Motion Graphics Artist II - League, Competitive

Motion Graphics Artist II (P3) - League of Legends

As a Motion Graphics Artist at Riot, you'll take the player experience to the next level by  creating high-quality motion graphics for our gameplay and systems. Your technical skill for motion and compositing will breathe life into the game, transforming static scenes into powerful moments for players. You will collaborate with other artists and designers to establish how assets and UI elements will respond, transition, and increase player immersion.

You will partner with Visual Designers, UX Designers, Audio, Product, and Engineers to bring interactive experiences to life and to players through world class motion design. You will assist with League's motion needs such as UI animatics, motion tests, page transitions, full motion user flows, and more. You will report to the Art Lead on the Competitive Team.

• Create UI animatics from UI and art assets, following the League of Legends quality, style and motion conventions
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to create motion experiences both in-game and out of game in the League Client
• Guide style and workflow improvements to unlock the potential for future artists
• Balance craft and product feedback with empathy and focus on player experience
• Understand and work within the League's game engine to assist engineers with the implement of motion graphics in the game

• 3+ years of professional experience storyboarding and creating high-quality motion graphics for games, interactive experiences, or other media
• Experience animating celebrations, UI systems, animatics, notifications and HUDs
• Experience with real-time particle and VFX-based animations
• Proficiency in Adobe After Effects and experience with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

• Experience in 3D with motion including Maya, 3DSMax, Cinema4D, or other industry standard software
• Experience in Unity or Unreal
• Experience with Perforce
• Experience in Figma
• Knowledge of best practices for optimized implementation

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

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.

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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 benefits pages for more information.