Principal Concept Artist, Environment - Unpublished R&D Product

About this role

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 video game in the world, over 100 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As a Principal Environment Concept Artist on an unpublished R&D product you lead the project forward by working closely with Concept Artists and Art leadership to develop visual explorations for early game prototypes that define the promise of our game thesis and build organizational confidence in our project to facilitate efficient progress through the R&D development cycle through to global launch. Serving as a Environment Concept Art lead, you will work closely with other concept artists and the greater art team to set a fresh new Art Style for the game, establish genre-defining visual quality bars as well as define innovative cinematic narrative experiences for our target players. You will also work in close collaboration with game designers, writers and producers to bring new worlds and characters to life that are well tuned for the world of Runeterra and the League of Legends IP

We are seeking a highly experienced environment concept artist with diverse and considerable experience driving new art styles and visual look prototypes for early game development in a hands-on manner. You will employ your expert level skills and deep understanding of concept art craft to lead the concept explor

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