Sr. Director, Creative Direction - TFT

The posting, as Riot Games wrote it

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 Qualific
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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.

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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.