Riot Games is hiring: Senior Art Outsourcing Manager, Weapon Concept - VALORANT,

As a Riot Art Outsource Manager, you will help connect product teams to the right external partners while improving art outsource infrastructure and practices. You will build meaningful and trusting external relationships through clear two-way communication and planning. Your approach will ensure sustainable production without compromising quality. A perfect blend between a veteran production artist and logistics expert, you will strive to make the outsourcing experience truly world-class and engaging for all parties involved.As a Senior Art Outsourcing Manager for VALORANT, you will harness your art background to provide feedback and direction to vendors in order to assure art assets meet VALORANT quality and style benchmarks.  You will build meaningful and trusting external relationships through clear two-way communication and planning. Your approach will ensure sustainable production without compromising quality.  A perfect blend between a veteran production artist and logistics expert, you will strive to make the outsourcing experience truly world-class and engaging for all parties involved. You will play a key part in managing the work and relationship with multiple art vendors. You will use both your extraordinary interpersonal and relationship skills to cultivate positive working relationships with our vendors. Responsibilities:Vendor Relationship and Artistic Feedback - We have multiple domestic and international vendors. We want to foster positive relationships between Riot and the external teams we work with. You'll communicate Riot's vision and feedback to those vendors and serve as the voice for those teams. Workflow - You will establish and maintain workflows with external partners to support the scaling of content production; ensuring clear communication, efficient asset turnaround and timely feedback. Art Support - You will leverage your art expertise to guide external partners through demonstration, documentation and feedback, artistically interpreting artifacts to ensure alignment with Valorant’s creative vision and quality standards.  Partner Development - You will meet regularly with external partners to set clear expectations, providing support that drives ongoing vendor growth; articulating not just the “what” but also the “why”.  Asset Management - Ensure art assets are clean, organized and defined correctly for easy access, properly integrated into the game or saved in their appropriate format and location. Problem Solving - You will remove roadblocks, keep track of recurring issues and develop systemic solutions. Internal pipelines - Learn the different internal team quality bars, processes and adapt outsourcing best practices for smooth integration. Required Qualifications:6+ years of professional experience creating stylized 2D artwork for video games.6+ years of professional experience handling several art vendors concurrently, or professional experience working with multiple internal and external partners.Portfolio demonstrating high quality 2D weapon concepts (guns & knives)Professional experience creating, giving feedback on, and integrating art in a production environment.Excellent communication skills and the ability to navigate conversations with internal teams including production, artists and stakeholders.  Professional experience working on asset management and maintaining asset pipelines.Proficiency in Photoshop.  Desired Qualifications:Proficiency with Maya, Blender, Substance Painter and Unreal Engine.Experience shipping a AAA title as a concept artist, specializing in weapon design.Experience working in one or more related disciplines - 3D modeling and texturing, animation, technical art, visual effects.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.At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minorsAccessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networksEnsuring a safe interactive environment for players and other RiotersThese 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.

In Summary: As a Senior Art Outsourcing Manager, you will help connect product teams to the right external partners while improving art outsource infrastructure and practices . You will build meaningful and trusting external relationships through clear two-way communication and planning . Your approach will ensure sustainable production without compromising quality .

En Español: Como Gerente de Outsourcing Art Riot, ayudará a conectar equipos de productos con los socios externos adecuados al tiempo que mejora la infraestructura y las prácticas de outsourcing art. Construirá relaciones externas significativas y confiables mediante una comunicación y planificación bidireccionales claras. Su enfoque garantizará una producción sostenible sin comprometer la calidad. Una mezcla perfecta entre un veterano artista de producción y experto en logística, se esforzará por hacer que la experiencia de externalización sea verdaderamente de clase mundial y atractiva para todas las partes involucradas. Queremos fomentar relaciones positivas entre Riot y los equipos externos con los que trabajamos. Comunicará la visión y retroalimentación de Riot a esos proveedores y servirá como voz para aquellos equipos. Desarrollo del trabajo - Se establecerán y mantendrán flujos de trabajo con socios externos para apoyar la escalada de la producción de contenido; garantizar una comunicación clara, un cambio eficiente en los activos y comentarios oportunos. Apoyo al arte - Aprovechará su experiencia artística para guiar a socios externo a través de demostraciones, documentación y retroceso, interpretando artífices artísticos para asegurar el alineamiento con las disciplinas creativas de Valorants y estándares de calidad visual. Vamos a analizar tus estudios pasados, experiencia y relación personal con los juegos. Si encarnas la empatía del jugador y te preocupas por las experiencias de los jugadores, este podría ser tu papel!Nuestros Perks:Riot se centra en el equilibrio trabajo-vida, como lo demuestran nuestra política de tiempo libre abierto pagado y otros beneficios tales como horarios flexibles de trabajo. Ofrecemos seguro médico, dental y de vida, licencia parental para ti, tu cónyuge / socio doméstico, e hijos, y un 401k con juego de compañía. Consulte nuestras páginas de beneficios para obtener más información.En Riot Games, ponemos al jugador primero. Esa misión impulsa cada decisión en nuestra búsqueda de crear juegos y experiencias que hacen mejor ser un jugador. Ya sea que esté trabajando directamente en una nueva experiencia orientada al jugador o apoyar a la empresa en su conjunto, Riot es parte integrante de nuestro equipo. Y en nuestros juegos, trabajamos juntos cuando queremos ofrecerle oportunidades únicas de empleo. Riot Games hace adaptaciones razonables para las personas discapacitadas y con discapacidad Rioters y no discrimina ilegalmente en función de raza, color, religión, sexo, orientación sexual, identidad o expresión de género, origen nacional, edad, incapacidad, estatus veterano, estado civil, antecedentes penales u otra categoría protegida por la ley federal y estatal aplicable. Consideramos al empleo a todos los solicitantes calificados, incluidos aquellos con antecedents criminales, de una manera consistente con el derecho federal, estatal y local aplicable, incluyendo la Ley de oportunidad justa de California, la Ciudad de Los Ángeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, la Ordenanza de oportunidades justas del Condado de Los Angeles para Empleadores, la Ordenación de probabilidad justa del condado de San Francisco y la Actura de probabilidades justas de Washington. Tenga en cuenta que las tareas de trabajo pueden evolucionar según las necesidades empresariales y se pueden asignar responsabilidades adicionales si es necesario para mantener la eficiencia y seguridad operativas.