Task 2 The Jobs

Creative Development

Game Designer

• A games designer says what the game does and how the will play. The plan the game and create all elements of the game, Such as:"structure; rules; story flow; characters; the objects, props, vehicles, and devices available to the characters; interface design; and modes of play." When the game is planned out correctly, the designers tell other teams who will create certain parts of the game's idea.

http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/job_roles/331_game_designer

Level Editor

• "The Level Editor defines and creates interactive architecture for a segment of a game, including the landscape, buildings and objects."
• Level editors are the people who make the world for the player to move around in, they make everything that the player will be interacting within the game, this could be anything to houses, trees, etc.

http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/job_roles/334_level_editor

Lead Artist

• "The Lead Artist (also known as Art Director or Creative Manager) is responsible for the overall look of the game. Working with the Game Designer and Lead Programmer, the Lead Artist devises the game’s visual style and directs the production of all visual material throughout the game’s development." http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/job_roles/332_lead_artist_games
• The lead artist makes sure that the other artist do what they need to do, the lead has to ensure that the other artist work to a schedule

Technical Artist

• "The Technical Artist acts as a bridge between the Artists and Programmers working on a game." http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/job_roles/339_technical_artist_games
• The technical artist makes sure that the artist and the programmers are working well together this makes it so if the artist want to get designs from the [programmers so that they know how it'll be implemented into the game. They'll work on the engine and lighting, special effects.

Artist

• "Artists create the visual elements of a game, such as characters, scenery, objects, vehicles, surface textures, clothing, props, and even user interface components. They also create concept art and storyboards which help communicate the proposed visual elements during the pre-production phase." http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/job_roles/330_games_artist
• The games artist creates the textures for the game, this is all of objects that the level editor creates, they have to create a mask for that object then send it to the artists, who then create the image that fits the mask.

Animator

• "Animation Directors are responsible for the quality of the animation, for keeping it on brief and for delivering consistent performances by assigning, or casting, the appropriate Animators. The role of Animation Director may only exist on larger projects and is often combined with the Director role on smaller productions."http://creativeskillset.org/creative_industries/animation/job_roles/352_animation_director_or_supervisor
• Animators listen to the animation director, they do any job that the director tells them, the director can assign each one of them a different job. The animators create images the when recorded in a sequence create a video.

Audio Engineer

• "The Audio Engineer creates the soundtrack for a game. This might include music, sound effects to support the game action (such as gunshots or explosions), character voices and other expressions, spoken instructions, and ambient effects, such as crowd noise, vehicles or rain."
• Audio Engineers creates sounds for games, the sounds can be anything from speech to water dripping. they produce the sound to work well with the designers to get it to sound correct with the animation. they make the sound compact to fit in to game so it does not take a large file size to download.

Technical Development

Game Programmer

• "Game Programmers work at the heart of the game development process. They design and write the computer code that runs and controls the game, incorporating and adapting any ready-made code libraries and writing custom code as required. They test the code and fix bugs, and also develop customised tools for use by other members of the development team."
•  http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/job_roles/336_game_programmer
• Programmers are the people who work with the coding design of the game, they program the base of the game such as how the level works and what happens when you walk into somewhere, they pretty much build the base for you and everyone else to put there work into.
• They can either use custom code or use someone else's code, but this way they have to ask the other persons permission.

Lead Game Programmer Project Implementation

• "The Lead Programmer leads the programming team responsible for creating all the computer code which runs and controls a game. Programmers have various roles and specialisms including AI (artificial intelligence), game engine development, user interface, tools development and physics. " http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/job_roles/333_lead_programmer_games
• The lead programmer is the one who is responsible for creating all the computer code, he/she control the programmers who then work on a part that the lead gives to them.

Project Manager/Producer

• "The Project Manager, also known as the Producer, is responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of a game, on time and within budget." http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/job_roles/337_project_manager_producer_games
• The project manager controls everything from the financial to the co-ordination of the teams, the  make sure the quality and vision of the game is met. 

Assistant Producer

• "The Assistant (or Junior) Producer works with a game's production staff to ensure the timely delivery of the highest quality product possible. " 
• The assistant producers are recruited by the publishers, they are involved with the Project manager help them out with what they project manager needs to do. 
• "The Assistant Producer's role and responsibilities change during the development process, as different elements of the game are created. Important aspects of the job can include task and milestone planning and tracking, as well as handling review and approval processes."
• http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/job_roles/326_assistant_producer_games

External Producer

• "The External Producer is responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of a game, while working externally from the development team." http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/job_roles/329_external_producer
• The external producer acts like a consultant, hey advise the game developers to choose the relevant parts of the games are added, and maybe some of e game developers own work. 

Creative Director

• "The Creative Director is the key person during the game development process, overseeing any high-level decisions that affect how the game plays, looks or sounds."
• http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/job_roles/328_creative_director_games
• The creative director is the main person to got to, they oversee everything, They focus on ensuring the quality of the games outcome. They're the people who need to make sure everyone else, is doing everything correctly.

Quality Assurance

QA Tester

• "Quality Assurance Technicians, or Testers, perform a vital role. They test, tune, debug and suggest the detailed refinements that ensure the quality and playability of the finished game."
• http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/job_roles/338_qa_tester
• They are the ones who test the games, by playing them, they have to go through the game and write down everything that is wrong with the game, this gets sent to the developers so they can check this in the game then if necessary fix it.

Business Development

Public Relations Manager

• "You could work in a company's in-house public relations (PR) department, or you might be an account executive at a consultancy that looks after PR for a number of clients. "
• https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/pages/publicrelationsofficer.aspx
• As a public relation manager, you would be responsible for the companies image and reputation, you would have to monitor he public and medias opinion of your company.

Product Manager

• "The Product Manager's role is to help create and implement marketing campaigns to maximise the sales of the games they are working on." 
• http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/job_roles/335_product_manager
• The product managers work for the publishers, or independent marketing company, they also have to come up with long term solutions for game franchises, so they know how the game will progress over time.

Marketing Executive

• As a marketing executive, you would promote your employer's products, services or ideas. https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/pages/marketingexecutive.aspx
• As a marketing executive you will be looking at the public, seeing what they would together like to have as a game, then giving his message to the manager. They also need to check competitors in the market, so they don't copy them.

Marketing Manager

• "As a marketing manager, it would be your job to plan the best ways of promoting your employer's products, services or brand."  https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/pages/marketingmanager.aspx
• As a marketing manager you would be selling your company to people, for example saying to promote your companies work, also you would be listening to what the marketing executives have to say, and help them when needed.