Game Industry Job Resources Bigger than Film and American Sports COMBINED!
January 4, 2021
A list of resources for the gaming industry has been developed and posted by Maria, an HR professional with Unbroken Studios, on LinkedIn. These resources are culled from areas around the globe. All students are encouraged to go through these resources as the gaming industry is a viable option for careers.
Check out MarketWatch’s article on the growth of the gaming industry.
- Animation/VFX/Game Industry Job Postings – Sheet
- Art Station – https://www.artstation.com/jobs
- Creative Heads – https://www.creativeheads.net
- Gamasutra https://jobs.gamasutra.com
- Gamesmith – https://gamesmith.com/jobs
- Game Dev Jobs IO – https://gamedevjobs.io
- Game Industry Biz – https://jobs.gamesindustry.biz
- Game Job Hunter – https://gamejobhunter.com
- Game Jobs CO – https://gamejobs.co
- Game Jobs COM – https://jobs.gamejobs.com/jobs
- Game Jobs Direct – https://gamesjobsdirect.com
- Game Jobs WORK – https://gamejobs.work/
- Grackle HQ – https://gracklehq.com/jobs
- Global Animation Job Community – https://animatedjobs.com/
- Hitmarker – https://hitmarker.net/jobs
- Remote Game Jobs – https://remotegamejobs.com
- Tabletop Game Jobs FB – https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs/
- Work With Indies – https://www.workwithindies.com
- XP Game Jobs – https://xpgamejobs.com
- GameFilmHub – https://gamefilmhub.com/
- Polycount Job Search – http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Game_Industry#Job_Searching
- /r/GameDevClassifieds – https://www.reddit.com/r/gameDevClassifieds/
- /r/GameDevJobs – https://www.reddit.com/r/gameDevJobs/
- Rupie – https://app.rupie.io/
- Leaderboard Jobs – https://www.leaderboardjobs.com/
Regional Searches
- China – https://www.careerinsights.net/
- Denmark – https://interactivedenmark.dk/job-board
- Europe – https://gamejobs.eu
- Finland – https://gamesjobs.fi/open-positions/
- France – https://emploi.afjv.com
- Germany – https://gamesjobsgermany.de – https://www.games-career.com – Jobs & Projekte FB
- Ireland – https://gamedevelopers.ie/category/jobs-and-internships
- Iran – http://gamejobs.ir
- New Zealand – https://nzgda.com/jobs
- Oceania – http://tsumea.com/jobs
- Poland – https://www.skillshot.pl
- Scotland – https://scottishgames.net/jobs-2
- Spain – https://stratos-ad.com/trabajo
- Sweden – Spelutvecklarambulansen FB
- Switzerland – https://sgda.ch/jobs
Global Studio Maps and Lists
- Game Dev Jobs 2020 – Google Doc
- Gamesmith – https://gamesmith.com/studios – http://devmap.gamesmith.com/
- Game Dev Studios – https://gamedevstudios.com
- Game Companies – https://gamecompanies.com/map
- Game Dev Map – https://gamedevmap.com
Regional Studio Maps and Lists
- Germany – https://www.gamesmap.de – Making Games List
- United Kingdom – https://gamesmap.uk/#/map
- New Zealand Game Developers Association – https://nzgda.com/jobs/
Salaries
- Frag You Pay Me – http://fragyoupayme.com
- Blizzard Salary Survey – Sheet
- Czech Republic – https://gda.cz/3092-2
- Glassdoor – https://www.glassdoor.com/salaries
- Game Dev Salaries – Google Sheet
- Game Industry Salary Survey – https://gamesindustrysalarysurvey.com
- Games Research & UX – https://grux.org/career/salary-survey
- Indeed – https://www.indeed.com/salaries
- Sweden Game Dev Salary Survey – Sheet – Form
- UK Game Dev Salaries – Sheet
- H1B Salary Database – https://h1bdata.info/index.php
- Love For Games Game Industry Salaries – https://www.loveforgames.com/salary/results.php
- GameDesigning.org – https://www.gamedesigning.org/career/job-market/
Job Discipline Communities
- Audio – https://www.audiogang.org
- Games Research and UX – https://grux.org
- UI – We can fix it in UI
- VFX – https://www.facebook.com/groups/realtimevfx
Underrepresented Groups
- All – Making Space – https://www.facebook.com/groups/338043559695779
- Black Game Devs – http://www.blackgamedevs.com
- Game Devs of Color – https://gamedevsofcolorexpo.com
- Latinx – https://www.latinxingaming.com
- Women – http://www.womeningames.org
- Women (Germany) – https://femdevsmeetup.com
- Women (Montreal) – http://pixelles.ca
Industry Reports
- Austria – Game Development Studie 2019 (German)
- Czech Republic – https://gda.cz/3092-2
- Global – https://reg.gdconf.com/GDC-State-of-Game-Industry-2020
- Europe – https://www.isfe.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ISFE-final-1.pdf
- Germany – https://www.game.de/en/publications/germany-guide
- Netherlands – https://www.dutchgamegarden.nl/project/games-monitor
- Poland – https://gic.gd/polish-game-industry
- Slovak Republic – http://sgda.sk/stats-2020
- Sweden – https://dataspelsbranschen.se/game-developer-index
- UK – Annual Review – Census
Game Dev Layoff Database – http://videogamelayoffs.com/
