Visual Design Artist

Job Description

Visual Design Artist (6 Month Contract)

The Role

Riot Visual Designers want to create the best player experiences through their knowledge of systems design, graphic design, interactivity, layout, typography and color theory. They understand players and ask questions about the what, who, and how when solving for an interface or communication challenge.

As a Visual Designer II in our Player Platform group, you will do design interfaces and scalable UI systems across global player facing Riot products and platforms. You'll make our products come to life through your deep understanding of interactivity, this is a 6 month contract role.

Within this contract, you will work closely with Designers, Product Owners, and Engineers across multiple product teams to develop outstanding out-of-game player experiences. You will report to the Sr. Manager, Visual Design Art for Player Platform.

Responsibilities:
• Craft visually intriguing and intuitive interfaces that show an understanding of readability, hierarchy, interactivity and player behavior patterns.
• Create and apply scalable design solutions for a variety of digital products across multiple platforms and devices to enhance the player experience around the games.
• Build efficient style guides and design systems and communicate conventions for future product iterations and new content.
• Champion best practices and guidelines for products you design across the organization.
• Work with product partners and vision holders to prioritize changes and influence delivery goals.
• Work with UX designers and engineers to visualize and implement various interface solutions.
• Create motion design concepts and high fidelity prototypes of interfaces

Required Qualifications:
• 3+ years of professional experience as a Visual Designer or UI Designer in digital products or web.
• Demonstrate your knowledge of Figma or Sketch and the Adobe Creative Suite.
• Knowledge of digital product design pipeline including systems design and cross-platform responsive design.
• Experience designing interfaces that meet both aesthetic and functional goals.

Desired Qualifications:
• 2+ years of digital product design experience (pc, mobile, or console)
• Experience in a secondary craft area such as UI motion graphics, front-end coding, illustration, or branding.

We will review your work as a part of the application process, so please provide a portfolio link or work samples with your application.

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise that prioritizes 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 could be the role for you!

Let's Thrive Together:

Because together we are better, it's our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games. We know that fresh and varied perspectives will make us better at what we do, so however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, we're excited to hear from you. Don't be discouraged if you feel you don't fully meet every one of the requirements for a particular role, there's always room for growth at Riot. If you spot a role that will make you want to jump out of bed in the morning, we are waiting to hear from you!

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g411y1-3-142-197-198-42 in your application.