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Internships

A great article about preparing for an internship and how to get the most out of an internship: https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/EthanLevy/20130903/199493/7_lessons_I_wish_I_learned_before_starting_my_first_game_internship.php

 

Some current internship opportunities:

Microsoft: primarily software engineer positions

A niche opportunity: Software development internship with the St. Louis Cardinals

Interaction Gaming (in Ann Arbor, MI): QA and Development (looking for a student pursuing CS)

Twitch: Engineer internship

PerBlue (in Madison, WI) has internships and full time positions open

Immersed Games (Buffalo, NY) has programming, UI and Writer internships and Game Art jobs open right now. http://www.immersedgames.com/become-an-immtern/

ArenaNet (Bellevue, WA) has an animation internship and a creature artist internship

Zynga https://www.zynga.com/job-listing-category/students-new-grads-interns/

HTC: 3D artist generalist internship

 

TWO BIG COMPANIES WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF INTERNSHIPS:

Sony Playstation has a huge amount of internships

Activision has some and will continue to have more

Highlight jobs from this weeks papercatpress

Cyanide and Happiness has an opening for an animator in Dallas http://explosm.net/careers/1

Dreamworks has several openings some in studio and some contract. They hire through NBC Universal, so look there for the jobs

NBC Universal also has 100+ internship positions in various roles.

Nickelodeon is hiring: https://www.nickanimation.com/jobs

Nickelodeon Internships: https://www.nickanimation.com/nickelodeon-internship-program. April 1 is the deadline for summer internship applications.

The Wiregrid Microgrants has $200 microgrants intended for newer members of the comics community who need a bit of extra help to exhibit at conventions, zine fests or festivals. It can be used for costs associated with travel, lodging, tabling, and creating books and merch

 

There is a lot more info on papercatpress, so go check it out…

small sampling of job postings from the weekly roundup on papercatpress. Check there weekly for more detailed industry news, jobs and competitions.

 

Lion Forge Comics is hiring a Social Media and Community Manager.

(Irvine, CA) Game studio Nexon is currently hiring artists, designers, and programmers. They’re also seeking localizers for contract work in El Segundo.

London, UK) Blue-Zoo Animation is seeking a 2D Background Painter, a 2D FX Artist, a 2D Layout Artist, CG Generalists, CG Modelers and Texture Artists, a Character Designer, a Lead Props Artist, a Lighting TD/Compositor, a Maya character animator, a Prop Designer, a Rigger, a Storyboard Artist, a Toon Boom Harmony Animator, and Speculative Script Writers, Compositors, Maya Lighting TDs, Maya riggers, and Maya Animators.

Robot Dinosaur Games is accepting artwork submissions for its upcoming anthology. They will pay $75 per piece.

Animation, CG, and Game Jobs

 

All of these job postings come from the weekly roundup on papercatpress. Check there weekly for more detailed industry news, jobs and competitions.


Check this list of CG, art and animation jobs worldwide that’s updated daily. You can find a directory of currently open game dev and animation jobs at animatedjobs.comSee Entertainment Careers for more listings.

 

Contests and Competitions and festivals

I compiled this list for an art class, but some of the competitions are relevant to game developers and not just digital artists.

 

Indie Game Competitions

http://www.pixelprospector.com/indie-game-competitions/

Festivals

Terminus Game Conference: They have not listed their 2019 competition deadlines yet, but plan for them. This conference is in Atlanta (only 9 hours away!) and would be a great conference to show off your student games!

Challenges/competitions/contests

https://www.artstation.com/contests

http://weeklycgchallenge.com/about/

Blizzard student art competitions: https://careers.blizzard.com/en-us/students/contests

Animation Competition: http://www.11secondclub.com/

Weekly art challenges: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php/74-Art-Community-Activities

Computer Graphics and 3D Model Design competition: https://competition.adesignaward.com/competitions/computergraphics.html

https://hum3d.com/3d-artist-competitions/

Just missed this competition too (seems may of them had end of September/beginning of October deadlines) but it seems like a big International broad appeal Digital arts competition: https://lumenprize.com/faqs/

 

List of competitions/contests/shows that may have a broad interpretation (fine art, illustration, cg…)

https://intercompetition.com/index.php/art

https://www.artshow.com/juriedshows/

Illustration

https://graphiccompetitions.com/illustration/nami-island-picture-book-illustration-contest-2019/

https://www.commarts.com/competition/2019-illustration

New site to look for jobs

Found a new site today to open your search for jobs in the game industry: https://gamejobhunter.com/

This site is handy because you can look by cities and they will list companies and also show how many jobs each company has listed, so you don’t have to search through every company in a city to see if they are currently hiring.

Visual Effects Studios

RodeoFX is a effects studio that creates visual imagery for Feature Films, Television Series and Commercials. Studios in Montreal, Quebec, Los Angeles and Munich. Several job openings for various artists positions and developer positions.

https://www.rodeofx.com/en/jobs

 

Method Studios: Effects studio with studios in LA, NY, Atlanta, San Francisco, Vancouver, Montreal, Melbourne, India

Job postings: https://www.methodstudios.com/en/careers-landing/

 

SinVFX based in Atlanta http://www.spinvfx.com/careers/

 

Deluxe Studios has several subsidiary companies that create and distribute content in various forms

https://www.bydeluxe.com/en/careers/

 

Stargate Studios: Effects studio in Atlanta, NY, CA

Careers

Many other VFX studios don’t list jobs but ask that you contact them about possible jobs. Look up VFX studios in the city you are interested in and contact them about potential jobs (if your portfolio is ready to share).

BLIZZARD INTERNSHIP AND NEW GRAD LISTINGS GO UP THIS WEEK!

Sign up for job alerts: https://blizz.ly/2IyYYHd

**2019 Internship & New Grad roles begin going up this week. Incredible teams/jobs including a few Blizzard firsts. Get paid, do real work. Let’s get after it!**

Letter from Blizzard Recruiting:

Job searches aren’t always quick and painless, so we encourage you to remain pro-active in your research. You’ve taken a great first step in signing up for Job Alerts. We’ll send you the latest open positions for the areas that you expressed interest in. Meanwhile…

Stay prepared! Keep in mind that our job board is always the most current reflection of our current open positions. Our job board is updated multiple times a week so be sure to check back often for potential new matches!

Stay connected! Engage with Blizzard’s recruiting team on Twitter (@BlizzardCareers), dive deeper into our creative philosophies and company culture on our careers site (careers.blizzard.com), read company reviews and explore employee perks and benefits over on Glassdoor.

Find us online using the social media sites listed above and reach out with any questions about our openings, interview/hiring processes, etc.

Cheers,

Blizzard Recruiting

Reminder: Companies that provide contractors to other companies is a great place to start

Art or technology contractors are the direction many game companies are moving. Often there will be a core development team, but much of the work is outsourced. Be on the lookout for outsourcing companies.

Companies such as:

ArtCore Studios: Game Art and Concept Art Outsourcing. Currently has Character artist, 3D artist and Concept artist openings.

Art Bully Productions: Their website says they are always looking for good freelancers, so if you are interested, send them a CV/resume and a link to your portfolio

Virtuos Games: Several Job openings in art, programming and production

Exis

Zatun (India) has several openings for artists and designers.

Anshar Studios (Poland) has openings

N-iX (Ukraine and Poland) has mostly software engineer openings right now.

…..look up game production services. There are a lot of companies and many of them have an open call for freelance/contract developers to send them your resume and portfolio link.