Riot Games

As a Senior Narrative Manager, your expertise with the written word and your stellar people-management skills will help you bring Riot’s internal IP resource materials to new levels of excellence. In partnership with the Head of Creative Foundations and the Art Director of Creative Foundations, you complete a triad of craft expertise that sets the vision for what IP documentation looks and feels like, and lead the quest for anticipating and capturing future needs. On a tactical level, you’ll make sure work is well-written, error-free, and conforms to Riot’s in-house style, while elevating that style with your experience and insight. You’ll manage and mentor a group of writers and editors, fostering growth in both their craft and soft skills, and set the craft bar on the team. As an IP expert, you’ll contribute meaningfully to the worldbuilding efforts our team sets forth, partnering with our internal artists and product teams.

The Creative Foundations team is a central part of the IP Strategy team, which works to support all production teams at Riot, unlocking Riot’s ability to effectively collaborate on resonant, coherent, impactful stories that delight fans across the world. Specifically, Creative Foundations helps Riot develop its intellectual property by enshrining its characters and environments in style and product guides, documenting the lore of our universes, and working with environment artists to develop the unknown areas of the IP. It is responsible for creating the IP resource material used across all of Riot’s IP expressions–games, stories, animations, merchandise, and more. It is a team of creatives who believe in the power of consistent, believable worldbuilding to support incredible storytelling, and love building bridges between all the teams telling those stories at Riot.

As a Senior Narrative Manager on the Creative Foundations team, you’ll work with artists, designers, and producers to ensure content is presented clearly and evocatively, and that writing, art, and design support and enhance one another. As part of the central team responsible for maintaining cohesion and protectability of Riot’s IPs, your work will be seen throughout all of Riot’s output. You will directly affect the quality and impact of our foundational materials which, in turn, increases the quality and consistency of our IP across products. You’ll be responsible for thinking strategically about the longevity of materials, keeping them engaging and inspiring for creatives to use. As we develop our IP Hub, you’ll be instrumental in reformatting and editorializing our foundational materials to an intuitive digital medium that best serves our customers. As a narrative craft expert, you’ll be tapped in to give your expertise from both storytelling and technical editing perspectives.

The ideal candidate for this role is driven to achieve excellence in creative world-building, is an all-star collaborator who loves the creative process and working with other creatives, and has a strategic mind for creating systems to better understand a fictional world. Additionally, the ideal candidate is passionate and successful in nurturing talent and growth within their team.

Responsibilities

• Establish and ensure the quality of narrative craft for all materials produced by the Creative Foundations team
• Work with writers, editors, producers, stakeholders, and product owners to create high impact and educational internal IP resource materials that achieve the goals of each type of work.
• Ensure the accuracy and narrative quality of the IP Hub, as well as advocate for improvements to keep the tool useful as Riot’s IPs evolve.
• Think strategically about the longevity of materials, keeping them engaging and inspiring for creatives to use.
• Manage and mentor multiple direct reports within the narrative team.
• Advocate for IP consistency across teams, and establish a culture of sharing documentation and knowledge across creative communities within Riot.
• Embody Riot’s cultural values in interpersonal interactions and the production of narrative content.
• In partnership with leaders across the IP Strategy team, proactively assess areas of narrative IP support required within Riot and, where needed, contribute writing and worldbuilding expertise beyond foundational material.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional industry experience in games or related entertainment media.
• 4+ Years experience managing other writers and editing their work.
• Edited published content in at least two different media (one of which, must be digital).
• Experience working in agile team environments, and giving clear and applicable feedback.
• Experience working in a multi-platform IP with an understanding of editorial processes, from planning to publication.

Desired Qualifications

• Familiarity with the League of Legends IP, Valorant IP, and Riot’s portfolio of games.
• Experience with game pipelines and execution constraints of multiple genres of games
• Experience participating on or overseeing a team that contributes to content management systems and/or digital publishing platforms

For this role, you’ll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and choices that focus on your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position!

Our Perks

Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to 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.

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner’s Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming.

(Los Angeles only) Base salary range between $173,000 USD – $241,000 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.

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, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant’s criminal history.
Riot Games

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 our 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. You’ll represent the game at the IP strategy level and work with fellow Creative Directors to shape the future of the IP.

As a Game Creative Director (GCD), you will report to the Executive Producer and will provide creative direction for League of Legends, the largest PC game in the world. As the GCD you will bring together, guide, and inspire a group of multi-discipline developers to achieve our multi-year creative vision. You will ensure alignment and cohesion across the game story, characters, and world. You’ll make sure all choices fit the tone and creative feel of the game and bring their intended experience to players. You will partner with Entertainment and other game teams to ensure League of Legends is aligned to our creative vision across all media.

