Creative Director (Volunteer, Denmark/Europe)

🎮 We’re looking for a Volunteer Creative Director – Educational Games



Nordic Waves Group is a Danish climate education and systems innovation studio combining science, educational games and digital tools to help people better understand complex climate and sustainability systems.

We’re currently developing Operation Terra-Shift, our flagship cooperative educational game initiative, alongside a broader vision for connected learning experiences.

As the project grows, we’re looking for a hands-on Creative Director who can help bring the different creative disciplines together and shape how our educational game experiences look, sound and feel.

What you’ll help lead

🎨 Define and communicate a cohesive creative vision across our educational game experiences

🌍 Guide the art direction across 3D environments, 2D illustration, cards, UI and other visual elements

🎧 Work with audio to ensure music and sound reinforce the overall experience

🧭 Give artists clear, constructive and actionable creative direction and feedback

✏️ Develop practical visual guidelines, mood boards and references - being able to sketch or quickly visualise ideas is a plus

🎮 Collaborate closely with game designers and developers so creative decisions support the gameplay rather than work against it

🧠 Work alongside our educational and scientific contributors to help learning objectives and creative experience reinforce one another

🤝 Partner with our Creative Producer to keep the creative ambition coherent, achievable and aligned with the team’s capacity

We’d love to hear from you if you have

• Experience in creative direction, art direction or a senior game-art role
• A strong portfolio demonstrating visual judgment and cohesive creative thinking
• Experience guiding artists and explaining the why behind creative feedback
• A good understanding of game-production workflows and digital interfaces
• The ability to work across creative and technical disciplines
• An interest in educational games, sustainability and meaningful player experiences
• Reliable communication and availability for regular creative reviews and team check-ins

Experience with Unity, VR and stylised game art is a plus, but not essential.

The practical part

🌍 Location: Remote / international

⏱️ Commitment: Approximately 5–10 hours per week, with flexibility around your schedule

💚 Compensation: This is currently a volunteer / unpaid position

🎮 Team: You’ll collaborate with artists, game designers, developers, audio, learning and scientific contributors, alongside our Creative Producer

A little about the role

NWG is largely volunteer-driven, and we are a passionate group of people who contribute alongside work, studies, and life. Therefore, we value (a lot) realistic commitments, flexibility, and clear communication.

We’re looking for someone who wants to help shape the creative identity of what we’re building - while giving the people around them the clarity and confidence to do their best work.

If this sounds like you, follow the application instructions or send us an email to work@nordicwaves.org with a short introduction and your portfolio / ArtStation / website.

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