// Open Role at Riot Games
As part of the Illustration team, you’ll put stylus to Cintiq and create promotional art that represents the essence of a Champion, thematic, or gameplay to millions of players. You will use your artistic eye and experience with dynamic lighting, form, and color to tell concise and evocative stories. By working with a team of dedicated illustrators, visual designers, writers, animators, and game developers, you will help decide and illustrate each character’s unique place in our universe.
As a Senior Illustration Artist on the Riftbound team, you will play an important role in delivering high-quality card illustrations. Working closely with the Art Director and cross-disciplinary partners, you will help plan, brief, and deliver card art across multiple future sets, ensuring each illustration supports the creative vision, gameplay needs, and production standards. You will create clear art briefs and provide thoughtful, actionable feedback to external artists, guiding artwork from early concept through final, print-ready delivery. Drawing on a strong understanding of illustration fundamentals and visual storytelling, you will help maintain a consistent quality bar for Riftbound and contribute to creating memorable imagery within the League of Legends universe. Additionally, while working within the constraints of physical trading card production, you will apply your knowledge of print processes, color management, and readability to help ensure artwork reproduces beautifully and consistently at scale. You will collaborate closely with designers to ensure art reinforces gameplay goals, and with visual designers to ensure illustrations complement frames, typography, and other graphic elements. You will translate creative direction into clear, actionable briefs and artist-facing documentation, provide craft guidance and feedback to external partners, and collaborate with producers and other disciplines to deliver cohesive, compelling card sets. You will report to the project's Art Director.
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!
Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and 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 benefits pages for more information.
At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.
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.
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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.