Senior VFX Artist - Unpublished R&D Product

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 technica...

As a Senior VFX Artist on the Riot Discovery Studio (RDS) team, you will report to the Sr. VFX Manager and play a key role on a small VFX team delivering high-spectacle gameplay experiences. Under the direction of the VFX Lead, you will use your creative and technical expertise to design, execute, and implement a wi...

Design and deliver polished, dynamic visual effects that enhance atmosphere, depth, and gameplay while aligning with the project’s creative and stylistic goals.
Balance visual impact with gameplay clarity, ensuring effects accurately communicate actions, states, and player-facing information.
Autonomously create high-quality VFX by applying a broad range of craft skills, including painting, drawing, animation, and modeling as needed.
Establish and apply VFX best practices and scalable solutions, such as VFX theme kits, that support a broad range of production and product goals.
Represent the VFX discipline across cross-functional teams, providing subject matter expertise and advocating for the needs, capabilities, and opportunities of visual effects to have maximum player impact.
Uphold VFX craft quality standards through mentorship, constructive feedback, documentation, and accountability within the discipline.
Collaborate closely and proactively with VFX teammates, balancing complementary expertise and contributing to the ongoing development of the team and discipline.
When possible, contribute to the broader Riot VFX community by shaping initiatives, sharing expertise, and advancing discipline-wide goals.
Support healthy and effective team operations by participating in team rituals, meeting commitments and deadlines, identifying opportunities for improvement, and assisting product leadership with operational needs when necessary.
Take ownership of professional growth by maintaining and regularly engaging with a development plan in partnership with your manager.

BA in Game Art Development (or equivalent experience)
5+ years of games industry experience as a real-time VFX Artist
5+ years of professional experience and use of Unreal, Unity, or any relevant game engine
Proficiency with relevant DCC tools such as Maya, Photoshop, or Substance Designer, and implementation of this work into a game engine. 
Professional experience working on immersive, fast-paced, VFX that informs visual choices while maintaining clean, crisp gameplay readability
Experience mentoring and supporting other artists, providing thoughtful feedback and guidance, and collaborating effectively across disciplines. 
Developing VFX for various platforms (i.e. PC, console, etc.) 
Proficiency using Adobe Animate, AfterEffects, Houdini, FumeFX, Embergen, and Substance Painter

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 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!