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Sarah Seaby’s brother had a small part to play in her career in video games. I spent a number of years trying to beat my brother at long jump, 100m and javelinon Daley Thompson’s Decathlon on the Commodore 64,” recalls Bethesda’s marketing boss. We would also take turns typing game …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Rosemary Buahin
PlayStation UK’s head of trade marketingRosemary Buahin talks to MCV about her career in games. Tell us about your career in games? Video games was my first proper job out of university, and I fell into the industry by accident. I was temping for a High Street recruitment consultant and …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Amanda Farr
15 years ago, another woman on this Brit List – Lis Naylor – put Amanda Farr forward for a role at GT Interactive. The company was looking for a marketing manager for their back catalogue of products. Suffice to say, Farr got the job and she has since gone on …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Shelly Pearce
Shelly Pearce has been one of the faces of Nintendo for over 16 years. She began as UK PR manager for THE Games – Nintendo’s UK distributor – in 1998, just after the launch of Goldeneye, and went on to handle the arrival of Pokmon in Britain. From there she …
Read More »Read about the Top 100 Women in Games in this week’s issue of MCV
This week, MCV looks at the careers of the Top 100 Women working in the British games industry. We’ve dedicated 15 pages to profiling the entrants of MCV’s Top 100 Women in Games list, featuring women from all fields including PR, marketing, journalism, development and publishing. As of Monday we …
Read More »Women in games paid £2,500 less on average than men
Salary survey shows female developers earning less than male counterparts
Read More »Removing gender as a barrier
Gina Jackson on supporting discussion with practical solutions
Read More »MCV’s Women of the Year Awards: Tickets now available
Event honouring our Top 100 Women in Games will also name three outstanding leaders – tickets just £65 each
Read More »Tickets available for February 19th MCV’s Women of the Year awards
There are still tickets left to our Women of the Year awards, which take place on the afternoon of February 19th. Just over a week ago we revealed our Top 100 Women in Games– and has proven to be one of the most popular features we’ve published. Later next month, …
Read More »Lis Welsh backs MCV Top 100 Women in Games & Women of the Year Awards
Lis Welsh Search and Selection has signed up as a sponsor for MCV’s Top 100 Women in Games Brit List and the Women of the Year Awards. The company has pledged its support as event partner for February’s Women of the Year Awards. I am so glad that, finally, there …
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