For Plaid · Content Producer

Complex subjects, stories people finish.

Fifteen years producing video, audio, and podcast from concept through final delivery: five years at Riot Games making League of Legends content seen by hundreds of millions of players, and before that, founding a New York theater company with a Times Critics' Pick and a podcast of its own.

Watch the featured piece Résumé (PDF)

Featured · Riot Games

Tellstones: King's Gambit — How to Play

A complete rules system, taught to a general audience in a few minutes. I wrote it, hosted it on camera, ran the shoot and the edit, and shipped it worldwide. I also produced the game itself, a physical tabletop title, from design docs through manufacturing and launch.

550K+ views on the League of Legends YouTube channel

Writer
On-camera host
Producer
Edit & delivery

Listen

The Puppet Shakespeare Podcast

Producer & host · The Puppet Shakespeare Players

The theater company's own editorial show, built around the company's voice alongside the stage work. I handled concept, hosting, recording, editing, and release.

Ep. 1 — All That Glitters Is Not Gold10:12
Ep. 2 — All the World's a Stage12:31
Ep. 3 — To Be or Not to Be16:35

More work

Publishing at scale, and where it started

Riot Games · Sole owner

League of Legends Universe

Took over universe.leagueoflegends.com (1M unique monthly visitors) mid-flight, with no ramp-up, and ran it from intake through localization to worldwide release without missing a beat on the publishing calendar.

Visit Universe

Riot Games · Publishing lead

Worldwide Publishing

Single point of contact for every Riot Forge partner studio and for the Arcane, Legends of Runeterra, and Teamfight Tactics content launches, coordinating distribution with narrative, social, comms, and regional teams across 29 languages.

Visit Riot Games

NYT Critics' Pick

Puppet Titus Andronicus

Founded and ran The Puppet Shakespeare Players for nine years, owning budgets, marketing, venues, crew, and talent, and working with a board of VIPs and celebrities.

Read the review

Experience highlights

What I'd bring on day one

Owning a show that's already in production Stepped into Universe live and kept it shipping. I've done the "no onboarding period" handoff before.
Making technical subjects accessible Tellstones taught a full rules system in minutes. At Story Games I turn an LLM-driven character engine into stories for investors and partners.
Working directly with executives Co-authored Story Games' investor deck and present it; worked with a theater board of VIPs and celebrities. I know how to direct non-performers so they come across as themselves.
Video and podcast, concept to delivery Script, talent, vendors, edit, localization, and publish at Riot; concept, hosting, recording, and editing on the podcast.
Repeatable process and production partners Built Riot's briefs, review gates, and KPI tracking, and a bench of trusted external vendors and partner studios.

Contact

Let's talk.

San Francisco, CA · BFA Acting, Marymount Manhattan College

ryan.r.rinkel@gmail.com 347.850.7668 LinkedIn Résumé (PDF)