Diversity Internship Training Programme - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Sumo Digital Ltd

Sumo Digital Ltd

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

With a rich history of developing multiple AAA franchises such as Little Big Planet and Crackdown, as well as contributing to genre-defining titles like the Forza Motorsport and Hitman series, Sumo Sheffield's vast development experience spans multiple genres and platforms.

As winners of the TIGA Star Employment Award for 2021, recipients of the GI Biz 2020 Best Places to Work Award and listed as one of the UK's 100 Best Large Companies to Work for in 2021, Sumo Digital has enjoyed 18 years of stability and growth since its formation in 2003 and continues to strive for excellence across every single project.
The team have a track record of working on some of the world's biggest and best games and received two BAFTAs for their work on Sackboy: A Big Adventure. As the scale and exclusivity of projects continues to grow, there's never been a more exciting time to join the Sumo Sheffield family

The Sumo Academy's Diversity Internship Training Programme (DITP) gives people from under-represented groups the opportunity to receive training and mentoring in game programming to see what it would be like as a career.

It aims to reach out to talented applicants who haven't previously considered the potential of game programming as a highly creative and rewarding occupation.

The Training Experience:

The Diversity Internship Training Programme is undertaken remotely with the opportunity to visit Sumo's Sheffield HQ at the beginning and end of the programme (COVID restrictions permitting).

Please note, to be eligible for this internship you must fall into one or more of the categories listed below.

During the internship you will receive:

Training and support in C++ programming: the primary language used in game development.
A comprehensive overview of the duties of a game programmer as set out in the apprenticeship's occupational profile.
Background to the games industry, different studio models and typical career pathways and progression routes for programmers.
The opportunity to talk to game programmers and former interns/apprentices about their daytoday roles.

Applicants for the Diversity Internship Training Programme must be in one or more of the following groups:

Women and/or marginalised genders.
Ethnic minorities.
A background in which university education is uncommon.
Neurodiverse.
You must not already be enrolled on another apprenticeship, or in fulltime education which would overlap with the apprenticeship.
Your prior learning in programming and game development must not exceed more than 50% of the knowledge skills and behavior set out in the occupational standard for a Level 7 Game Programmer.

Key Requirements:

You must be at least 18 years old.
You must be able to demonstrate a strong aptitude for programming. For example, through selfstudy or in a module from your degree program.
You must meet the diversity requirements.
You must have not received significant prior training as a game programmer.

In practice, this final condition would typically exclude graduates of game programming degrees from taking this apprenticeship.

Graduates of Computer Science degrees without experience in game development might expect to have the length of the apprenticeship shortened from 24 to 12 months (the minimum length for any apprenticeship).