Undergraduate Design Placement - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Sumo Digital Ltd

Sumo Digital Ltd

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

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About Sumo Digital, Sheffield

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 and 2022, Sumo Digital has enjoyed 20 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

Undergraduate Placement Designer 2024/25

Are you currently in your second year at University and keen to work on development of one of our games?

Sumo Digital are delighted to announce the return of our paid Design Undergraduate Placement Scheme for the academic year 2024/25.

The scheme offers a fantastic opportunity for talented students to spend a year working as designers on our live projects, a great chance to improve your Design skills on a real project.

We highly value the contribution that exceptional, undergraduate talent bring to our studio, many of our placement students have returned to work for us permanently after graduation.

Sumo's Design placement scheme is open to Games Design undergraduates at any UK university who require an industrial placement in their third year.

To be successful for this role, applicants must have a passion for either Level, Game or Technical Design working towards a 2:1 classification or above in their studies and submit an online portfolio showcasing their work.

To apply, please upload your CV and a cover letter explaining why you want to work for Sumo and what makes you a good designer.

It is essential that you include a portfolio of your work to showcase what you can do to the hiring managers.

This opportunity is specifically for our Sheffield studio but can be done on a remote basis within the UK._

What we offer:

Defined Annual Bonus Scheme

- . ULEV car scheme

. Monthly allowance to spend on enhancing benefits
- . Salary Sacrifice Pension
- . Flexible Working

. 21 days free-use holiday
- + your birthday off
- + 5 learning days including 1 volunteer day
- + a duvet day
- + Christmas shutdown from Christmas Eve to New Year
- + Bank Holidays
- + extra allowance accrued for longer service
- . Free dental insurance
- . Life Assurance 4x Salary
- . Income Protection of 75% for 5 years

. Enhanced Mat/Paternity & Adoption pay
- Employee Assistance Programme:

. Help at Hand
Remote GP, Mental Health & Physio appointments

- . Free financial & home buying support consultations
- . Cycle to Work Scheme
- . Payroll Giving Scheme
- . Access to 4,000 Udemy Courses
- . Career Development Pathway

. Wrap Parties.
- . Project Completion Awards
- . Game/Creative Jams
- . Big Family Events
- . Studio social activities, e.g. running, board games, film, yoga, life drawing
- . Prism

Sumo's employee diversity focus group

- . Free fruit and drinks in our studios
- . Employee Referral Bonus

Where do we stand on diversity?
At Sumo, we want to enable everyone to bring their full, authentic selves to work every single day.

We acknowledge that the games industry is far from perfect and a global organisation with people all over the world, from all kinds of backgrounds, we know it's part of our duty to provide everyone at Sumo with a safe, accepting and affirming working environment.

We encourage and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

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More about Sumo Sheffield
***- Sumo Sheffield is located just outside the city centre in Sumo Digital's HQ, just off J34 on the M1 and a stone's throw from the city's primary shopping and leisure complex. With a multi-building campus comprised of industry-leading facilities, an onsite gym and subsidised canteen, Sumo Sheffield provides everything needed for all teams to create the world's best games.

Sheffield is the fifth largest city in the UK and is easily accessible by road and rail from Leeds, Manchester and the Midlands.

The city enjoys a wealth of facilities to suit a wide array of interests, including:

Worldclass sports facilities

- o Iconic theatres and galleries
- o Multiple retail and shopping experiences

o Diverse and renowned restaurants and eateries
- o The award-winning National Video Game Museum

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