I got a job in the game industry with no prior experience, and you can too!
summary
Starts as an app Ambassador and volunteer with Indie Game Collective, learns OBS and Canva, runs Twitch streams for practice, then lands a freelance community manager role for Red Nexus Games (Peglin) after a tweet and a month wait. Tools used: Trello, MailChimp, Discord moderation, spreadsheets for data analysis, and created 1.0 roadmap two days after hire. Builds newsletters, runs events and booth duty at GDC, executes three successful merch campaigns and picks up a second freelance role.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Breaking into game industry
- 1:51Community management skills
- 10:50Journey began pandemic
- 17:56App ambassador streamer
- 24:00Volunteering as manager
- 30:36Landing first job
- 34:18First tasks at Red Nexus
- 44:21Key takeaways advice
- 48:11Q&A handling hostility
- 51:43Transferable skills
- 53:29When to hire manager
- 57:41Final Q&A
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