<aside> ℹ️ Who am I? A producer at Riot Games currently, working in R&D on a thing I won’t tell you about 😊. Previously a producer at Hangar 13 working in Narrative and VO Recording, and Cloud Imperium games working on the Character Art Pipeline. UCI Alum. I have managed teams and helped hire for Character Art, Narrative, Engineering, and Game Design.
Advice is my own, etc. Hit me up at Sicroh on Discord if you have Qs.
I’ll update this as I come up with other info that might be helpful.
This is aimed specifically at PRODUCTION but maybe might help someone else out.
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After looking over some resume stuff recently it occurred to me people don't know what they don't know and kids aren't taught how to write resumes or cover letters so consider this a mini workshop.
Your Resume should contain the following information, no exceptions
When listing experience bullet points use action statements. IE: Managed a team not Was manager of a team Use present tense on current employment. Don’t use I statements.
Usually, with few exceptions, this should go first. Leave school projects and other things for after you demonstrate you can hold down a job. If it’s relevant, even better. If not, keep it brief. Use what you can. For example: Manager at McDonalds -> Managed the schedules of X number of people
Keep it to college. Your school and degree are enough. Do not put your GPA. If they care they’ll ask, otherwise they won’t ask. This makes it obvious you are Green still (which isn’t a crime but still we try to avoid it).
For your resume, scan the job listing and find the key words. These are action verbs, specifics, repeated phrases, and proper nouns. For production if the job description is this:
EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION (pulled from I think Naughty Dog, 2022)