👋 Welcome 👋
Part of the reason for this issue arriving a little later is that I've been busy collating data on every known current job going in the UK's games industry, and have a little report summarising where the jobs are regionally, who's hiring the most, how many jobs are remote etc. The report's downloadable here.
💲 Funding 💲
[🌎] Google for Startups European Black Founders Fund
Deadline 21st March. A $2M fund providing up to $100,000 in non-dilutive cash awards to selected European startups in the Google for Startups network paired with up to $220,000 per startup in Google Ads and Cloud credits.
[🌎] Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Entrepreneurs
Deadline 31st March. 5 winners share £60k prize fund and £100k worth of business support.
[🇬🇧] Innovate UK Smart Grants
Deadline 26th May. Opportunity for UK registered organisations to apply for a share of up to £25 million from Innovate UK to deliver game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy.
🏆 Awards 🏆
[🌎] DevGAMM Game Submissions for awards, public pitch, game reviews & showcases
Deadline 15th April.
📅 Events 📅
[🇬🇧] Games Career Week
26th March - April 2nd. A new week dedicated to video games careers and education.
[🌎] GI: Live Online
14th April. A brand new indie developer event from the teams behind GamesIndustry.biz and EGX Rezzed.
Funding Assistance
Games Jobs Live partner opportunities
Want to help your local games community with a new format in games recruitment? Want to help more people get their dream job in the games industry? And want to earn whilst doing so?! Get in touch; colin@gamesjobs.live
💬 Speaker Calls 💬
💡 Inspiration 💡
How To Market A Game
Video game marketing consultant Chris Zukowski with weekly digestible analysis on all things games marketing.
💤 Housekeeping 💤
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