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The Team

The people stuff

Joe is pretty long in the tooth in Recruitment terms, working with Talent for the Technical, Creative and Games industries for well over a decade. He's a part-time record collector & label owner, full-time Dad and fancies himself as a Designer, trapped in a Recruiter's body.
Joe

Founder | Head of Studios

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Which studiotype are you?

Graphic Designer (Freelance)
UK | EU

Benefits

6 Weeks Holiday

25 days paid holiday. 2 week-long company shutdowns. unlimited personal days.

Juno Wellbeing

a monthly points allowance for the wellbeing perks from withjuno.com

Work Anywhere

work from home, our lovely office in Manchester or your Nan's garage!

Flexa Certified

We've been voted one of the top 10 micro companies to work for in 2022, by Flexa® Careers.

Vitality Health

everyone receives private healthcare cover from Vitality. the UK's finest healthcare providers.

PSN + Xbox Pass

Game Pass or PS Plus. We'll cover your subscription. Research purposes, of course.

Thought pieces

Games & Stress Awareness Month

Let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room: the wave of layoffs that have hit the industry like a ton of bricks. It’s been rough. Thousands of talented individuals have found themselves out of a job, studios have been shuttered, and projects have been left hanging in the balance. The numbers don’t lie, and it’s clear that 2024 is shaping up to be even more turbulent than the previous year. Over 10,000 jobs were lost in 2023, and an additional 8,000+ jobs were lost in 2024 from January to March.

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What do i mean by hyper-exposure?

You are probably wondering what does a screenshot from a racing game has to do with hyper exposure in games. Or what do I mean by hyper exposure?

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My 2020 in Games

Here are some of the highlights of the games that kept me company during the last year, and it’s safe to say they probably kept me sane. I genuinely have no idea how people who don’t play games at all managed to keep sane!

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Soundscapes of our Half-Lives

Some say music precedes us entirely as a species; that it’s not an artefact but that it exists in nature itself, with its language and noises. We have given it a name and shaped it the way we know it now, in all its complexities and nuances, but it was already there.

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what a lovely bunch!

We're proud to be members of UKIE.

UKIE is the trade body for the UK games and interactive entertainment industry. Making the UK the best place to make, play and sell games since 1989.

They represent over 2,000 games businesses to support 73,000 jobs in the UK's fast-moving, innovative and creative games and interactive entertainment sector.