Senior UI Designer – League of Legends (12 Month Contract)

• Help shape UI direction for the League of Legends features, defining directions that meet the creative goals, and artistic direction of the project.

• Create visually balanced and intuitive interfaces that show a strong grasp of readability, hierarchy, platform, and player behaviour patterns.

• Create and extend themes throughout the project establishing style guides, design systems, and conventions.

• Understand concepts and process behind the existing guides, but also know when to break the rules.

• Collaborate with art, game design, UX design and engineering to create a compelling visual experience that meets the goals for player interaction

• Create assets through each stage of development, driving the development of concepts from early ideation all the way to implementation in game engine

• Use deep knowledge of systemic design, graphic design, interactivity, layout, typography, color theory, and illustration to create seamless player experiences

• Possess a growth mindset, seeking mentorship from the discipline artists and community

• Help uphold, innovate within, and elevate the quality bar for your discipline.

• Work autonomously to uphold craft best practices in Dublin while empowering local developers.

• Hands-on experience contributing to a major feature, game, product launch, or entertainment property through the craft of visual communication design.

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Visual Designer, UI Designer, or UI Artist

• Expert knowledge in Figma

• Knowledge of the game development pipeline including optimization, localization, implementation.

• Experience in Adobe CC products including photoshop.

• Familiarity with game engines ( Unity / Unreal ).

• Experience in a secondary area such as motion graphics, illustration, animation, or modeling is a plus.

• Experience working in a distributed development environment.

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!

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.