optimized for the game engine.
  • Develop solutions and improvements for TFT's UI with an understanding of systems design, style usage, and layout.
  • Drive Visual Design work through each stage of development. From the early brainstorming phase to implementation in the game engine, polish, release, and even post-launch.
  • Manage external vendors during production, ensuring style and quality bars are met.
  • Collaborate with Motion Graphics to bring UI elements to life.
  • Maintain source files and manage libraries for future development.
  • Have ownership of multiple streams of UI work and lead the production of assets that ultimately enhance the player experience.
  • Plan out work, define scope, and set expectations for development.
  • Provide mentorship and guidance to other artists on the team.
  • Maintain the quality bar for your discipline and be a UI and Visual Design advocate on the team.

Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of industry experience as a Visual Designer, UI Designer, or UI Artist.
  • Hands-on experience contributing to a major feature, game, product launch, or entertainment property through the craft of visual communication design.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating visual design creativity and understanding of UI/UX design in games and/or related fields.
  • Knowledge of the game development pipeline and best practices, including optimization, localization, and implementation.
  • Demonstrated mastery of visual design fundamentals: typography, layout, color, and iconography design.
  • Experience with Figma.
  • Experience with Adobe CC visual design tools such as Photoshop and Illustrator.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience with modern game engines like Unreal, Unity, etc.
  • Experience designing player flows for cross-platform experiences (PC and Mobile).
  • Experience in secondary areas such as Motion Graphics and Illustration.
  • Knowledge of League of Legends / Teamfight Tactics IP and style.

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 players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our for more information.

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the and . Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of and our ongoing work to build the .

 

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. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

  • Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
  • Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
  • Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
  • Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security. 

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