Each month Gamasutra serves more than 3 million page views to over 600,000 unique visitors from more than 70 countries worldwide - making Gamasutra the largest online destination for game companies looking to recruit top talent.
The job board is used regularly by every major publisher and game studio in the industry, including: EA, Activision, THQ, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, Midway, Vivendi, Namco, Eidos, Rockstar, Bioware, Stormfront and many more.
- Winner 2006 & 2007 Webby Award - Gamasutra is the leading editorially based Game Industry site
- Over 450,000 registered members
- 7 years average game industry experience, over 9 published titles
- Over 41% of our traffic comes to the site specifically to read job listings
Affiliated Sites:
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Quick Links:
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* Discounted packages are available for combining print, online and event campaigns –
contact us today to customize a plan that meets your needs.
Aaron Murawski
Global Sales Manager
Recruitment and Education
805.523.7841
Job Credit Rates
Purchase credits in bulk and SAVE your company money. Job credits are good for 12 months and are saved to your JobConnect login account - so you can use them at your discretion throughout the year. The more credits you purchase – the bigger the discount – and you have a year to use them!
Price Per Credit
- To find out how to post a GDC Event job listing, click here
- Cross post your jobs to affiliated sites for free, click here for more info
- To purchase between 3-14 credits and receive an instant 15% discount, please click here
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For larger packages please contact:
Aaron Murawski
Global Sales Manager
Recruitment and Education
805.523.7841
All job listings on Gamasutra, are automatically included in:
- Duration - Listings are displayed on the Job Board page for 30 days.
- Presentation - Listings are presented:
- Chronologically by date posted
- Alphabetically by studio
- Geographically if multiple locations within the same studio
- Distribution – All listings will appear in the following daily, weekly and bi-weekly opt-in industry e-Newsletters
- Inside Gamasutra Weekly - delivered to over 98,000 professionals
- Career Weekly - delivered to over 28,000 professionals
- Gamasutra Daily – delivered to 30,000 professionals
- Additional e-Newsletters – Listings will also appear in the following newsletters when posted on GamesOnDeck.com or SeriousGamesSource.com
- Serious Games – 30,000 opt-in subscribers
- Mobile – 15,000 opt-in subscribers
- GDC Job Boards –
- U.S. GDC Event Job Boards: Open to exhibitors of GDC SF and Austin. If you are an exhibitor at one or more of these U.S. events, simply post a job and it will automatically filter into the appropriate event job board, in addition to appearing on the main Gamasutra board. Click here to post now.
- International GDC Event Job Boards: Open to both exhibitors and non-exhibitors. If you are exhibiting at GDC Paris or China, simply post a job and it will automatically filter into the appropriate event job board. For non-exhibitors, all jobs posted on Gamasutra that are positioned in Asia will automatically filter into the GDC China Job Board and all jobs that are positioned in Europe will filter into the Paris GDC Job Board. All event job listings will also continue to appear on the main Gamasutra board. Click here to post now.
- Keywords - An advanced keyword search lets job seekers search the full text of your job and company description, so remember to post accordingly.
- Job categories - Selected by you at the time of posting allows job seekers to quickly navigate to see the most popular job types – Programming, Engineering, Art, Management, Game Development, etc.. NOTE: select multiple categories for increased exposure in job seeker search results.
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- Only one position may be advertised per listing, please. If hiring multiple persons for one type of position at a single location, simply use "programmers" or "animators" as the job title.
- A single, specific location for each job posting (i.e. city, state, country) must be stated. This allows jobs seekers to better target their searches, providing you only the most qualified applicants.
- You need to provide details about the position— what the job requirements are. Gamasutra reserves the right to edit job postings for any reason.
- If you insert HTML code into your job listing, only use tags approved by Gamasutra. If we find you have violated this rule, we have the right to edit or remove your job listing from the site.
- Logo's must be static images of 200 x 200 pixels, gif or jpg only, with a maximum size of size of 30k.
- GDC Event Job Board posting guidelines, click here.
- Job postings on affiliated sites, such as, Games on Deck and Serious Games Source, must be relevant to those specific mobile and serious games markets.
- No HTML or email addresses located within the Enhanced Listing Description.
We regularly patrol the job boards and will remove job listing that violate policy from the site. Please contact us with any questions you may have.
Gamaustra.com is the Game Industry's leading recruitment resource with several hundred active positions listed each month. Gamasutra offers multiple posting options to suit every company's hiring needs.
Enhanced with Weekly Refresh: Improve your response rate and increase your company's visibility. Weekly Refresh moves your jobs back up to the top of the page every 7 days (3x) during its 30 day run. Includes all the contents of the Enhanced Posting below plus the refresh to the top of the list.
