3D Character Art Lead

5+ years of professional experience as a Lead Character Artist or Principal Character Artist
Professional experience working in stylized art styles
Experience working with modern game engines such as Unreal, Unity, or proprietary technologies
Proficient skills in 3D/2D Software – Maya, 3DS Max, Substance
Professional experience working in Unreal

Define the character art style through in-game work, style guides, best practices and communication with the team. Lead and empower the character team to high quality execution on the art style.
Create exemplary stylized art assets in a broad range, including humans, creatures, weapons and armor, organics and hard-surface.
Work with concept artists to establish the right process to fulfill your team’s concept art needs.
Understand and be ready to discuss approaches in style, ranging from proportions to hand painted and PBR workflows, as well as technical and design constraints such as draw calls, poly counts, texture memory limits, modularity, and gameplay clarity.
Work with design to understand their goals and how character art can support them. Lead the collaborative process with design and any other groups that require it.
Build and maintain a diverse, healthy, highly performing character art team that’s strongly aligned with Riot Values, working quickly and effectively to resolve team health issues.
Partner with production to create the right amount of visibility into your team’s deliverables and velocity.
Be a great career mentor and coach for the artists on your team.