2D & 3D Game Artist 2D & 3D, Game Development Internship

2D & 3D Game Artist 2D & 3D, Game Development Internship - The Verse

🌌 The Verse — Games & Digital Therapeutics for a Healthier, More Connected World

The Verse builds games and digital experiences that improve mental health, emotional wellbeing, and human connection. We’re a global community of creators—game designers, developers, artists, scientists, storytellers, and students—united by a shared purpose: to make technology that helps people flourish.

✨ What We Do
We design game-based therapeutics, immersive experiences, and playful tools that help people breathe better, feel better, relate better, and grow. Our work blends:

• Game Design + Wellbeing Science

• Emotional Regulation + Prosociality

• Ritual, Story, and Play + 

• Community + Co-creation

Our philosophy is simple: Human-first. Collaborative. Holistic. Creative. Impact-driven.

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💡 The Problem We’re Solving
We live in a time of polycrisis: rising mental health challenges, loneliness, and disconnection. People need tools that are not only effective—but engaging, inspiring, and accessible. 

🚀 How We Create Impact
We move ideas from research → prototypes → tested game experiences in partnership with clinicians, academics, and organizations. Every project aims to foster empathy, prosocial behavior, emotional regulation, and collective wellbeing.

🎮 What We’re Building
The Verse builds three transformative game worlds that use play to improve wellbeing and human connection.

• WalkXR is an immersive Unreal Engine platform that turns real human challenges into embodied gameplay through storytelling, emotional-regulation mechanics, and ritual-based interaction, with themed “walks” like Power of Music, Diabetes Journey, and Bridging Differences.

• Adventures in Breath introduces a new genre of breath-powered play, where players use breathing and humming to explore the magical world of Harmonia, regulate their nervous systems, and unlock sonic abilities.

• Karma: The Six Realm Game is a choice-based prosocial RPG that rewards empathy, cooperation, and compassion, inviting players to grow by building relationships, repairing conflict, and using kindness as a core game mechanic.

We are looking for a visionary Graphic Designer to help shape the visual soul of our company and products.

The Role: Graphic Designer
Are you a multi-faceted designer who can translate a wellness-focused mission into a stunning and cohesive visual language? Do you get excited about designing everything from a compelling brand identity to an intuitive user interface for a groundbreaking game?

As our Graphic Designer, you will be the creative force behind The Verse's visual expression. You will craft the look and feel of our brand, create engaging marketing campaigns, and contribute to the user interface and visual design of our digital products. This role is perfect for a creative who thrives at the intersection of graphic design, digital art, and wellness innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Brand & Visual Identity: Develop and maintain The Verse's core brand identity, including logos, color palettes, typography, and style guides.

• Marketing & Promotional Design: Create a wide range of marketing materials, including website graphics, social media content, digital advertisements, presentation decks, and promotional posters.

• UI/UX Support: Collaborate with our product and development teams to design intuitive, beautiful, and accessible user interfaces for our games and digital platforms.

• Concept Art & Asset Creation: Produce 2D assets, including concept art, illustrations, and icons, to support game development and marketing narratives.

• 3D Contribution (A Major Plus): Utilize 3D skills to create models, environments, or promotional animations that enhance our brand and products. (Fluency in Blender/Maya is highly valued).

• Collaboration: Work closely with artists, developers, and researchers to ensure a consistent and impactful visual experience across all touchpoints.

Qualifications & Skills
We are looking for a candidate with a strong portfolio demonstrating:

• 2+ years of professional experience in graphic design, preferably in gaming, tech, or a related creative field.

• Mastery of industry-standard design software (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects).

• A strong foundation in design principles: layout, typography, color theory, and composition.

• Experience in creating versatile brand systems and marketing materials.

• A keen eye for detail and a passion for creating visually stunning work.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to give and receive constructive feedback.

Bonus Skills (What will make you stand out):

• Proficiency in 3D modeling, texturing, and animation with tools like Blender and Maya.

• Experience with UI/UX design for games or apps (Figma, Adobe XD).

• A genuine interest in wellness, gaming, and the potential of web3/blockchain technology.

• Motion graphics and video editing skills.

• An understanding of how to design for a positive and calming user experience.

Other Skills:

• Good communication skills

• Must have experience of at least one commercial project. Previous experience of game production is a plus

• Creative, detail-oriented, resourceful and should have ability to work under pressure

• Passion for video games and mobile games and knowledge of different game genres other platforms is a huge plus

Culture Fit:

• Interest in wellness and doing work that improves the health experience on a conciousness level.

🌍 Who Thrives Here
The Verse attracts people who want their work to mean something:

• Undergrads searching for purpose

• Grad students applying research to real-world impact

• Technologists seeking mission-driven creativity

• Artists & Healers wanting to inspire healing

• Academics craving applied practice

• Builders who want to help shape a “metaverse for human flourishing”

We receive 100+ applications a month from around the world. People join The Verse because they want to grow, collaborate, and create tech for good.

💫 Why Work With Us
At The Verse, you’ll get:

• Impact — Build games and digital therapeutics that help real people.

• Creative Range — Work across game design, XR, behavioral science, narrative, data, and more.

• Access — Collaborate with neuroscientists, clinicians, technologists, and transformative tech leaders.

• Community — Join a distributed team of 50+ innovators, artists, and entrepreneurs.

• Growth — We support your development with mentorship, hands-on experience, and strong recommendations.

📣 We’re Looking For People Who…
Are passionate about gaming for good, prosocial design, XR, wellbeing, art, storytelling, neuroscience, Buddhism, psychedelics, transformative technology, or building a metaverse that actually benefits humanity. If that’s you—we’d love to meet you.

To apply, send your resume and a note about what excites you about The Verse.
🌐 More info: versebuilding.com
📩 Contact: bst@versebuilding.com
Join us. Let’s build the future of wellbeing—through play.

Ben Simon-Thomas - Founder The Verse
Contact bst@versebuilding.com for more info and/or with any questions! We are always interested in connecting with the right people

TheVerse team is 30+ entrepreneurs, artists, and game developers with experiences and expertise (MAs & PhDs) in gaming, world building, metaverses, build in the open, community development, health & wellbeing. 

• Ben Simon-Thomas - Founder/CEO. Buddhist-leaning entrepreneur and ecosystem developer. Founded startups in the 3D space (SoundFit: 3D Scanning & ODMS: parts-on-demand), social commerce (GroupGain), worked in health-care startups and life style modification businesses (PMRI). MA in Buddhist psychology, degrees in Religious Philosophy and Language. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bensimonthomas/