Enhanced
Postings |
This
example shows a single enhanced posting with the prominent shaded text
box, studio logo and text description.
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Enhanced
Postings include:
- Studio name, location and
link to job description
- 500 character enhanced
text description
- 200x200 company logo on
the Job Board Homepage and Job Description Page
- Highlighted listing
encased in a prominent shaded text box on the Job Board Homepage
- Inclusion in the Weekly
Inside Gamasutra Newsletter (reaching over 92,000 opt-in
professionals)
- Inclusion with logo in the
Gamasutra Daily Newsletter (reaching over 21,000 professionals 5x a
week)
- Inclusion with logo in our
weekly Career Newsletter (reaching over 20,000 active job seekers)
- Job description located on
the Job Details Page
- The ability to group ads
is only allowed within the same studio that were posted on the same
day and in the same location as the enhanced posting, see example
below.
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Enhanced
Posting with grouped Standard Postings |
This
example shows a single enhanced posting with the prominent shaded text
box, studio logo and text description.
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This example shows a
single enhanced posting with 7 standard postings grouped underneath. The
system will group the ads automatically if they are posted on the same day
with the same company title and location.
You can also have the
entire group posting refreshed
weekly together by selecting 1 enhanced posting with weekly refresh and
then selecting standard postings with weekly refresh and posting them
together on the same day with the same company title and location.
Each position includes
all the contents of Enhanced and Standard postings. |
Standard with Weekly Refresh: Improve your response rate and increase your company's visibility. Weekly Refresh moves your jobs back up to the top of the page every 7 days (3x) during its 30 day run. Includes all the contents of the Standard Posting below plus the refresh to the top of the list.
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| Standard
Posting |
This example shows a standard
listing with the basic studio name,
location and link to job
description. |
Standard
Postings include:
- Studio name, location and
link to job description
- Inclusion in the Weekly
Inside Gamasutra Newsletter (reaching over 92,000 opt-in
professionals)
- Inclusion in the
Gamasutra Daily Newsletter (reaching over 21,000 professionals 5x a
week)
- Inclusion in our
weekly Career Newsletter (reaching over 20,000 active job seekers)
- Job description located on
the Job Details Page
The
ability to group ads is only allowed within the same studio that were
posted on the same day and in the same location as the standard posting,
see example below. |
Grouping Standard Postings |
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This example shows a
single standard posting that is linked with another standard posting. The
system will group the ads automatically if they are posted on the same day
with the same company title and location.
You
can also have the entire group posting refreshed
weekly together by selecting multiple standard postings with weekly
refresh and posting them together on the same day with the same company
title and location. Each position includes all the contents of a Standard
posting. |
AFFILIATED SITES:
Gamasutra has affiliated sites with leading coverage on various segments of the game market, such as, Mobile and Serious Games. You can "cross post" your Gamasutra jobs on these affiliated sites for free.
Cross Site Posting Types:
A 'Cross Site Posting' places identical job postings on Gamasutra.com and an affiliated site of your choice for free, such as 'GamesOnDeck.com' for mobile games, or 'SeriousGamesSource.com.'
To cross post a job listing, simply go through the normal procedure of filling out the job posting template, then check the boxes next to the affiliated sites you wish the job to appear on, and then click the activate button.
Cross Site Posting FACTS:
- Available in all four job posting types: Standard, Standard with Weekly Refresh, Enhanced, and Enhanced with Weekly Refresh
- Must be posted at the same time as the original listing on Gamasutra.com
- Have a thirty (30) day run cycle
- Inclusion in all daily, weekly, and bi-weekly e-Newsletters respectively
Resume Database Search
Access a library of up to 17,000+ resumes from experienced professionals in the game industry. Resumes have an average of 6 years experience.
- Gamasutra's JobConnect system allows users to save searches and have them automatically emailed
- Job seekers can save jobs of interest, apply and track applications for follow up
Bulk Rate Prices (1-2 seats):
| 1 month |
$1,750 |
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| 3
months |
$1,488 per month |
(L-15%) discount |
| 6 months |
$1,313
per month |
(L-25%)
discount |
| 1 year |
$1,138 per month |
(L-35%) discount |
To purchase resume access, please contact us
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Banners
Choose between a variety of targeted banner locations to recruit top talent, including the Gamasutra Homepage, run-of-site, and the Job Board and Resume Database pages - giving you access to thousands of professional game developers while they are actively searching for job opportunities.
