Hiring Decoded: Landing in Game Art Jobs

How often have you sent your portfolio for a game art job and never heard back? Was your portfolio seen by the hiring manager? Was it something in your portfolio that led to rejection? Or was there something else, for example, the hiring was already completed, or the company cannot provide you with relocation assistance?

This episode is all about how hiring works in the game art function. We have two very experienced guests, the first one is Tatu Petersen-Jensen, who has been in art leadership roles for over 20 years, and the other is Alexei Ryan, who has been in talent acquisition roles, helping several art directors build their dream teams. In this episode, we decoded the recruitment process when it comes to game art, and what an art applicant should do to increase their chances of getting hired.

Some of the topics covered include:

- What happens behind the scenes when you apply for a game art job?

- Does an artist's online presence impact their hireability?

- Key features in an art portfolio that encourage decision-makers to proceed further

- Do confidentiality/password-protected portfolios raise a red flag?

- Mistakes game artists make when submitting their job application.

Connect with Tatu Petersen-Jensen at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatupj/

Connect with Alexei Ryan at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexeiryan/

If you have topic requests for future episodes, or if you would like to be a guest on an upcoming episode, please connect with and write to me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kshiraj/

Chapters:

0:00 Episode Intro

0:40 Introduction: Tatu Petersen-Jensen and Alexei Ryan

1:50 Hiring Workflow Overview

9:17 Role of Talent Specialist

15:22 Screening Criteria

24:08 Online Presence Impact

30:28 Decoding Job Descriptions

42:45 Promising Portfolio Features

52:18 Memorable Applications

1:03:56 Common Application Mistakes

1:15:54 NDA and Confidential Portfolios

1:21:37 Perfect Match Portfolio

1:30:23 Reapplication Strategies

1:35:33 Networking and Feedback

1:38:59 Wrap Up

Watch this podcast as video on: https://youtu.be/8VKJFlm3fuA