"With more companies realising the huge potential in this area, there is a much bigger demand for experienced people," says Nathan Adcock, OPM's Marketing Coordinator.
OPM which recently listed a raft of top-flight vacancies on the new PocketGamer.biz jobs board is seeing a particular demand for cross-platform development skills, Adcock reveals.
"With so many different platforms to choose from when developing a game, a lot of studios are opting for cross-platform development engines such as Unity," he says.
"Because of this, people with cross-platform development experience are in demand."
Five of the best
OPM has listed five vacancies on the PocketGamer.biz jobs board (click through on any job title for full details):
- Software engineers for a multi-platform game developer based in London iOS or Android experience is an advantage here.
- An art director to work out of the European offices of a market-leading US mobile / social games developer.
- A technical support manager for a busy London-based software firm that: "helps developers build and distribute cross-platform applications to the highest possible standards."
- A graphic mobile artist who would relish a great deal of freedom in designing the look-and-feel of a new mobile project for this Berlin-based MMOG specialist.
- A game programmer with a passion for handheld (as well as PC games), who would like to work on a top franchise at one of the world's leading independent developers.
Talent to spare
OPM is a fixture of the UK games industry, having been in business since 1998. Adcock says that while mobile vacancies have mushroomed over recent years, he doesn't think the mobile industry is stealing staff from conventional games development.
"I don't think the two sectors are competing, as the target markets are actually very different," he says. "I'd say it's broadening the overall pot that is game development."
"What we are seeing is that a lot of the big companies in the traditional sector have a mobile game department or studio so they can effectively get their share of the overall market."
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