Sr. Director, Creative Direction - TFT

Riot Games; California; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedules

Medical, dental, and life insurance

Job summary

Riot Games is seeking a Senior Creative Director to guide the creative strategy for Teamfight Tactics and oversee a multi-discipline development team. You will define the overarching vision across art, narrative, audio and design, ensuring alignment with product goals and brand expectations.

You will lead a senior creative leadership team, collaborate with production and publishing, and shape the player experience across PC and mobile platforms.

Qualifications

• 10+ years industry experience in holistic game development process.
• 7+ years of management experience.
• Proven record of driving and delivering quality work with art, narrative, audio and design.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience managing multiple direct reports in lead roles or higher.
• Knowledge of current game development and creative trends.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a creative partner to the EP and Game Director, ensuring alignment with product strategy and creative direction.
• Define, maintain, and communicate the creative vision for Teamfight Tactics.
• Shepherd the creative direction from concept through completion.
• Ensure consistency and excellence of the total creative experience.
• Communicate the IP internally and externally to inspire developers and players.
• Provide a creative/IP lens to product, portfolio, and ecosystem decisions as a Game Leadership Team member.
• Collaborate with production to build and improve processes for timely, high-quality work.
• Establish and uphold creative direction expectations and quality standards across the product.

Skills

Industry experience

Management

Creative leadership

Communication

Direct reports

Trend knowledge

Job description

Game Creative Directors at Riot define and oversee the overall creative strategy for a product. You’ll create inspiring creative direction across experiences that genuinely surprise and delight players. You will help build the product strategy and tie the product’s goals to the target audience. Creative direction is for the team; as the Creative Director acts as the intersection between aesthetics, story, and brand that evokes a visceral response in players. At that intersection you’ll lead with vision and demonstrate incredible taste with a high quality bar.

As a Senior Creative Director, you will be front and center in defining the creative direction of Teamfight Tactics, the world’s largest strategy game. In this role you will help lead a passionate, multi-discipline development team to own the Autobattler genre on PC and mobile by hyper-serving Teamfight Tactics players globally. Game Creative Directors are the most senior creative team leaders who define, communicate, align and maintain the overall creative direction of a product. Game Creative Directors will drive a holistic vision across all aspects of a game, working with every discipline and team to bring that creative vision to life. Game Creative Directors will manage the careers of developers and leaders from many creative crafts (art, audio, narrative, and technical art). You will be fostering a creative culture that focuses on players and delivering quality content.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a creative partner to the Executive Producer (EP) and Game Director, ensuring alignment and parity with product strategy and creative direction.
• Define, maintain, and communicate the creative vision for Teamfight Tactics in support of the overall game vision.
• Shepherd the creative direction of the product from concept through completion.
• Accountable for the consistency, cohesion, fidelity and overall excellence of the total creative experience.
• Communicate the IP internally and externally in ways that inspire developers and players.
• Provide a creative and IP lens to product, portfolio, and ecosystem decisions as a member of the Game Leadership Team.
• Collaborate with production to build and improve processes that support timely, high-quality creative work.
• Establish & uphold creative direction expectations, feedback philosophies, priorities and quality standards across the product for all creative craft leads.
• Build and lead a strong creative leadership team representing key creative crafts, including Art, Audio, and Narrative.
• Ensure creative leadership collaborates effectively across the team, including with product, production, engineering, quality, design, and publishing creative leadership.
• Be accountable for the hiring, development, performance, growth, and overall culture of creative leaders and direct reports.
• Ensure performance measurement and best practices are consistent with product leadership and the creative department.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years industry experience in holistic game development process
• 7+ years of management experience
• Proven record of driving and delivering quality work in collaboration with art, narrative, audio and design
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience managing multiple direct reports in Lead roles or higher
• Knowledge of current game development and creative trends

Desired Qualifications:

• Has shipped multiple full-games as a Creative Director or key Creative decision maker
• Demonstrated experience, passion for, and understanding of strategy games
• Experience with stylized multiplatform games, particularly on PC and mobile
• Experience and passion for the League of Legends IP
• Experience managing multiple direct reports in Director roles or higher
• Experience managing franchise level product and creative decisions affecting multiple platforms and diverse audience needs
• Experience developing a global game with an understanding of different regional gaming cultures
• Experience collaborating with publishing or marketing teams and driving creative decisions across development and publishing

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.

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 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.