Hi,
My kid wants to work in the digital creative sector, especially with games or animation, and needs a placement over the summer. Can you help?
A Parent
Dear A Parent,
It’s challenging to find a placement with a games company so I would suggest that they expand their horizons to include animation companies and e-learning companies (and, I predict, architectural practices and business process consultancies). They should set out their expectations of payment very clearly and, most importantly of all, I would expect to see some portfolio. We have 9 year olds with published games on the web and 16 year olds with their own games companies. If they have been at the degree for two years, there should be some sort of body of work that can be evidenced.
Every month, we have a meetup of games companies and animation companies and there will likely be heaps of businesses in attendance. There could not be a better time to start to network and make contacts. These are Bloc54 and ToodyThreedy. You can google them easily enough.
They should also come along to 3D Dojo on Saturday mornings and introduce themselves to the mentors there (and perhaps become a mentor). The industry is small enough to be extremely social in nature so being known as a “good person” is just as important as portfolio.
https://www.facebook.com/Belfast3Ddojo
I hope this helps and I hope to see them join the industry.
Sincerely,
Me