For anyone of a certain age and over, cast your mind back to the first computer games developed and you’ll remember the Atari ‘Ping-Pong’ game.
If you showed this to your children now, the sheer horror on their face would be a picture, yet at the time, this was the height of technology and kids way back when were in sheer awe of the exciting concept of video games.
Fast forward twenty years and the gaming industry is unrecognisable from those ‘blip, blip’ days of Space Invaders and Asteroids. The techniques now used in computer games are blurred from those used in movies, and vice-versa. Characters and landscapes on screen look as real as if they were in front of you, and the complexities of game play advance with each new release.
People can even live out alternate lives through their game (sometimes at the expense of their real one as they’re holed up for days on end). As the thirst from consumers to buy the ‘next big thing’ increases with each release, or the urge to experience the next new gaming development, jobs in the gaming industry continue to escalate.
Someone has to invent the game, develop it, promote it, protect it, and a thousand and one other roles in-between. The industry is booming year on year, so a career in the gaming world offers, in theory, what few would believe still exists – a job for life.
Schools are starting to realise this, and there are courses to learn gaming in some institutes sat side by side those of maths or English. But once you’ve done the homework, you’re suitably qualified and ready to program, where do you turn for work?
GamesJobsDirect.com is a brand new site for those looking to work in the video games industry, those who are already employed in gaming but wish to further their career or switch jobs, and games industry insiders. Displaying vacancies from all the leading games publishers, developers, recruitment and staffing agencies, there’s an opportunity to suit everyone.
For employers and recruiters, the site also allows access to a global candidate pool, using a range of tools. From Branded Vacancy Advertising to CV Searching, Banner Advertising and Page Sponsorship opportunities, anyone looking to start their career, move jobs, or fill a vacancy should visit GamesJobsDirect.com.
Owner and founder of the site, James Squire, says, “Games industry opportunities are often hard to spot amongst the more traditional roles one might see on job sites. We wanted to create a site specifically promoting world-class video games jobs.”
