Creative Developers
Game Designer:
A Game Designer is responsible for designing the game.
Level Editor:
A level editor is responsible for the way a level looks. He/She designs the levels or map.
Lead Artist:
- Being responsible for the overall look of a game
- Devising the game’s visual style and directing the production of all visual material throughout the game’s development
- Managing the art and animation team
Technical Artist:
- Acting as a bridge between the Artists and Programmers working on a game
- Ensuring art assets can be easily integrated into a game without sacrificing the artistic vision or exceeding the platform’s technical limits
- Investigating new techniques, implementing them and training the team
Artist:
- Creating the visual elements of a game, such as characters, scenery, objects, vehicles, surface textures, clothing, etc.
- Creating concept art and storyboards which help communicate the proposed visual elements during pre-production
Animator:
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence.
Audio Engineer:
An audio engineer is concerned with the recording, manipulation, mixing and reproduction of sound.
Technical Development
Game Programmer:
Video game programmers bring video game concepts to life. They write code that will become a playable video game. A game programmer is a software engineer, programmer, or computer scientist who primarily develops codebases for video games or related software, such as game development tools.
Lead Game Programmer:
A lead programmer is a software engineer in charge of one or more software projects. A lead programmer's exact responsibilities vary from company to company, but in general he or she is responsible for the underlying architecture for the software program, as well as for overseeing the work being done by any other software engineers working on the project.
Project Implementation:
Project Manager/Producer:
- planning what work needs to be done, when and who’s going to do it
- looking at the risks involved in a particular project and managing these risks
- making sure the work is done to the right standard
- motivating the team of people involved in the project
- coordinating work done by different people
- making sure the project is running on time and to budget
- dealing with changes to the project as and when necessary
- making sure the project delivers the expected outcomes and benefits
- some project managers also have specialist technical knowledge.
Assistant Producer:
- Working with a game's production staff to ensure the timely delivery of the highest quality product possible
External Producer:
- Ensuring the successful delivery of a game, while working externally from the game development team
- Making sure the publisher has all the relevant information required to make the game as commercially successful as possible
Creative Director:
- Being responsible for the overall look and feel of a computer game
- Overseeing any high-level decisions that affect how the game plays, looks or sounds
- Ensuring the quality and style of the gameplay, artwork, music and audio assets
Quality Assurance:
QA Tester:
- Testing, tuning and debugging a game and suggesting refinements that ensure its quality and playability
- Assuring quality in a game and finding all its flaws before it goes public
Business Development:
Public Relations Manager:
A public relations manager is in charge of overseeing how a person or company is viewed by customers or the media. Such a manager may be responsible for obtaining press releases to announce the launch of a new project or to inform the world of a new initiative.
Product Manager:
A product manager investigates, selects, and drives the development of products for an organization, performing the activities of product management.
Marketing Executive:
Marketing executives are involved in developing marketing campaigns to promote a product, service or idea. It is a varied role that includes planning, advertising, public relations, event organisation, product development, distribution, sponsorship and research. In gaming, they are responsible for marketing a game and promoting it to reach out to a wider audience.
Marketing Manager:
A marketing manager is someone who manages the marketing of a business or product. They can be responsible for several services or products, or be in charge of a single product. In gaming, they are responsible for marketing a game and making sure it makes it to the shelves.
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