Motion Graphics Art Intern - Summer 2027

Location: Los Angeles, USA Department: Riot Game Studios

As a Motion Graphics Artist Intern at Riot, you'll take the player experience to the next level by  creating high-quality motion graphics for our gameplay and systems. Your technical skill for motion and compositing will breathe life into the game, transforming static scenes into powerful moments for players. You will collaborate with other artists and designers to establish how assets and UI elements will respond, transition, and increase player immersion.

In your application, you will select which product you prefer to apply to:

League of Legends

As a Motion Graphics Artist Intern on League of Legends, you’ll help bring player-facing UI and product experiences to life across in-game and around-game features. Working alongside motion artists and a multidisciplinary team, you’ll explore how motion can make League’s interfaces feel clear, responsive, and unmistakably part of the game. You’ll create motion studies and UI animatics from visual designs using tools such as After Effects and Spine. With guidance from the team, you’ll help translate approved concepts into real-time experiences in League’s proprietary game engine, balancing visual quality, clarity, and performance while contributing a fresh perspective to League.

Teamfight Tactics

As a Motion Graphics Artist on Teamfight Tactics, you will contribute to in-game and around-game aspects of Teamfight Tactics's UI. You will craft animatics, design eye-catching transitions / interactive states, and visualize full motion user flows in a variety of tools like After Effects, Spine, and Unreal Engine. You will work under guidance of the Motion Graphics craft lead to translate designs into real-time executions by working directly in our game engine. Performance and optimization are top of mind as you push for the highest visual quality.

Responsibilities

Create UI animatics out of static visual designs, following the Teamfight Tactics and League of Legends quality, style and motion conventions

Work closely with the Visual Design lead and UI team to support in and around-game features

Implement your animations in the most efficient way, carefully balancing performance and visual quality for our range of supported PC and Mobile devices

Collaborate with a team of Motion Graphics Artists, UX, Audio, Visual Design and Engineering experts to design + bring new UI to life

Reinforce the product's goals by breathing life into the player experience

Balance craft and product feedback with a strong empathy and focus on player value

Participate in Motion Graphics and Visual Design craft reviews and Community of Practice to get guidance and build skills / confidence while contributing with a fresh perspective.

Required Qualifications

Currently enrolled in an art, design or related degree program

Graduating during the 2028 calendar year

Available to work full-time hours for the 12 week internship duration

Eligible to work in the country that you reside in during this remote program

Has a portfolio that demonstrates understanding / grasp of motion fundamentals like easing, pacing, timing, sequences, etc.

Animation experience in After Effects with plugins like Trapcode, Element, and Lottie

Experienced with Photoshop

Knowledge of best practices for optimized implementation

Desired Qualifications

Comfortable working in game engines like Unity or Unreal

Experience with Spine Animation Software or similar 2D rigging software

Experience with VFX authoring tools (Trapcode or Niagara)

Familiarity with Figma

Familiarity with 3D software (Blender, C4D, Maya)

Knowledge of League of Legends / Teamfight Tactics IP and style

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!

Work Authorization

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States for the duration of the program.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. We do not sponsor visas for this position or internship conversions.

General Portfolio Advice

Please limit application submission to 1 role. You will automatically be considered for similar roles based on your portfolio

Online format is preferred (Artstation, personal websites, etc.)

If you have private work that is under NDA, please include the password in your application. Otherwise, we recommend you do not password protect your portfolio.

Test that your Portfolio or reel is accessible. Please include access to your portfolio on your resume in addition to the application form in case the link breaks

Ensure your portfolio showcases your best work

Fan Art? Sure! It shows your versatility as it relates directly to our art style

Depending on the role, immersing yourself in the game to get the feel, tone and look can go a long way for your portfolio

Applications close Monday, January 4th, 2027 at 11:59pm PT

Our Perks

Riot Internships are paid, and interns can also participate in our 401(k) plan. You can expect in-game perks, and the ability to participate in our Play Fund, so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of our players and community through games. The University Programs team also invites you to intern focused events so you can connect with your fellow interns and Rioters to make the most out of your experience.

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 respe