Meet The Team - Stig Strand

Liz Prince our consultant managing the role
Author: Liz Prince
Posting date: 30/05/2022

Amiqus Team Profile - Meet Stig 


What's the best thing about working in the games industry?

This industry is now a bigger sector than movies and music combined. And in the UK, it accounts for more than half of the entire entertainment market. Being a huge fan of computer games and development I love that I can combine my passions with my everyday working life, it’s a dream role.

For those pursuing careers in games, this is a great time to build your reputation and portfolio. With a high rate of forecasted growth in 2023, improving your skills in this sector will give you access to some of the best jobs and salaries available. It’s the most exciting time ever to be part of the future of games.

What's the most challenging aspect?

The most challenging aspect is identifying new and emerging talent due to the shortage of skills being developed within education. However this has drastically improved in the last 2 years and studios are now taking more opportunities to hire graduates than ever before due to sustained growth. So it’s a great time to level up your skills through study.

What's the best/worst excuse you've heard from a candidate about why they can't make a job interview?

My dog has eaten my CV and my printer has gone down – no lie.

How have you seen recruitment in the games industry evolve over the past decade?

Absolutely, recruitment is not as straight forward as it may seem. Every studio has a different culture and mission, so ensuring your sourcing strategy for new talent matches this has had to evolve. Agencies spend all their time building and mapping out talent and investing resources in the best technology for attracting so there will always be a desire to fast track and speak to the experts even though most studios attract directly with in house teams too.

What's the best piece of career advice that you'd give to someone looking to build their career in the #gamingindustry?

Take your time to work out what you are best at, don’t apply always to the dream studios straight away – it's loads of fun building a career with some of the AAA smaller developers then working your way up to Naughty Dog – applying can be exhausting and frustrating but once you are in, it's like the mafia 😊 and you are made and set for long term career in the sector you love so it's worthwhile.

Connect with on Stig on LinkedIn here ➡️  https://www.linkedin.com/in/stigstrand/

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