Jamal Coleman

Lead VFX Artist at Riot Games

Experienced Real-time VFX Artist with 13+ years of experience in leadership, mentoring, optimization, and creating stunning visual effects for AAA games.

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About Me

Lead VFX Artist with 13+ years shipping AAA titles across PC, console, and mobile platforms. Expert in creating visually striking real-time VFX, balancing art direction with gameplay clarity and technical performance. Proven track record building VFX pipelines from the ground up, mentoring artists, and collaborating cross-functionally with design and engineering teams. Deep technical expertise across industry-standard engines, with strong skills in shader development, performance optimization, and custom tooling.

Skills

Unreal Engine

Shader Graph

Niagara/Cascade

Sequencer

Unity

Blender

3DS Max

Maya

Substance Designer

After Effects

Shipped Titles

League of Legends World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Warcraft: Rumble Spellbreak Arcane Showdown Smite Infinite Crisis Lord of the Rings Online

GDC Talk (2024) - Building a Mentor Team

"Visual Effects Summit: Building a Mentor Team"
🔗 Watch Full Talk on GDC Vault

Experience

VFX Craft Lead Sept 2024 - Present

Riot Games

Senior VFX Artist - Outsource Supervisor May 2023 - Sept 2024

Riot Games

Lead VFX Artist Sept 2022 - Apr 2023

Lightforge Games

Senior VFX Artist Jan 2021 - Sept 2022

Blizzard Entertainment

Senior VFX Artist II May 2020 - Jan 2021

Proletariat, Inc.

Lead Technical VFX Artist Oct 2018 - May 2020

Big Huge Games

Lead VFX Artist Nov 2015 - Oct 2018

Outact, Inc.

VFX Artist May 2014 - Apr 2015

Hi-Rez Studios

Associate VFX Artist Feb 2012 - Apr 2014

Turbine / WB Games

Jamal Coleman

VFX Portfolio

World of Warcraft

Warcraft Rumble

Spellbreak

Personal Projects

Hand Drawn Flipbooks

Smite

About Me

Skills

Shipped Titles

GDC Talk (2024) - Building a Mentor Team

Experience

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