Into Games Careers Stage at WASD

Into Games are a non-profit that provides skills, support, and development for people looking to work in the games industry! They provide mentorship, career festivals, free learning resources and train up ambassadors.

Join us at the Into Games Careers Stage for tasty knowledge on your next move, job search advice, developing your portfolio skills and more! Here’s the confirmed schedule for WASD:

Thursday 30th March 

• Feedback Foundations: How to give and receive critique - 12:00 - 12:25  
  Maggie Mojsiejuk, Level Designer at Media Molecule 

• What does a healthy working culture look like? - 12:30 - 12:55
  A perspective from Sweden with Olof Tedin, Games Habitat

• How to perfect a Design Portfolio - 13:00 - 13:25
  Freelance Game Designer Jonathon Wilson

• Tranzfuser - the path to building a game studio after University - 13:30 - 13:55
  Kirsty Gibson, Tranzfuser

• What skills do I need for a job in QA? - 14:00 - 14:25
  Harún Ali, Embedded Tester at Cloud Imperium

• The most sought after skills in UK games right now - 14:30 - 15:00
  Colin Macdonald, Games Jobs Live
  

Friday 31st March 

• Employer red flags and knowing your worth as an employee - 12:00 - 12:25
  Game Workers Unite

• How to create animations in seconds with Anything World - 12:30 - 12:55
  Anything World

• Time is your budget - Marketing your first game with no money - 13:00 - 13:25
  Ella Hagi and Sian Hutchinson, Yrs Truly

• How to perfect an Art Portfolio - 13:30 - 13:55
  Louise Andrew, Art Director at d3t

• Planning your next move into games - 14:00 - 14:25
  Sara Machado, Senior Recruiter at Sumo Digital

• Games retail to games development, with no degree in sight - 14:30 - 15:00
  Charlotte Nangle, Dlala Studios
  

Saturday 1st April 

• How to get a job in games on a shoestring budget - 12:00 - 12:25
  Chris Sayers, Senior VFX Artist at Blizzard

• Jobseekers! This is what a perfect application looks like - 12:30 - 12:55
  Amiqus, Mastered, One Player Mission

• How to perfect a Technical / Programming Portfolio - 13:00 - 13:25
  Studio TBC

• Free Bootcamps for Marginalised devs - Q&A with Code Coven - 13:30 - 13:55
  Cinzia Musio, CEO, Code Coven

• Tackling imposter syndrome and building confidence - 14:00 - 14:55
  Ndreams, Safe in our World, Media Molecule

• Keynote talk: Going it alone: Publishing your first game - 15:00 - 15:30
  Rami Ismail  
  

Find out more about Into Games and what they do and see you at Careers stage for all of these amazing talks!

WASD takes place at the Truman Brewery, London E1 6QR from March 30 - April 1. Get your tickets here