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NET (IMPRESSIONS) |
| Size |
LOCATION |
1 month
100K |
2months
210K |
3 months
330K |
| Skyscraper (120x600) |
Job Board/
Resume Pages |
3,500 |
6,650 |
9,450 |
| Super Box (300x250) |
Gama Homepage |
4,500 |
8,200 |
12,300 |
| Skyscraper (120x600) |
Gama Homepage |
4,500 |
8,200 |
12,300 |
| Top Page Horizontal (468x60) |
Run of site |
2,300 |
4,200 |
6,300 |
Email Newsletter Ads
In addition to the Weekly Inside Gamasutra Newlsetter that reaches over 96,000 opt-in subscribers, Gamasutra.com has recently added a Career Newsletter targeting professionals in the industry who are actively seeking job opportunities.
Inside Gamasutra Weekly : contains the News, Features and job posts from the previous week on Gamasutra.com. It's delivered to over 96,000 opt-in subscriber’s every Thursday morning. When sponsoring the Weekly Inside Gamasutra newsletter your advertisement also automatically is included in all 5 of the GamaDaily newsletters for that week, which goes to more than 27,000 opt-in subscribers (an additional 82,500 impressions).
Career Weekly : For the active job hunter, the Gamasutra Career Newsletter provides detailed listings of all of the jobs posted on Gamasutra.com, contracting opportunities and career features during the previous week on Gamasutra. Delivered to over 24,000 opt-in subscribers.
SPONSORSHIP INCLUDES: Callout box containing a 75 word text description, company logo and link.
| Newsletter Type |
Top position |
Middle position |
| One Weekly Inside Gamasutra Email Sponsorship |
$3,750 net |
$2,750 net |
| Two Weekly Inside Gamasutra two weeks of Email Sponsorships |
$5,995 net |
$4,995 net |
| Four Weekly Career Newsletter Sponsorships |
$2,500 net |
$2,000 net |
| Eight Weekly Career Newsletter Sponsorships |
$4,500 net |
$4,000 net |
Every applicant that applies for a qualified subscription is screened to ensure subscribers are experienced professionals working in the game industry.
- Reach over 85,000 professionals through the industry’s leading publication
- Have an average of 6.8 years of game development experience
- Have published an average of 9 game titles
- 60% subscribers visited an advertiser’s website
- Subscribers save an average of 21.1 back issues
2005 Game Developer Magazine Subscriber Survey by Audience Insights
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9x |
12x |
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$4,740 |
$4,510 |
$4,105 |
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$3,750 |
| 1/2 Page |
$3,175 |
$2,965 |
$2,810 |
$2,665 |
$2,515 |
| 1/4 Page |
$1,595 |
$1,450 |
$1,415 |
$1,350 |
$1,300 |
For conventional back-of-book placement - rates include color.
RECRUITMENT FRONT-OF-BOOK RATES (NET)
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1x |
3x |
6x |
9x |
12x |
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| 1/2 Page |
$4,200 |
$3,985 |
$3,830 |
$3,750 |
$3,535 |
| 1/4 Page |
$2,615 |
$2,470 |
$2,430 |
$2,370 |
$2,320 |
For front-of-book placement for special issues - rates include color.
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- CMP assumes no liability for any errors or omissions in key numbers appearing in advertisements.
- CMP is not liable for any delays in the production or delivery of the publication or product due to any conditions beyond CMP’s control
- In no event shall CMP be liable for any consequential, incidental or special damages, nor shall its liability for any act, error or omission, whether or not due to its negligence, exceed the price paid to CMP for the publication or distribution of such materials. In consideration of CMP’s publishing advertising (or distributing another product) for the advertiser, the advertiser and its agency agree to indemnify and defend CMP against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising out of CMP’s printing, publishing or distributing such advertising (or another product) and/or arising from third parties access to advertiser’s site and use of advertiser’s products and services.
- CMP reserves the right to hold the advertiser and its agency jointly and severally liable for all monies that are due and payable to CMP.
- Advertising in CMP’s online products and services is subject to the terms of the applicable online insertion order.
- All payments are due within thirty (30) days of the invoice date. Non-commissionable charges, such as production charges, are not subject to an advertising agency commission. Agency commissions are not payable on invoices which are not paid within ninety (90) days of the date of the invoice. Advertiser shall pay a late charge of 1% per month (12% per year) on all invoices not paid within thirty (30) days of the date of such invoices.
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Be a part of one of the most widely read and retained issues of Game Developer every year - the Career Guide. This special issue has both online and newsstand distribution, and is sent to key educational institutions across the country. Game Developer's Career Guide is also distributed to influential attendees at the annual SIGGRAPH conference and expo.
