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Job Goal/Aspiration

The industry I would like to go into is the games industry. The job role I would like to perform is a Environmental Artist(Level Designer), with working on creating assets and worlds that the player would be able to interact with. 

Research

1. Business Opportunity

Sector of media industry

(film, TV, or radio etc)

Games Design/development and graphics design

Business that you would start if someone gave you the opportunity

(film production company, start a magazine etc)

I would start an indie games production company

Start a company doing what?

We would be creating games for mobile at the beginning as this is the easiest place to start as an indie studio at the moment. They would be released onto the Google Play store and app store and would include adverts and be free

Where would the company be based and why?

The company would be based in Cambridge as this is a hotspot for the games industry and would be to our advantage to be there

2.      Employment opportunities

Job	Location	Details of the job and why you are suitable for it
3D game artist at Automaton	Cambridge	This would be a great opportunity as I would be creating models and environments that I would have to adapt to keep the game fluid and would have to work on optimising the game with the team
Environment artist at Jagex games studios	Cambridge	This would be an amazing opportunity to have with there being a focus on the environmental art which is the part I most enjoy
3D Props and vehicle artist	Cambridge	This would be amazing to work on a project where I could help create the props and assets that the studio would be using with the ability to create and work with others to do this.

3.     Higher education opportunities

University	Location	Course name and why you’re suitable for it
Teeside- BA(HONS) Computer game art	Middlesbrough	I think this would be a great opportunity as it would enhance my skills in the art and design space of games and would be great for me because it is something I enjoy
De Montfort Leicester BA Games art	Leicester	I think this would be a great opportunity as it would enhance my skills in the art and design space of games and would be great for me because it is something I enjoy
Leeds Beckett- BA Games Design	Leeds	I think this would develop my skills as a games designer and would be great for understanding the whole games design pipeline
University of Hertfordshire- BA 3D games art and design	Hertfordshire	I think this would be a great opportunity as it would enhance my skills in the art and design space of games and would be great for me because it is something I enjoy
Escape studios/Pearson College MART video games	London	This would be great as it would help prepare me for working in a real studio as the environment there is like one whilst also giving me the ability to grow as an artist and creative individual