Ali Bergstrom-Allen, Head of Production for Sony PlayStation Home, met with Antonia Cullum of Women in Games Jobs at the Develop conference in Brighton. Her advice to those seeking a job in the games industry. “The games industry is massive with lots of different sides to it – production, marketing, pr, music etc so don’t [...]
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A very successful networking lunch and conference took place in Brighton yesterday at the Develop conference with over 70 women attending to hear Sheri Graner-Ray give an inspirational keynote address. The conference started with David Smith reading out a message from Lynne Featherstone MP, Minister for Equalities. In the letter the Minister warned the industry [...] The Entertainmnet Software Association has released its Sales, Demographic and Sales consumers’ survey for 2010 Chloe Giusti, Account Manager for SCEE talks to Women in Games Jobs about her experiences as a woman in the games industry and gives her opinion on why it is that most of the top jobs are still held by men. Chloe started her career in the games industry as a tester for Babel Media but [...] Melanie Mroz has served as president, chief executive officer and director of SouthPeak Games since May 2008. In 2005, she assumed responsibility for SouthPeaks day-to-day operations. She joined SouthPeak in 1996 from Philips Sales, Inc., one of the largest manufacturer representative agencies in the videogame industry, to head its representation of Sony Computer Entertainment America [...] WIG Jobs caught up with Katie Morgan, VP Sales & Marketing at Emergent at Game Connection in Lyons. Her advice to women looking at games as a career is to “go for it. I think the industry is going to continue to grow. There is incredible creativity and it is a fascinating business for both women [...] Diane Lagrange and Jen Bolton from ICO Partners (and previously NCSoft Europe) talk to Women in Games Jobs about how they got into games, why they feel women are under-represented in the games industry and how this is hopefully now changing. |
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