Welcome to another Into Games Industry Newsletter!
Sunny July is finally upon us! While soaking in the rays, why not kick back, relax, and join us in learning the latest about the industry 👇
Highlights⭐
🏖️ Heading to Develop? Come say hi to the Into Games team! We’ll be sharing a booth with our friends Hangar 13; take a look at the map below!
🥪 Lunch & Learn: Discover The Potential Of Apprenticeships - In this recording, Ukie and Into Games talk about Modern Apprenticeships – an exciting tool to level up your Hiring and Learning & Development approach as well as your Equity, Diversity & Inclusion drives!
This event starts off with an introduction to the basics of apprenticeships with a presentation, before handing over to our panel of industry pioneers and apprenticeship professionals to learn more about the benefits and challenges of apprenticeships, plus other useful insights.
💖 Introducing the winners of IG50 - Looking to hire fresh new talent? Take a look at the winners of IG50 - the 50 most employable unemployed people from our community! In collaboration with OPMJobs, IG50 highlights the talented career seekers that are looking to get into the games industry and are ready for hire!
A collection of schools in Enfield are preparing for a 2-day ‘Big Bang @ School’ event - and would love some representation and support from games industry professionals on the 13th and 14th of July. Could you give a games-related presentation or workshop to encourage students onto a path in games and tech? There are also plenty of other ways to get involved at this exciting event - such as being a judge in a STEM competition - so please do check it out!
Games industry skills organisation Game Academy is running a games industry panel for young gamers & developers in education, to give them insight into the industry and make the right career choices in the future.
Could you take part in a Q&A to help them understand the power of gaming, the transferrable skills it grants them, the games industry, and the opportunities it offers?
Find out more and sign up above!
This opportunity is taking place on the 13th and 20th of July.
UK Charity 'The Screen Film Community' is looking for a range of industry volunteers to talk to a cohort of young people about the games industry. These career-seekers are undertaking a games summer programme and would love some useful advice about how to enter the sector!
This opportunity is taking place on any Friday until the 2nd of September.
Are you local to Cambridge? Why not pop along to this Casual monthly meetup for local game developers? They meet every 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Blue Moon pub.
“This is a diverse group of makers of all sorts, from AAA video games to indie board games. Never made a game before, but want to get started? That's cool! Come say hi!”
Join us on our Discord server to hear from Sadie Jarvis’s interesting career journey from Drama Teacher to Marketing & Community Director. Come along and share your own industry journey’s with our budding game dev community!
Snappy Gurus are hosting an entirely virtual careers event on their discord server! They plan to have over 50 talks, interviews, portfolio review sessions, and Q&A with people from both the film and games industries. A timetable will be released on July 10th, so be sure to join to stay up to date.
Educational Opportunities
