Scores of specialist roles
Not seeing your perferred role on these pages, or want more detail? Into Games, who co-founded Games Careers Week, has a comprehensive guide (for 16 year olds and over) to all the careers available in games including:
Essential resources
You can also find more information on other games roles on these sites:
What next?
8-11 year olds
- Watch Esports tournaments like Rocket League World Championship
- Learn how to play your favourite video games and try different esports titles.
- Take the opportunity to play with family and friends in a fun environment.
- Game titles like Minecraft, Sports and Racing video games are increasingly popular for creativity, exploration and easy to understand.
- Educate children about the importance of health and wellbeing. Developing early habits like drinking enough water and a good diet, regular physical activity and sleep patterns all contribute to youth development in and out of the game.
12-15 year olds
- Watch Esports tournaments like League of Legends World Championships
- Compete with your friends at school in the British Esports Championships
- Arrange friendly competitions amongst friends or at school where you can look to set up a schools esports team.
- Attende events that can educate and inform on future careers within the esports ecosystem like WorldSkills UK, Insomnia and BETT Show.
- Set up and/or take part in esports clubs/societies within your school.
- Start to experiment with different roles within events from being a player, shoutcaster, marketing or event coordinating and find what you enjoy the most.
15-17 year olds
- Continue with further education by investigating the BTEC Level 3 Esports
- Watch Esports tournaments like Fortnite World Cup or Overwatch League
- Compete with your friends at school or college in the British Esports Championships
- Attend events like the Esports in Education Summit or Esports in Education Conference (Scotland) to learn more about the career options and what qualifications and choices you have when leaving school.
- Use opportunities to build a portfolio and understanding of the esports industry. There is plenty of time and information available to develop your career in esports, but find what is right for you.
- Develop skills of your own. This can be through tutorials or guides from professionals in the industry, or by doing it yourself and developing a new initiative or style.
18+ year olds
- Research esports roles through British Esports Association
- Watch Esports tournaments like VALORANT Regional Masters or Call of Duty League
- Compete with your friends at college in the British Esports Championships or if you are studying at university compete on behalf of your esports society in NUEL or NSE national competitions.
- Continue to build towards your esports career by getting work experience in other industries, which will build transferable skills to find a role in esports.
- Check out this esports jobs listings site.
Roles
Games Careers Week is a free non-profit event organised by the National Videogame Museum. Made possible with supporter sponsor Boneloaf, and our proud partners: Grads In Games, NextGen Skills Academy, Women In Games and The Sheffield College.
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About the National Videogame Museum
The NVM, explores the history and cultural importance of videogames as well as providing award winning educational programmes. The NVM is governed by the BGI. Registered charity number 1183530.
