Volunteer Game Artist — AI Apps for Human Communication

Crossing Party Lines (CPL) provides opportunities, training, and support for civil, respectful discourse between Americans with dissimilar ideologies. Our primary offering is the CPL meetup regularly scheduled, facilitated meetings to which all are welcome. At our meetups, attendees discuss current hot topics while facilitators focus the meetings to teach and model skills and create a safe space for members to

• Be heard by and listened to by people with different political views.
• Express views without negative repercussions.
• Learn from one another through active listening.
• Develop curiosity about perspectives that may be new and unfamiliar to them.
• Find connection with members who espouse different views.
• Develop skills required for civil, respectful discourse.

In 2016, two groups named “Crossing Party Lines” started independently of one another on opposite ends of the country, only a few months apart. They joined forces to bring civil, respectful conversation to the rest of the country.,

Create the visual assets, character concepts, and environmental art that bring conversational simulations to life.

Crossing Party Lines is looking for a versatile Game Artist to join our Apps and Agents team. Your work will shape the visual tone of our communication role-plays, ensuring characters, interface elements, and environments feel grounded, relatable, and welcoming rather than sterile or caricatured.

What You’ll Do

• Create expressive 2D character portraits, expressions, and avatars representing diverse demographics and viewpoints.
• Produce environmental concept art and backdrops for scenario-based interactions (workplace settings, family rooms, public town halls).
• Design game-ready visual assets, icons, badges, and thematic UI elements.
• Work with UI/UX designers and technical leads to prepare and export assets cleanly for application integration.
• Help maintain visual consistency and tonal nuance across multiple prototype modules.

You May Be a Good Fit If You

• Have a portfolio demonstrating strong foundational art skills in character design, environments, or game UI.
• Can depict diverse people and everyday settings with realism, empathy, and respect.
• Are comfortable working with 2D digital art tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, Procreate, or equivalent).
• Can interpret early-stage narrative design needs into clear visual concepts.

What You’ll Gain

• Published character and asset work featured in functional AI-powered games.
• Experience collaborating within an interdisciplinary product team spanning design, tech, and conflict resolution.
• Portfolio additions highlighting design for empathy, accessibility, and human interaction.
• Professional references recognizing your technical quality and reliability.

Time, location, and support

This is a remote volunteer position. You may complete most of the work on your own schedule.

We hope volunteers can contribute approximately 8 or more hours per week , although hours are flexible. Team members should also be available for one or two online team meetings per week .

You will report to Lisa Swallow, co-founder of Crossing Party Lines and lead of the Apps and Agents team. You will work closely with other volunteers and developers and will receive background information, product specifications, and access to the CPL frameworks underlying the applications.

We welcome applicants from different backgrounds, professions, political viewpoints, and lived experiences. Crossing Party Lines does not ask volunteers to agree politically. We ask them to approach differences with curiosity, respect, and a sincere desire to understand.