There are numerous options for career paths in the field of game design, from game tester and system designer to lead designer, creative director, producer and studio head. Indeed lists almost 2,000 entry-level jobs in dame design and over 4,000 positions paying over $85,000 per year.A career in game design often starts with the position of QA Tester and extends all the way to Lead Game Developer. Junior Designer is the perfect role for learning the detailed aspects of designing a game and will prepare you to move up the ladder.Game designers can come from a wide variety of backgrounds, but almost all positions require advanced degrees or specializations in a technical field such as Artificial Intelligence or a creative field like 2D Design or Creative Writing. A game design career is not the only option, the skills you acquire in in game design courses--business, strategy and design--can be applied to a variety of professions outside of video games.
As per the industry stats, most hiring is happening for the below roles:
- 2D conceptual artist
- 3D conceptual artist
- Interactivity designer
- Game programmer
- Illustrator
- Background artist
- Character builder
- 3D object modeler
- Game writer