Join the Autumn Games Job Fair and Find Opportunities in the Industry

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The Autumn Games Job Fair is returning on November 7-8, 2024, offering multiple opportunities for game developers and creative professionals to connect with top studios from across Europe. Organized by Games Factory Talents, this hybrid event will take place both virtually and onsite, providing a platform for job seekers to advance their careers in the games industry.

Two Days, Two Formats
The event kicks off on November 7 with a LinkedIn Live session, featuring insightful talks and industry updates. This virtual format enables global participation, allowing talents from around the world to join the conversation, gain industry insights, and showcase their portfolios to participating studios. 

A highlight of this online day will be the Creative Portfolio Review, where art leads will provide feedback to artists and designers, helping them refine their work to better attract future employers.

On November 8, the event transitions onsite to the Innovation House in Helsinki, Finland. This in-person day offers participants the chance to engage directly with studio representatives, participate in face-to-face CV/Portfolio reviews, hear insightful talks and network with recruiters and peers in a more intimate setting. 

Registration to attend onsite day is required! Please register to secure your spot. Doors open 10:30 on the 8th of November, talks start at 11.00 and CV/Portfolio reviews at 12.00. 

Event Highlights
🎮 Top industry speakers
💬 Networking with hiring companies
💼 New job opportunities
💻 Creative Portfolio Review
📔 Onsite CV/Portfolio Reviews by studio recruiters

Creative Portfolio Review is Back! 
The Creative Portfolio Review panel brings together Creative Leads, such as Alexander Preuss (Art Director at Magic Media),  Kshiraj Telang (Art Director at Moon Active) and  Olga Netsvetnaia (Character Artist/Art Lead at Magic Media) who will review and discuss participant portfolios for education and career-boosting.

As a participating talent, you have a chance to get valuable expert insights and advice tailored to one art piece in your portfolio. The panel aims to help attending talents increase their chances of getting noticed and selected when applying for art roles. If you want to get shortlisted for review please use the following form to submit your portfolio. 

CV and Portfolio Reviews at Innovation Home, Helsinki
On November 8th from 12:00 - 16:00, onsite participants joining the day in Helsinki will get to have their CVs reviewed by participating industry recruiters.  

The art portfolio reviews will be done by Ivan Lugovoy, Senior Game Artist at Rovio and Salla Hiiskoski, Visual Development Art Lead from Metacore. 

The queue for the reviews will work on a first come, first served basis, so don’t be late and risk missing out and come on time to secure your spot. 

November 7th - Online on LinkedIn Live + Discord
The online LinkedIn Live Broadcast will take place on the Games Factory Talents LinkedIn page and will include a chat with studio representatives and speakers on the GFT Discord server, so join and verify your account there to access the studio chat channels. . 

Be sure to also hit Attend on the LinkedIn event page and add the event to your calendars so you don’t miss out. 

For more information, check out GamesJobFair.com.

Last Call for PGC Helsinki Tickets

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Here’s a reminder to everyone who hasn’t gotten their tickets to Pocket Gamer Connects Heslinki! Over 1,500 games industry professionals will gather at Wanha Satama in Helsinki on October 1-2 to network, discover, pitch and learn from 200 of the world’s top experts.

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki is part of Finnish Games Week 2024, a week-long series of game industry events taking place in Helsinki, and powered at its core by Leadership Day by IGDA Finland, W Love Games alongside Pocket Gamer’s own events. More information on Finnish Games Week can be found here: https://www.pgconnects.com/helsinki/finnish-games-week/

IGDA Finland members get 20% using code IGDAHelsinki20 when registering, which is automatically applied using the this link.

Book your tickets now: https://www.pgconnects.com/helsinki/registration/ 

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2024

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Pocket Gamer Connects, returns to Finland again in 2024!

Over 1,500 games industry professionals will gather at Wanha Satama in Helsinki on October 1-2 to network, discover, pitch and learn from 200 of the world’s top experts.

Mobile, PC and console, blockchain, VR/AR and more will be covered, across unmissable conference tracks. Our speakers and panelists will share their expert insight into design and development, monetisation and growth, AI, blockchain and loads more. Attendees will gain access to the MeetToMatch meeting platform free and unlimited to all delegates, so you can find that perfect contact and arrange to meet them in person.

We’ll be running a whole host of side activities and curated matchmaking events to cater to everyone’s networking needs.

Investor Connector
Publisher SpeedMatch
The Global Connects Party
The Very Big Indie Pitch (Mobile Edition)
The Very Big Indie Pitch (PC + Console Edition)
The Big Indie Zone

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki is part of the Finnish Games Week 2024, a week-long series of game industry events taking place in Helsinki, and powered at its core by Leadership Day by IGDA Finland, W Love Games alongside Pocket Gamer’s own events. More information on Finnish Games Week can be found here: https://www.pgconnects.com/helsinki/finnish-games-week/

IGDA Finland members get 20% using code IGDAHelsinki20 when registering, which is automatically applied using the this link.

Join us in Helsinki for the return of the leading games industry conference! Book your tickets now: https://www.pgconnects.com/helsinki/registration/ 

Quantum Game Jam 10 Years Celebration!

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Join us in celebrating A DECADE of Quantum Game Jam! 🎉🎉🎉

This year we are reaching a great milestone - 10 years of Quantum Game Jam which grew into a global event! To celebrate, in collaboration with Department of Computing at University of Turku and IGDA Future program of IGDA Finland, we are organizing a one-day IT conference “ENTANGLE” in Turku with esteemed line of guest speakers.

Join us next week from Friday to Sunday, both the conference and game jam are FREE of charge to attend but registration is mandatory so that we can share the information and proceedings with the attendees.

📅 13.09. - Entangle: Bridging Quantum and Classical Computing ✨REGISTER HERE✨

👾 13-15.09 - Quantum Game Jam 2024 ✨REGISTER ON ITCH.IO✨

For more information visit quantumgamejam.org

Get 20% off your ticket to GIST / Indieway

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Join game industry decision-makers on September 13-15 at Gaming İstanbul / Indieway, a business conference dedicated to the gaming industry.

🎙 Webinars/Seminars with great speakers,
📅 Business Matchmaking,
🎮 Indie Game Showcase.

IGDA Finland members should use promocode IGDA20 when registering for the event for a 20% discount. Get your ticket here: https://biletino.com/tr/e-unl/indieway-september-official-b2b-event-of-gaming-istanbul/