Game Developer's annual Career Guide issue is an invaluable tool for students, recent graduates, and experienced professionals looking for resources on ways to update their skillsets and take control of their careers.
Rates for the 2007 Career Guide issue will be as follows:
| Career Guide |
| Spread: |
$6,825 |
| Full page: |
$3,675 |
| Half page: |
$2,310 |
| Back Cover: |
$6,300 |
| Inside Front Cover: |
$5,705 |
| IFC spread: |
$8,400 |
| 4-color charge included |
| Space close |
Materials close |
Issue mails |
| June 5 |
June 12 |
June 29 |
EDITORIAL CONTENT
Summaries: Vital Game Industry Information: Placed throughout this year’s Career Guide are multiple guides containing some of the most important facts a prospective game development student should know, including essential game industry organizations and events, a full description of the different types of degree and certification courses available to students, and information on game industry internships.
Also included is input from key recruiters and human resources managers on the most in-demand game industry jobs, plus statistics from this year’s Game Developer salary survey tailored for the entry-level applicant.
Directory: Full Listing of Game-Related School Programs: As in previous years, the Game Developer Career Guide features a detailed list of North American game schools that offer degrees and other programs related to video games development, including address, cost, website, and contact information.
Features: Professional Profiles and Career-Related Tips and Tricks: The special Career Guide also includes multiple features, such as an article on the winners of the Independent Games Festival’s Student Showcase competition, day-in-the-life accounts from professionals who make games for a living, tips and tricks on how to make a name for yourself as an aspiring game creator, and strategies for preparing for a career as a game designer—one of the industry’s most coveted jobs.
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JAN |
FEB |
MAR |
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Front Line Awards |
GDC Issue |
Top 50 Developers |
| BONUS DISTRIBUTION |
GDC |
GDC |
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APR |
MAY |
JUN/JUL |
| FEATURED THEME |
Salary Survey |
Game Engine Showdown; Professional Career Guide |
Online Worlds; Focus On |
| BONUS DISTRIBUTION |
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Paris GDC |
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CG |
AUG |
SEP |
| FEATURED THEME |
Careers and Education |
Al Showdown |
Austin GDC; Outsourcing |
| BONUS DISTRIBUTION |
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SIGGRAPH |
Austin GDC; China GDC; Tokyo Game Show |
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OCT |
NOV |
DEC |
| FEATURED THEME |
Top 20 Publishers |
Power 50 (New feature - the industry's biggest players!) |
Front Line Award Finalists, Postmortem Lessons |
| BONUS DISTRIBUTION |
London Games Week |
Montreal International Games Summit |
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JAN |
FEB |
MAR |
APR |
MAY |
JUN |
| SPACE CLOSE |
Nov 30 |
Jan 14 |
Feb 7 |
Mar 3 |
Apr 1 |
May 1 |
| MATERIALS CLOSE |
Dec 7 |
Jan 17 |
Feb 13 |
Marc 19 |
Apr 7 |
May 7 |
| MAILS |
Dec 27 |
Feb 5 |
Feb 27 |
Mar 27 |
Apr 27 |
May 27 |
| BONUS DISTRIBUTION |
GDC |
GDC |
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Paris GDC |
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CG |
AUG |
SEP |
OCT |
NOV |
DEC |
SPACE CLOSE |
Jun 2 |
Jul 1 |
Aug 1 |
Sep 1 |
Oct 2 |
Oct 31 |
| MATERIALS CLOSE |
Jun 6 |
Jul 7 |
Aug 7 |
Sep 5 |
Oct 8 |
Nov 6 |
| MAILS |
Jun 26 |
Jul 27 |
Aug 27 |
Sep 27 |
Oct 28 |
Nov 26 |
| BONUS DISTRIBUTION |
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SIGGRAPH |
AGDC, CGDC, TGS |
London Games Week |
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CG = Career Guide Issue
Editorial Calendar is subject to change.
Check with your account manager for changes.
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| Bleed: |
8" x 10.75" |
| Live area: |
6.75" x 9.5" |
| Binding: |
Saddle-stitched |
| Gutter |
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| Safety: |
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| Page Size |
Non-bleed |
Bleed |
| Spread |
14.5 x 9.5 |
15.75 x 10.75 |
| Full page |
6.75 x 9.5 |
8 x 10.75 |
| 1/2 island |
4.5 x 6.5 |
n/a |
| 1/2 horizontal |
6.75 x 4.625 |
8 x 5.25 |
| 1/3 square |
4.5 x 4.5 |
n/a |
| 1/3 vertical |
2.125 x 9.5 |
n/a |
| 1/4 page |
3.25 x 4.625 |
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