- undertake career planning and research
- build your networks, meet employers and graduates
- gain essential work experience during your course
- attend industry events
- continually develop your professional/creative portfolio
- proactively explore working for yourself (freelancing and business start-up)
- get involved with relevant clubs and societies
- visit the
Careers Service for advice.
Knowledge and skills
- creative mindset and interest in developments within the games industry
- critical thinking, evaluating and interpreting complex information
- problem solving and flexibility
- presentation skills and the ability to explain concepts and ideas to others
- teamwork and communication skills through group work and interactions with different groups of people throughout your degree
- technical understanding and utilisation of required software packages, programming languages and systems
- planning and project management through independent research tasks
- time management through juggling different module assessment requirements and work-based learning alongside studies
- organisational skills through meeting deadlines and managing multiple projects
- attention to detail.
Career options
15 months after graduating
- Prospects
- Game Industry Career Guide
- Creative Pool
- IGDA – International Game Developers Association
- Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction
- ScreenSkills
- Android Developer
- Customer Service Advisor
- Graduate Software Engineer
- IT Consultant
- Junior Game Developer
- Junior Software Developer
- Junior Software Engineer
- Software Developer
- Technical Triage Lead
- XR Developer
- Fujitsu
- Mobile Consulting Solutions
- QA Consulting
- Sharecloud
- Silhouette Research and Developing
- Sports Interactive
- Trapeze Group UK
- Volume
Further study
Careers Service support
Accessing support from the Careers Service couldn’t be easier, come along to the Careers Service Helpdesk in the Student Hub or access our 24/7 online resources.
There is a wide range of support available from skills workshops to events, placements and internships advice, 1-2-1 appointments and help getting started with LinkedIn.
Our bite-sized Skills Workshops can give your career the boost it needs. Choose from a range of topics:
- effective career planning
- job hunting techniques
- finding part-time work
- CVs and interviews
- mastering LinkedIn
- and more.
Workshops are delivered by the Careers Service, however they are also an opportunity to learn from your peers, share experiences and ask questions. Visit myCareer to see the full range of activities and to book your place.
Connect with graduates
- search LinkedIn for ‘University of Plymouth’
- select ‘Alumni’
- filter the results by subject, sector, company or location.
Other advice and guidance
Careers Service
Careers Service, Student Hub, Charles Seale-Hayne Library
Monday to Thursday: 08:30–17:00, Friday: 09:30–16:30
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