Game Designer III, Core Gameplay - Unpublished R&D Product

As a Game Designer, you will design, tweak, and optimize the player experience. Your analytical skills, player insight, and creativity aid in crafting in- and out-of-game experiences that engage and surprise players. You will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and work with every tool at hand to innovate and iterate player-focused designs that'll delight millions around the world.

As a Game Designer III on an unpublished R&D product, you will help decipher one of Riot’s next big bets. You will develop characters, rapidly creating prototype content, improving content creation tools, and verifying our driving hypotheses.

Responsibilities:

• Design characters and character abilities in a competitive team based environment
• Responsible for rapid implementation / integration, great game feel, and iterative improvements in the space
• Create and build cohesive, resonant and expressive character abilities and kits
• Develop and collaborate on character frameworks that keep the team aligned and focused on scalable development with the game’s creative vision in mind
• Work collaboratively with the Design and UX Leads to create a great holistic experience
• Seek opportunities for new design spaces and opportunities in collaboration with Product Managers and External Advisors.
• Create clear design documentation that can be evaluated and implemented by non-designers.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in professional game design experience
• Can create and build resonant and expressive hero abilities
• Strong design fundamentals in framework creation and refinement
• Has owned major feature work including team direction
• Experience in Unreal Engine Blueprint scripting

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working on team based competitive games
• Experience work in and leading cross functional multidisciplinary teams

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritizes the delight of players. We will look at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this is 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.

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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.