Principal Concept Artist

The Game Band
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Posted
April 24, 2025
Full Time
Anywhere
Remote

The Game Band is looking for a Principal Concept Artist to help define the look and feel of our games.

If you love crafting compelling worlds and characters and thrive in a highly collaborative, creatively ambitious environment—we want to hear from you.

 

As a Principal Concept Artist, You Will

  • Develop the visual identity for key characters, environments, props, and other parts of the game world.
  • Generate high-impact concept art that inspires the team and informs production across disciplines.
  • Collaborate closely with the Art Director to explore and refine the visual identity of the project.
  • Partner with design, narrative, and production to ensure concepts support gameplay and story goals.
  • Contribute to worldbuilding by visualizing iconic locations, cultures, and aesthetics.
  • Help define workflows and pipelines for concept development, including documentation and reference building.
  • Provide feedback and mentorship to other artists.

 

Requirements

  • Experience as a senior or lead concept artist on at least one shipped game or animated project.
  • A strong portfolio showcasing exceptional visual storytelling, and design sensibilities.
  • Ability to generate a wide range of ideas quickly, from rough thumbnails to polished presentations.
  • Comfort with both character and environment design.
  • Strong understanding of composition, lighting, mood, and color.
  • Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

 

Nice to Haves

  • Experience helping establish the visual style for a new IP.
  • A love of stylized, imaginative, or genre-bending art direction.
  • Familiarity with 3D tools for paintovers or block-ins (e.g., Maya, ZBrush).
  • Experience working with remote or distributed teams.

 

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 and feel free to include any details about yourself that you'd like to share.

About 
The Game Band

The Game Band is a fully remote studio, best know 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.

 

What benefits do you offer?

  • 100% employer paid health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k plan
  • Remote friendly
  • Unlimited PTO
Featured Game
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Where Cards Fall is a slice of life puzzle game where you build houses of cards to bring formative memories to life. Create pathways through dreamlike spatial puzzles to navigate the insecurities and emotions of high school and beyond.

Blaseball is an absurdist, player-driven, corruptible, online game of baseball. It’s a simplistic simulation of a sport, built in the void of real sports, where players can view, bet on, and contort the league.

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