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3D Environment Artist - League of Legends, Modes

In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends and has since gone on to become the most played PC game in the world and a key driver of the explosive growth of esports. Delivering visually stunning experiences for a global audience while also building new games gives artists exciting and complex problems to solve. Here, artists are working not only with one another, but also side-by-side with game designers, narrative writers, audio designers, and engineers, to ensure that each piece of content from Riot reaches the level of quality players deserve. From animations to illustrations, cinematics to comics, characters to environments, we work as a team to put players first.

As part of the Environment Art team, you will channel your knowledge of concepting, modeling, and texturing to help tell stories through visually compelling environments. Working within both design and technical constraints you will build optimized environments that enhance the purpose and mood of the game. Your craft expertise and eye for structure, form, shape language, and design will help develop fantastic new worlds for our players to explore.

As an Environment Artist on the Gameplay Modes team you will report to an Art Lead. You will join the Modes team in the development of Team Fight Tactics, Howling Abyss (ARAM), Nexus Blitz, Ultra Rapid Fire, and much more.

Responsibilities:

• Create 2.5D and 3D assets ranging from hard surface structures to organic foliage
• Create optimized low poly game assets
• Create hand painted textures
• Interpret concept designs while taking into account technical and design constraints such as draw calls, poly counts, texture memory limits, and gameplay boundaries
• Use your sense of composition, layout, and color to push the environment mood to its fullest potential
• Communicate with other disciplines to ensure all assets are performant

Required Qualifications:

• Experience working with modeling, sculpting, and texturing programs such as Maya, Zbrush, Substance, and Photoshop
• Experience creating hand painted textures
• Demonstrate understanding of optimizing low poly game assets
• Demonstrate understanding of composition, layout, and color theory

Desired Qualifications:

• Create concepts and paintovers when needed
• Experience mentoring other artists

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:

We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children. Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available. Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations. Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games.

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, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history (LAMC 189.00).