Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused game development can result in great games. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to critical and player acclaim. As the most played PC game in the world, over 67 million play every month. Players form the foundation of our community and it’s for them that we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience. 

We’re looking for humble but ambitious, razor-sharp professionals who can teach us a thing or two. We promise to return the favor. Like us, you take play seriously; you’re passionate about games. We embrace those who see things differently, aren’t afraid to experiment, and who have a healthy disregard for constraints.

That's where you come in.

• As part of the Art Outsource Team, you'll help bridge product teams with the right external partners while improving Riot's art outsource infrastructure and practices. You excel at building meaningful long term relationships with external partners through honest two-way communication and trust. You’re results driven with a philosophy of practical and strategic planning to ensure healthy and sustainable production without compromising quality. A perfect blend between a veteran production artist and logistics expert, you strive at making the outsourcing experience truly world class and enjoyable for all parties involved.

  You Are:

  • A leader: you're humble and driven to foster a trustworthy and respectful environment that empowers teams to deliver player-focused experiences through clear communication, vision, strategy, and execution; you lead by example and inspire confidence with your passion and know-how
  • A visionary: you actively seek out areas of focus and turn challenges into projects with solutions; you spearhead the direction of projects with creativity, while always maintaining an eye on short and long-term goals
  • Strategic: your foresight is 20/20, enabling you to get a jump on future trends; you quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues in any given scenario and are comfortable and adept at deciding the best course of action, proactively creating alternative solutions
  • An organizer for results: you efficiently and effectively keep projects on track with your time management, planning, and decision-making skills; inventive and resourceful, you push yourself to improve your processes, and empowering others with all that you’ve learned
  • An effective communicator: you're accustomed to delivering verbal and nonverbal messages that are clear and concise, cross-functionally. You understand the emotion behind information to improve relationships, teamwork, decision-making, problem solving, and conflict-resolution techniques.
  • Selfless: you put the needs of others before your own, and focus on the group's health bar; you understand that success of the team is a collective effort, not the work of one person

  You Will:

  • Facilitate Q&A, reviews, feedback, and approval of the technical and artistic quality of assets between internal and external teams.
  • Collaborate with internal team to build asset lists, specification documents, and proxies.
  • Set up integration pipeline and integrate assets into engine as needed.
  • Provide technical support for internal tools and processes to external vendors.
  • Build or maintain tracking tools to stay on top of outsourced deliverables and proactively communicate progress to
  • Level up outsource practices and expand outsource know-how across product teams
  • Scope, negotiate, and set objectives with external partners
  • Support production in maximizing efficiencies, anticipating bottlenecks, and growing outsourcing pipeline.
  • Exhibit pragmatic long view with an eye to driving pipeline improvements. Stay on top of industry trends, explore new tools, and make recommendations.
  • Produce art assets and content integration in a supportive capacity
  • Discover new vendors and maintain strong relations with existing partners; match product teams with the right art vendors with sights locked onto the product vision

Don’t forget to include a resume and cover letter, and a link to your portfolio. We receive a lot of applications, but we’ll notice a fun, well-written intro that shows us you take play seriously.