League of Legends hiring a creative director due to Valorant’ s success The Loadout The Loadout League of Legends hiring a creative director due to Valorant’ s success League of Legends studio lead RiotMeddler says that Valorant is one of the main reasons a new role of LoL game creative director has been created Jamie Hore Published: Sep 15, 2022 08:06 ET League of LegendsValorant Despite the League of Legends universe churning out new champions regularly, having its own epic TV series with Arcane, and expanding into more and more new mediums constantly, Riot Games is only now looking to hire someone to oversee LoL's entire creative vision – and apparently that's largely thanks to the success of the Valorant team. Earlier this week, Andrei 'RiotMeddler' van Roon – the head of the LoL studio that is responsible for not only the popular MOBA but Wild Rift, Teamfight Tactics, and Legends of Runeterra as well – publicised a job ad, showing that Riot is looking to hire a "game creative director" for League of Legends. This role is "focused on aesthetics, storytelling [and] worldbuilding within the broader Runeterra IP and brand/style", according to RiotMeddler. Taking to Reddit on September 14, RiotMeddler explains that one of the main reasons why the role is being created is due to the success of Riot's competitive FPS game. "VAL [Valorant] has had a CD [creative director] for a while and that's worked really well for them – one of the reasons we've decided to add one to LoL as well!" RiotMeddler says in response to one fan who asks whether Riot could "clone" the current creative director on the tactical shooter (that being David Nottingham). While Riot does say in its job description that it would be preferable for candidates to be knowledgeable about the League of Legends universe already, we wouldn't suggest rushing to update your CVs if we were you. Due to the responsibility of the role, Riot is asking for candidates with more than 15 years of relevant experience and at least ten years of experience working in game development. Riot has proven how to make a super tight product with its hires on the Valorant team. From its agent designs, to some of the best Valorant skins, to seasonal trailers, and to its Champions Tour esports product, the shooter is one of the sleekest and most recognisable out there. While it has always done a pretty decent job at tying up and unifying most of its Runeterra-based creations together, the addition of an experienced creative director could see some more innovative choices in the future and maybe expansion into even more game genres and mediums. More from The Loadout Hylissang says playing the Fnatic way is key to Worlds 2022 success EG Inspired is "not scared" of G2 Esports Worlds 2022 rematch The LoL Worlds 2022 final is headed to a cinema near you Worlds 2022 Pick’Em Crystal Ball: Maokai spreads his roots in Play-Ins October Prime Gaming rewards turn Nasus into a meme for LoL Worlds League of Legends Worlds 2022 dates and seeding confirmed by Riot Jamie Hore Jamie started out his journalism career rambling about FIFA esports, but today he covers much more, like the best Warzone guns and the Apex Legends tier list. He's also rather excited for the Starfield release date. Popular now Orianna has been disabled for League of Legends Worlds 2022 The FIFA 23 meta has quickly become all about Lengthy players Blizzard assures Overwatch 2 players their OW1 skins aren’t lost Network N Media earns commission from qualifying purchases via Amazon Associates and other programs. We include affiliate links in articles. View terms. Prices correct at time of publication. More stories Odoamne says Rogue is taking LoL Worlds 2022 “one game at a time” Best Warzone Loadout of the Week – battle with Modern Warfare’s best The LoL Worlds 2022 final is headed to a cinema near you More from The Loadout Follow us for daily videogame news on Facebook, Twitter, Steam, and Google News. LoL ranks: League of Legends ranking system explained League of Legends champions we’d love to see get crossovers The best MOBA games Free shooting games Best PS5 games Best Xbox games