2011 is ending on a decidedly upbeat note, with a number of Scotland's most creative developers looking for new staff. Chunk is a name you may not have come across in the past, although Scottishgames.net is definitely a fan. The Glasgow-based company creates online, interactive and digital experiences for companies and brands. They launched their …
Now Recruiting – Cobra
While the rest of the economy languishes, the creative sector seems to recovering a little faster than other sectors. The interactive industry in particular seems to be thriving right now, with a great many companies now looking for new employees and recruits. First up in a festive rundown of recruitment is Dundee's Cobra. If you're …
Now Recruiting – Red Radiant Media
Development studio and augmented reality experts Red Radiant Media is recruiting. The company is looking for contractors across all roles, with options to extend the role and possibly join the team. We've not covered RRM before, so who is this new studio? According to the company: Red Radiant Media is based in sunny Dundee, Scotland. …
Jobs Page Updated
We're just finished updating the Scottishgames.net JOBS PAGE. This is a new section of the site, which will list all of the latest, greatest and most interesting jobs in and around the interactive (and digital and animation and general games type stuff) sector here in Scotland. The latest update is from the team at Waracle …
Scottishgames.net – All New JOBS PAGE
It's taken a little while longer than planned, but we're thrilled, delighted and generally chuffed to announce the launch of the brand new Scottishgames.net JOBS PAGE. Sure, it's a little rough and ready at the moment, but it's heading in the right direction. Pulling together ALL of the games, interactive and digital media related roles …
Awards, Commendations, Recognition, GLORY
It's awards season and Scottish companies are picking up gongs, trophies and accolades left, right and centre. Earlier this week at the prestigious Develop Awards, which took place at a glittering and star-studded event in glamorous Brighton, recruitment agency Specialmove and CGI experts Axis Animation both scooped prizes. Specialmove, which specialises in recruitment within the …
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Outplay HQ – Dundee – OFFICIAL
When we last heard from Outplay Entertainment - the new social and mobile games publisher, founded by Douglas and Richard Hare - they had launched the company with some ambitious recruitment plans and the best wishes of the Scottish Government ringing in their ears. Then it went a little bit quiet. Well, it turns out …
Game In Scotland, Dundee, Sat 26th March
If you haven't come across the Game In Scotland recruitment fair before, it's fairly simple to explain. It's a recruitment fair, for the games industry in Scotland. See? The clues were all there. It tends to pull in all of the Scottish development studios, from the smallest to the largest, who have stands and accept …
Cohort Recruits Marketing Manager
As the headline suggests, Cohort Studios in Dundee has appointed its first marketing manager. Grant Alexander is the gentleman in question. With a background in retail, tourism and marketing to today's 'youths', Grant will be bringing a fresh approach to traditional games marketing. In the (admittedly very slick) press release, Mr Alexander commented: “This really …
YoYo Games Expands – Meet The Team
YoYo Games clearly has an 'agenda'. The company released it's first two iPhone games in as many weeks (or three if you count the iPad separately) and is in the process of telling the world how to publish games through YoYo. Now the company has expanded, fairly rapidly, with a whole new team line-up now …