Child Protection

Radicalisation The increased use of social media and video games, and the anonymity they can provide is making it easier than ever for people with extremist views to spread their opinions – most likely an opinion they would never speak aloud in public. According to the Daily Mail, ISIS have been using Grand Theft Auto V to promote terrorism, saying that what happens on …

Community Manager

Community managers act as a bridge between the company/agency and the clients. They aim to create a loyal following and a group of consumers. Using mainly social media, they communicate with potential customers and also monitor feedback and engagement - they find out what people are saying about the company and report back. To be …

Producer

It is a film producer's job to turn an idea on paper into a profitable film. They are responsible for organising all aspects of production -  hiring a director, approving the cast and putting together a creative, talented crew. A producer has complete creative control over a movie; they get to approve all the cast …

Marketing Executive

Marketing Executives are in charge of producing and planning marketing campaigns for the final film. They liaise with both the filmmakers and the distributors to determine the target audience which allows them to understand how they can make the movie enticing enough to draw in customers. Marketing campaigns should begin to reach the target audience …

Business Development Manager

It is a business development manager’s job to secure new clients for their product through advertising, publishing and broadcasting. They work closely with sales teams (and consult the majority of managers on other teams) to come up with ideas and pitches in an attempt to increase revenue and boost sales and opportunities. The majority of …

Modelling and Animation

Animators can work within a few different types of animation; 2D, 3D, stop-motion, computer generated, and stop-frame. But their job is still the same – to give life to characters and creatures; portraying their movement and behaviour using animation software packages. 2D animators create characters, environments, frames and scene transitions – essentially focusing on bringing …

QA Testers

Quality assurance testers test, tune and debug video games when they’re in their beta stages; they find all the game’s flaws and then suggest refinements before the game is released to public consumers. The job is to find errors in the code or animation, from bugs in the software, to minor glitches to complete crashes. …

Age Ratings and Video Game Violence

Since the early 90’s people have had concerns about the suitability of video games. When more and more games that depicted graphic violence (such as Doom and Mortal Kombat) were released, many people started to rethink their view of video games and the target audiences. In 1993 parents and legislators became overly concerned after a …

Audio Designers

Audio designers work to create the soundtrack for a game; including the music, sound effects, character voices, and spoken instructions. The audio designer will work to a brief and produce the sound design for the game, this involves composing, compiling, and recording music and character voices. They are responsible for sourcing sound effects, whether real …

Programmers

Game programmers work in the development process. They design and write the code that controls the game and allows it to run. They take and adapt some ready-made code from libraries and also write some of their own custom code to create the engine of the game. Game development is a very complex process, so …