Responsibilities

• Create a multi-year creative strategy that provides thematic cohesion for the game
• Partner with the Executive Producer to ensure League’s product strategy is interwoven with our creative approach and long-term vision
• Partner with the Game Director to sculpt thematics that support the game experience
• Articulate the intended emotional experience of all aspects of the game
• Provide an inspirational north star that empowers creatives to navigate the unknown
• Produce artifacts that inform, align, and empower disciplines working in creatives spaces, especially art, narrative, and audio
• Collaborate proactively w/ marketing Creative Director to ensure one cohesive experience from the first ad or teaser to the final victory in-game.
• Foster a creative culture empowering and mentoring future creative leaders

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience with at least 10+ years experience in game development
• Operated as a key creative decision-maker on multiple games
• Experience collaborating with multiple disciplines to achieve a goal
• Professional experience building and communicating creative frameworks and creative strategy
• An excellent communicator that inspires by infusing a pitch with emotional intent
• Experience hiring and managing direct reports

Desired Qualifications

• Operated as a key creative decision-maker a live game or games with a global audience
• Has shipped at least one game title as a creative director
• Deep knowledge of the League of Legends IP
• Background in design, narrative, or art

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 the experiences of players, this could be the role for you!

Our Perks

Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to 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.

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner’s Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming.

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, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant’s criminal history.
Riot Games

The Corporate Communications team shapes Riot’s global identity and reputation with players, future Rioters, partners, and more. Our team functions include public relations, executive visibility, recruiting and brand social media, corporate and brand video, riotgames.com editorial content, and more. We partner with teams across Riot to showcase what makes Riot special and why we strive to deliver for players every day. We love telling stories, but we also help explain Riot to people who don’t understand the industry or games quite as much as we do.

Riot’s Internal Comms team members endeavor to shape our internal environment by crafting communication plans, programs, and assets that celebrate Riot’s playful, informal, and passionate culture. We strive to communicate with a balance of transparency and clarity that’s smart, well-crafted, and authentic. We cover everything vital to internal messaging and work across all teams to create a passionate and ongoing, lively two-way conversation between Riot and Rioters on the issues that matter most to players and to us. We love games and enjoy telling the emotionally resonant stories that connect us to players and our mission.

As a Video Producer, reporting to the Sr. Director, Communications, you will support two teams on Riot’s Enterprise operating pillar, Corporate Communications and Internal Communications, by helping internal and external audiences better understand what’s happening around the company and helping them connect with Riot’s overall mission. Working cross functionally across multiple teams and projects, you’ll take ideas from concept to shipped. You’ll partner with the team to measure the impact, create medium- and long-term content calendars, and call the shots about how best to get the work done, including working with contractors and outside agencies. Over time you’ll manage an increasingly large budget to ensure the team can hit its goals and support all of Riot’s goals as we continue to grow.

Responsibilities

• Support anywhere from three to five projects, varying in scope, simultaneously
• Oversee select projects from concept through completion
• Cultivate relationships with global teams, and find opportunities to improve engagement with our partner’s initiatives and programs from a video perspective
• Help onboard and manage vendor relationships for video production for any supplemental work that’s required
• Play support on different comms projects as priorities change, whether it’s strategizing on a messaging plan, addressing a crisis comms moment, or working on a Riot event
• Edit video to produce informative and emotionally resonant material or manage editors/agencies to do the same
• Partner with the social team to produce cut-downs and other social-friendly versions of long form content
• Coordinate with legal, purchasing, and others to obtain clearances/licenses for content, including licenses for sound and music

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience as a Video Producer or similar role
• Comprehensive knowledge of end-to-end video production and editing processes, including production logistics, scheduling, cost tracking, asset tracking, post production, and more
• You have experience developing, overseeing, and accomplishing comprehensive production plans and sourcing proper support
• You have experience handling confidential information
• You have a depth of understanding current trends in the comms and video space
• You know how to measure the impact and resonance of your work
• You’re tilt-proof, and can respond to sensitive situations in an assuring manner

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working with executives at tech or creative entertainment companies
• Experience planning or developing corporate narratives
• Network of trusted external vendors and contractors within the video production industry
• Passion for gaming and empathy for the player experience is a huge plus

For this role, you’ll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and choices that focus on your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position!

Our Perks

Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to 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.

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner’s Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming.

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, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant’s criminal history. Riot Games