Games Job Fair Spring 2025: Bridging Talent and Opportunity in Finland's Gaming Industry

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Games Job Fair Spring 2025: Bridging Talent and Opportunity in Finland's Gaming Industry.

The Spring Games Job Fair is set to return on April 24, 2025, offering multiple opportunities for game developers and creative professionals to connect with  Finland's growing games studios.

 Organized by Games Factory Talents, this year's event will be held on April 24, 2025, at Helsinki's historic City Hall, providing a platform for career advancement within the gaming industry.​

Event Overview

The onsite event will start at 9:00 AM, featuring a series of insightful talks aimed at career development and providing updates on industry trends. 

Attendees will have the opportunity to engage directly with representatives from Finland's leading studios, such as Rovio, Metactore, Nitro Games, Remedy, Social First and many others. 

Job seekers can participate in face-to-face CV and portfolio reviews. 

This in-person format fosters meaningful connections and offers a comprehensive experience tailored to both junior job seekers and industry professionals.​

Key Highlights

  • Expert Speakers: Gain valuable insights from top industry professionals sharing their knowledge and experiences.​

  • Networking Opportunities: Engage with hiring companies actively seeking new talent and expand your professional network.​ 

  • Job Opportunities: Explore a variety of open positions across participating studios, offering diverse career paths. 

  • CV/Portfolio Reviews: Receive personalized feedback from studio recruiters to enhance your application materials.​

CV and Portfolio Reviews

On April 24th, from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM, attendees can participate in CV and portfolio review sessions conducted by industry experts. These sessions operate on a first-come, first-served basis, so we encourage you to secure a spot at the registration. Please ensure you have your CV or Portfolio at hand. 

Registration Details

Pre-registration is mandatory for those wishing to attend the event. Doors will open at 9:00 AM, with talks starting at 9:30 AM. Participants interested in CV or portfolio reviews should book their review slots at the registration desk upon arrival and have their CV or Portfolio available. 

For more information and to register, please visit the event page: ​GamesJobFair.com



LEADERBOARD – Tackling Leadership in Finnish Game Development

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Tampere Game Hub in collaboration with Film Tampere presents a new event for local game development ecosystem!

Welcome to Leaderboard - on April 11th, 2025 at the Tampere University Central Campus building Pinni B!

This two track event is aiming to improve leadership in the Finnish game development industry, and helping students get started in their future careers in game development by getting more tools to their mindset toolbox on leadership and self-management. The tracks consist of themed panel discussions by industry veterans from Finland and beyond.

REGISTER HERE

Games Gathering Lviv Discount & Call for Speakers

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Games Gathering is a hybrid conference running from April 3-6, 2025. The event kicks off online on April 3 and continues at the Hotel Dnister in Lviv April 4-6.

This is one of Ukraine’s premier gaming events offering networking and professional development and the online day offers a great opportunity for people looking to gain more speaking experience who have difficulty traveling. Submit your talk by March 14 using this form.

April 3: Online conference
April 4: Preparty for speakers and business ticket holders
April 5-6: Physical conference and main party

IGDA Finland members get 10% off tickets using promocode GGLVIVPARTNERS25 when registering on the conference website.

Submit Your Game for DevGAMM Gdansk 2025!

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🇵🇱 DevGAMM Gdansk is gearing up for its 3rd edition, taking place on February 27-28, 2025. This year’s conference promises to be unforgettable, featuring industry giants like Larian Studios, Riot Games, 11bit, Techland, and more as speakers!

Don't miss your opportunity to participate in Game activities:

Digital Vikings Awards: Celebrating the most anticipated games from the Baltic region.
Game Showcase: Test games, connect with publishers, and get valuable feedback.
Public Pitch: Present your game to publishers and a live audience.
Game Roast: A fun, comedy-style critique of your game.
Steam Event: Highlighting the best games from the conference.

Submissions for all activities, including the Digital Vikings Awards and Game Showcase, close on January 27.
👉 Submit your game here: https://devgamm.com/gdansk2025/game-activities/

IGDA Finland get 15% off ticket prices when using promo code: IGDAFinland15

IGDA Finland End of the Year Highlight

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This year we hosted over 250+  meetups from all over Finland!

These events involved regular meetups, tabletop game nights, game jams, game dev lunches, picnics, hub visits, collaborations between hubs and other organizations, and much more!

Grant

The first-ever IGDA Finland Grant was announced, and it went to the talented team at End-all Entertainment and their game Paradigm Island!

Finnish Game Awards 2024

At the Finnish Game Awards 2024, this year’s IGDA Volunteer of the Year 2023 went to  Nova Salmivaara.

#LastOnline

This year we were honored to take part in the Blood Donation Campaign #LastOnline, which have been shared at our hubs, and highlighted on our posts!

The Campaign will run until the end of the year so there is still time to save lives:

More things that happened this year:

  • We got a new hub: Ostrobothnia, a vibrant community led by Benjamin Vehling in the regions of Jakobstad and Kokkola. 

  • Leadership Day by IGDA Finland was part of Finnish Games Week together with PGC Helsinki and W <3 Games.

  • Kajaani Hub celebrated its first Kajaani Game Awards.

  • Lahti Hub celebrated its 5th anniversary

  • Peliosuuskunta Expa / Jyväskylä Hub, became the northmost Unreal Authorized Training Center.

  • Continue to support the art event Theme Park Finland.

  • This year you could find popular chat corner at events like PGC and W Love Games.

Find out when our next year’s events are by checking out the calendar or by following our hubs directly from our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/igdafinland 

We have also worked on improving things inside IGDA Finland, such as spicing up hubs leads meetings with useful workshops, improving our anti-harassment work, general communication, collaboration and onboarding. We will continue working on these next year as well.

Thank you to the current board members. Kristo Juurinen, Vesna Grau, Jami Andersson, Niko Pyrhönen and of course our beloved chairperson JJ Häll.

We will continue the work with IGDA Finland together with a new board that is filled with folk of high talent!

With the lead of our new chairperson Kim Kupiainen, we will also have Karoliina Kuutti, Jonne Taivassalo, Emma Varjo, Joeli Niva, Vesa Raudasoja, Aleksi Kariniemi and Emma Von Munthe Af Morgenstierne Vantaa.

As our advisors we will have, Christopher Hamilton, Natasha Skult, Teemu Haila, Jay Ranki, JJ Häll, Niko Pyrhönen and Jami Andersson. They will ensure that whatever we do, provides the highest value to the community.

This year has been challenging for many in our community, with significant hardships affecting individuals and companies across the game industry. We acknowledge the struggles that many of you have faced and emphasize that IGDA Finland remains committed to being a support network for you. Our hubs, events, and special interest programs will continue to be available to help connect, uplift, and inspire our community as we navigate these uncertain times together.

If you or your company want to support our work, please explore our JOIN US page or consider volunteering with one of our amazing HUBS