Your Starter Map: Trusted Job Boards & Industry Hubs for Creative Adventurers

Your Starter Map: Trusted Job Boards & Industry Hubs for Creative Adventurers

   
Greetings, wanderer. If you’ve found your way into this corner of the Dungeon, you’re likely searching for quests — real ones... Jobs.


    Whether you're a developer, artist, designer, or multi‑class creative, this Dispatch gathers the most reliable job boards and industry hubs across the realm. These are the places where opportunities spawn, studios recruit, and careers quietly level up.


Hitmarker stands as one of the largest gaming and esports job platforms in the world, offering thousands of active roles across disciplines.
https://hitmarker.net/jobs 


Work With Indies is a kind, inclusive space dedicated to indie game developers, with both a job board and a thriving community.
https://www.workwithindies.com/


  Remote Game Jobs focuses on fully remote roles in game development, connecting global talent with studios seeking flexibility.
https://remotegamejobs.com/


ArtStation Jobs remains a central hub for artists, animators, and designers seeking freelance or studio opportunities across the creative spectrum.
https://www.artstation.com/jobs


Dribbble Jobs offers a home for UI/UX designers, illustrators, and visual creatives looking for roles that blend aesthetics with interaction.
https://dribbble.com/jobs


GamesIndustry.biz Jobs provides a long‑standing industry news platform with a robust job board covering studios of every size.
https://jobs.gamesindustry.biz


Games Jobs Direct serves as a global job board that highlights openings across a wide range of studios and specialties.
https://www.gamesjobsdirect.com


GameJobs.co brings a clean, modern aggregator that helps you track openings across disciplines with clarity and ease.
https://gamejobs.co


The Work With Indies Discord, the IGDA Discord, and Reddit communities like r/GameDevClassifieds and r/GameDevJobs offer lively spaces where developers share opportunities, collaborate, and support one another.


https://www.workwithindies.com/discord


https://igda.org/discord

The two reddit threads are mostly self-promotion from artists, but I've included them because there have been nuggets of good advice on there mixed in with the spam. I'm not going to drop their links, but if you feel like digging through the "for hire" posts,  the threads names are listed are up there. 

AnimatedJobs provides a curated feed for animation‑focused roles, while Narrative News Substack offers insights and opportunities for writers and narrative designers.


https://animatedjobs.com

https://narrativenews.substack.com/


For those watching the horizon for studio growth, VC‑backed job boards like a16z Games,  here are some useful sites. Check out our next blog post on VC backed studios, the pros and cons of pursuing those opportunities. 


https://a16z.com/games


https://www.playventures.vc


https://www.bitkraft.vc


https://www.konvoy.vc


https://hiro.capital


https://www.makersfund.com


https://www.griffingp.com



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