Riotgames Narrative Manager at Riot Games leading and supporting a team of Narrative Writers and Editors for League of Legends. Responsible for managing team growth, delivering high-quality narrative content, and collaborating with leadership.
Responsibilities
Manage team growth and contribute to performance reviews, career development, and hiring processes, holding a high craft bar for Narrative content
Participate in Narrative craft reviews and provide feedback to other members of the team on a regular basis
Execute high-quality narrative content, across a variety of tones and themes, spanning in-game VO and any written materials, ensuring alignment with vision, quality, and timelines
Collaborate with leadership to address challenges and drive initiatives that improve team health, efficiency and output
Contribute to the development of creative processes for writing and editing at Riot, providing SME feedback in areas of expertise
Provide input on how Narrative connects to the long-term creative direction
Model and uphold good working relationships with stakeholders and product teams
Help to drive improvements to Riot Games' global multi-language processes (including sensitivity consideration)
Qualification
4+ years experience in game writingExperience delivering timelyExperience in formal mentoringExperience working on a live gameFor this roleRiot focuses on work/life balanceAt Riot Games
Required
6+ years of professional industry experience
4+ years experience in game writing, and at least one other narrative medium (e.g. prose, VO, comics, interactive stories, etc)
1+ years of direct management experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience delivering quality work in partnership with other creative disciplines
Experience with creating content for translation into other languages
Preferred
Familiarity with the League of Legends intellectual property, and its current range of narrative expressions
Experience with the creation of story and game content within existing IPs, for game product releases or in direct support of them
Experience delivering timely, clear, and actionable Narrative craft feedback, in both Writing and Editing
Experience in formal mentoring
Experience working on a live game
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!
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.
