5 Most Exciting Job Opportunities For Video Game Developers

1. Artists And Animators: 

Artists are responsible how a game looks, and all about its package and promotional material. The art director manages the art department and makes every decision regarding visual style of the game. Concept artists are hired to create stories, drawings, paintings and the characters, landscapes and other elements of a game. Then modelers create 3D images and animators control the movements of the objects and the characters.

Motion-capture artists record the movements while cinematic artists create the promotional videos and photographers take the pictures to create concept art. An associate’s degree or a bachelor’s degree in game design, game development, or any art-related subject is required.

Average Salary $75,009 

2. Game Designers: 

These people develop the creative aspects of video games like the characters, plot and other elements. The lead designer is in the lead of the design team, content designer creates plot and characters and the level designer develops environments for each level of the game. An associate’s degree or a bachelor’s degree in computer science, game design, or game development is required.

Average salary: $75,065 

3. Audio Designers: 

Audio designers and audio engineers are always full-time employees in video game studios. They create sound effects like creative sounds, technical sounds and cinematic sounds. Audio designers and engineers need to have an associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree in audio or sound engineering or equivalent diploma degree with experience.

Average Salary $81,543 

4. Producers: 

The producer is in charge of all kind of administrative works and daily operations. This person is liable to conduct meetings and ensure proper coordination among the team. The producer sets the budget, dates and deadlines as well as the marketing strategy. Producers usually need just a bachelor’s degree but business skills are highly required for this position.

Average Salary: $84,127 

5. Programmers: 

Computer languages are used to create video games so coding is an important part of this job. A lead programmer manages the programming team, which consists of an artificial intelligence programmer, network programmer, graphics programmer and tools programmer. Programmers need to have an associate’s degree or a bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer engineering.

Average Salary: $92,151