Technical Art Manager (Unpublished R&D)

Location: Sydney, Australia

Company

Riot Games develops games and player-focused interactive experiences, with this Sydney-based team working globally on an unpublished R&D title.

What you will do

• Manage, coach, mentor, and develop a team of Technical Artists.
• Partner with Art Leadership, Production, and Engineering to define tooling, workflow, and pipeline requirements.
• Own and scale artist-facing tools, content pipelines, documentation, and workflow systems.
• Guide pipeline architecture and optimization across character, animation, environment, audio, and VFX production.
• Evaluate technical solutions with Engineering, balancing usability, production efficiency, and long-term sustainability.
• Communicate priorities, risks, constraints, and technical opportunities across disciplines.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional Technical Art experience in games or a related industry, including 2+ years managing people.
• Experience leading, mentoring, and developing technical teams in cross-functional environments.
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience building scalable artist tools, content pipelines, and workflow solutions.
• Professional experience with Unreal Engine 5 and modern content creation workflows, especially Autodesk Maya and Substance Suite.
• Strong understanding of art production pipelines and the ability to translate artistic requirements into scalable technical systems.
• Excellent communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with Houdini, Blender, ZBrush, 3DS Max, or Photoshop.
• Experience with PySide or PyQt UI development frameworks.
• Experience designing pipeline architecture for large content teams or supporting early-stage and R&D production.
• Experience with character, animation, environment, audio, or VFX workflows.
• Curiosity about AI-assisted workflows for improving content production efficiency and artist experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Open paid time off, paid parental leave, and flexible work schedules.
• Medical insurance covering employees and dependents, plus an Employee Assistance Program.
• Wellness fund, donation matching, and learning and development opportunities.
• Co-op gaming areas, a player-focused play fund, and workplace snacks.