Into Games and Ukie will be hosting the Career Stage at EGX 2021 to help give advice to anyone hoping to get a career in the games industry.

From Thursday to Sunday, we'll be hosting talks and Q&As with industry professionals from all around the UK games industry.

Thursday, 7th October

  • 12:00 PM - Q&A - Mark Backler / Founder / Sketchbook Games
  • 12:30 PM - Talk / Seyed Nasrollahi / What does it take to start your own gaming company?
  • 1:00 PM - Q&A - Dave Scotford / Founder / Team Norse Thunder CIC
  • 1:30 PM - Talk - Michael Killick / Rizing Games UK - Careers, Games Design, Games Development in Education (College Level)
  • 2:00 PM - Q&A - LaurenMoses & Karla Reyes/ Community Manager / Code Coven / Product Manager / Niantic
  • 2:30 PM - Q&A - Kyra Chan / Chief of Staff / Netspeak Games

Friday, 8th October

  • 12:00 PM - Talk - Dan Dudley / Marketing, Community, PR, Events / Grads in Games/Game Dev Heroes - TBC
  • 12:30 PM - Q&A - Toby Sperring / UI Artist/Animator / Mediatonic
  • 1:00 PM - Talk - Chris Sayers / VFX Artist / Mediatonic - TBC
  • 1:30 PM - Q&A - Joy Dey / Senior Designer / Creative Assembly
  • 2:00 PM - Talk - Nigel Twumasi / Co-Founder / Mayamada / GamePad - Creating Your Own Career In Video Games
  • 2:30 PM - Q&A - Jake Kulkowski / Head of Influencer Relations / Dead Good PR

Saturday, 9th October

  • 12:00 PM - Talk - Jonathon Wilson / Game/Level Designer / Freelance - TBC
  • 12:30 PM - Q&A - Edd Coates / Principal UI Artist / Double 11
  • 1:00 PM - Talk - Sergio Ronchetti-Carrete / Sound Designer - Fallen flag studio - Stop aspiring, start being: how to build self confidence as a freelancer
  • 1:30 PM - Q&A - Joseph Hobbs / Senior 3D Artist / Frontier Developments
  • 2:00 PM - Talk - Thom Kaczmarek / LCC Lecturer - Art, design, development - what game course is right for you?
  • 2:30 PM - Q&A - Christina Harper / Associate External Producer / Tt Games

Sunday, 10th October

  • 12:00 PM - Talk - Dean Abdou / Presenter & Journalist / GAMINGbible / The Importance of Diversity and Representation in the Games Industry
  • 12:30 PM - Q&A - Joel Herber / Lead Programmer / Land & Sea Games
  • 1:00 PM - Talk - Joanna Haslam / Design Director / Snap Finger Click - I’M A GAME DESIGNER... How the hell did that happen?!
  • 1:30 PM - Q&A - Flo Burchill / Production Assistant & Host / Snap Finger Click
  • 2:00 PM - Talk - David Barrie & Irina Agafonova - Founders / Game Academy - How Videogames Are Upskilling Us For The Future Of Work
  • 2:30 PM - Q&A - Martijn van der Meulen / Co-Founder & Development Director / Snap Finger Click

For tickets you can head to the official EGX Site and if you're heading to EGX, be sure to let us know on Twitter. We hope to see you there!