Game Writing Job Hunt Misconceptions

In this video, game writer Sande Chen lists the top 5 game writing job hunt misconceptions she found during her research on job seekers wanting to break into the video game industry.

Here is my presentation at the 2021 Southern Interactive Entertainment and Game Expo (SIEGE), the largest video game trade show in the South.

In 2020 and 2021, I interviewed job seekers who were actively applying to jobs and internships in the video game industry. They came from all walks of life. Some were students. Some were changing directions from careers they no longer wanted. Some were in related careers like social media management or comedy writing. I found out that all had learned about the stiff competition there was for entry level narrative jobs in the video game industry. 

They wanted to know what it was that hiring managers, recruiters, lead writers and narrative designers were looking for in candidates and their portfolios.  I did too.

So, I contacted hiring managers, human resources specialists, lead writers and narrative designers to find out what I could and the result is my webinar Game Writing Portfolio Superstar, which will be held on April 30, 2022, from 1 - 2 PM Eastern time.

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Game Writing Portfolio Superstar

Date: April 30, 2022

Time: 1:00 PM Eastern time

Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Her writing credits include Independent Games Festival winner Terminus and the PC RPG of the Year, The Witcher, for which she was nominated for a Writers Guild Award in Videogame Writing. She is the co-author of Serious Games: Games That Educate, Train, and Inform, a founding member of the IGDA Game Design SIG, and an expert in the field of educational game design.