VFX Artist II - VALORANT, Premium Content

3 Months ago • 3 Years + • Research & Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a VFX Artist II at Riot Games, you'll be part of the Real-Time VFX team for VALORANT, creating stunning visual effects for gameplay. Responsibilities include designing and implementing dynamic special effects, balancing visual appeal with gameplay clarity, and ensuring effects accurately represent in-game actions. You'll work closely with other artists, utilizing your skills in drawing, painting, animation, and modeling to bring characters to life. The role requires proficiency in various software (Photoshop, Maya, 3DS Max, Unity/Unreal Engine) and a deep understanding of VFX principles. You will also mentor junior team members. This role demands a collaborative spirit, craft expertise, and a player-centric approach to game design.
Must have:
  • 3+ years VFX experience in games
  • Proficiency in Photoshop, Maya/3DS Max
  • Unity/Unreal Engine experience
  • Design & implement dynamic VFX
  • Balance visuals and gameplay clarity
  • Mentor junior VFX artists
Good to have:
  • Unreal Blueprints experience
  • C++/UnrealScript programming
  • Cascade experience
  • Cross-platform VFX knowledge
Perks:
  • Open paid time off
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Medical, dental, life insurance
  • Parental leave
  • 401k with company match

Job Details

As part of the Real-Time VFX team, you’ll design and help implement the sleek, dynamic and dramatic special effects that add atmosphere and depth to gameplay. With your experience, you’ll create aesthetically astounding visual effects that communicate essential game information. You’ll use your artistic and technical skills to breathe life into undead spells, channel primal emotions and capture the essence of hundreds of champions.

VALORANT is Riot’s take on a character-based tactical shooter (for more info on VALORANT ). As a VFX Artist on the VALORANT team, you will work closely with other VALORANT artists to communicate each effect’s actions, impact, and tonal experience, ultimately helping to.bring the characters’ VFX to life.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and help implement the sleek, dynamic, and dramatic special effects that add atmosphere and depth to gameplay
  • Balance visual satisfaction and gameplay clarity while working to ensure amazing effects are accurately representing a given action or state
  • Create aesthetically astounding visual effects that communicate essential game information and capture the essence of hundreds of characters
  • Use your craft skills to draw, paint, animate and model with equal proficiency as-needed
  • Use your encyclopedic knowledge of visual effects to synthesize brand new assets from classic designs
  • Find creative and effective solutions to eliminate difficult problems in production and as-needed
  • Mentor more associate and junior VFX members of the team

Required Qualifications:

  • 3+ years of professional experience as a visual effects artist in games or related industries
  • Experience working in PhotoShop, Maya or 3DS Max
  • Experience working Unity, Unreal, or equivalent game engine VFX tools

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience developing Unreal Blueprints
  • Experience programming in C++ and UnrealScript
  • Experience in Cascade
  • Experience with the technical requirements for a variety of game platforms

As a part of the application process, candidates will be expected to provide a portfolio or demo reel of their work and may be asked to complete an art test.

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 the experiences of players, this could be the role for you!

 

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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