Rendering Technical Art Intern (Lighting), League of Legends - Summer 2027
Riot Games·Los Angeles, USA·Posted 11 November 2026
About the role
As a Lighting Artist, you will focus on building and executing our lighting workflows to realize the product’s creative direction in-game. You will work with art direction, technical artists, and rendering engineers to collaborate in developing the right tools, shaders, technical budgets, and art assets to hit an ideal balance of fidelity and performance to delight our players. As a Lighting Artist Intern on League, you will work with artists, designers, and technical artists to help implement lighting that supports the intended look and gameplay readability. You will also assist with setting up and testing lighting scenarios and PBR materials in-engine, then document observations and share feedback with the team. Interns will contribute to assigned improvements to lighting examples, tools, or workflow documentation with guidance, build an understanding of how lighting choices affect visual quality and performance, and apply team standards to your work. Responsibilities: Collaborate directly with Art and Design disciplines to understand desired visual behaviors and translate them into specific visual outputs Translate that direction into in-game lighting adjustments, with support…
This is a summary of the advert. The full description and the application are on Riot Games's careers site.
Apply faster with Prepper
- A version of your CV tailored to this Rendering Technical Art Intern (Lighting), League of Legends - Summer 2027 role.
- A cover letter written from your CV and this advert.
- Prepper can fill in Riot Games's application form and send it once you approve.
- The application saved in your tracker, with reminders to follow up.
More roles at Riot Games
- Senior Partnership ManagerShanghai, China
- Staff Software Engineer - Central Technology, Data FoundationsLos Angeles, USA
- Technical Game Design Intern, League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics - Summer 2027Los Angeles, USA
- Game Producer Intern, Teamfight Tactics (Masters/PhD) - Summer 2027Los Angeles, USA
- Insights Analyst Intern, League of Legends - Summer 2027Los Angeles, USA
- Rendering Technical Art Intern, League of Legends - Summer 2027Los Angeles, USA
- Anti-Cheat Engineering Intern (Masters/PhD) - Summer 2027Los Angeles, USA
- Machine Learning Engineering Intern (Masters/PhD) - Summer 2027Los Angeles, USA
Prepper is independent and not affiliated with Riot Games. Roles are listed from the employer's public careers system and removed when they close.