Senior Concept Artist (Environment) - VALORANT, Maps

As a Concept Artist at Riot, you will bring environments and characters to life. Drawing inspiration from as little as a napkin sketch or as much as a full-blown narrative concept, you will generate ideas and craft designs that are resonant, compelling and iconic. As a problem solver, first and foremost, you will come up with visual solutions for game concepts and world building. As a senior member of the team, you will help mentor your fellow team members to continue to raise the quality bar at the studio.

As a Senior Environment Concept Artist on the Valorant team, you’ll be responsible for creating environment and prop concepts that fit the thematics and tone of Valorant, while helping to define a unique interpretation of the IP.  Your craft expertise, high-level execution and attention to detail will enrich the player’s immersive experience in the world. In this role, you will report to the Environment Art Director of Valorant.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Art Director to explore and define new styles and tones in the Valorant IP
• Ideate and create environment, prop, and other supporting visual development artwork
• Ensure all concepts meet constraints / requirements of game needs
• Discover and incorporate interesting trends and non-traditional reference
• Work within the Team to uphold cohesion and vision of art quality bar
• Communicate the environments history and lore through design
• Craft detailed concept art for production artists and outsourcing
• Provide outsource feedback through paintovers and remote calls
• Collaborate with artists on the team by providing and receiving creative/artistic feedback and providing clear creative goals and outcomes to your team
• Guide and mentor junior members of the team

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of environment design experience in gaming or equivalent industry
• Proficient experience working in Photoshop or equivalent software
• Experience creating environment concepts with varied locations, styles and genres.
• Proficient experience creating 3D block models to support concept work 
• Strong linework and rendering skills

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience shipping at least one game title
• Experience working on a highly recognizable stylized game
• Experience working in pre-production for at least one game title
• Experience creating concepts for FPS games
• Familiarity with the Valorant IP
• Experience with Unreal 4
• Experience creating 2d illustrated flipbooks

As a part of the application process, candidates will be expected to provide a portfolio of their work.
For this role, you’ll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players’ experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and 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.

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• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.