The Game Band is a fully remote studio, best known for Where Cards Fall, winner of the Apple Design Award in 2020, and our viral sensation Blaseball. We’re in the early stages of development on a new project and our excited to expand the team! If you enjoy collaborative gameplay with a healthy dose of procedurally generated chaos, you’ll be right at home working with us.

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Art Director

Senior UI/UX Designer

The Game Band is seeking an Art Director to shape and enhance the visual identity of their games. The Art Director will be responsible for establishing and maintaining the visual style, guiding and inspiring a team of artists across various disciplines, and ensuring the visual direction aligns with gameplay, tone, and story. They will also define style guides, provide feedback, and prioritize art needs for development milestones. The role requires strong leadership, communication, and a deep understanding of visual storytelling and art production workflows.

<h1>Art Director</h1>
<h3>📍Remote | Full-Time</h3>

The Game Band is looking for an Art Director to help define and elevate the visual identity of our games.&nbsp;
If you have a passion for building distinctive, emotionally resonant worlds and for leading a small, cross-disciplinary team to bring that vision to life—we want to hear from you.

As an Art Director, You Will
<ul>
<li>Establish and own the visual style—from big-picture vision to small, intentional details.</li>
<li>Guide and inspire a team of artists across multiple disciplines, including concept, 3D, animation, UI, and VFX.</li>
<li>Collaborate with design, engineering, and narrative leads to ensure visual direction supports gameplay, tone, and story.</li>
<li>Define style guides and maintain visual consistency across all aspects of the game.</li>
<li>Provide feedback and mentorship that empowers artists to do their best work.</li>
<li>Help scope and prioritize art needs to support development milestones.</li>
</ul>

Requirements
<ul>
<li>Experience as a lead or senior artist on at least one shipped game.</li>
<li>A strong portfolio demonstrating a distinct visual sensibility and art direction experience.</li>
<li>Proven ability to lead, mentor, and inspire multidisciplinary art teams.</li>
<li>Strong communication and collaboration skills.</li>
<li>Deep understanding of visual storytelling, game pipelines, and art production workflows.</li>
</ul>

Nice to Haves
<ul>
<li>Experience with stylized art direction and pipelines.</li>
<li>Experience with Unity.</li>
<li>Experience working on games with systemic or emergent gameplay.</li>
</ul>

We know that great talent comes from all backgrounds, so if this sounds exciting but you don’t check every box, reach out anyway. We’d love to hear from you. 

To apply, email us your resume at jobs@thegameband.com and feel free to include any details about yourself that you'd like to share.

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