Some exciting news! I've been nominated for the Mentor & Champion Award by the Women in Technology: Hollywood Foundation, recognizing more than two decades of mentorship in the games industry. From co-founding Women in Games International to leading talent programs at PlayStation and Xbox, and now at Rocket Game Talent, the through-line has always been the same: helping people into games and helping them grow, one open door at a time. This recognition belongs to the mentors who opened doors for me, and to everyone who has let me do the same for them. Nominees will be awarded October 21 at the SoCal Women's Leadership Summit at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles! #WiTHLeadershipAwards #WomenInTech #WomenInGames #Mentorship #GameIndustry

Exciting QA opportunity! My firm Rocket Game Talent is seeking an experienced QA Manager currently based in the Los Angeles area for a stealth consumer app that generates personalized interactive stories, art, audio and mini-games for kids. Launch is set for later this Fall. This is a drop-in-and-run role. The QA foundation is already in place and a team of 6–8 testers is being assembled now. They need a player-coach who can take the lead on day one, test hands-on and own the go/no-go call on every build through launch. Role focus includes: • Running release gates and triage with engineering • Owning the device matrix across iOS and Android phones and tablets • Testing AI-generated content for quality, consistency, and age-appropriateness, including adversarial edge cases • Holding the line on COPPA, parental controls and one simple standard: Would a parent thank us for this? You bring 5+ years in QA, 2+ years leading teams on a shipped mobile app or game, mobile release experience, enough automation fluency to direct Vitest/Jest/Playwright coverage and possible working knowledge of COPPA. Los Angeles-based | Contract | Starts immediately Interested or know someone? Email me directly: [email protected] #QA #QualityAssurance #GameDev #MobileGames #QAHiring

My firm Rocket Game Talent is on the hunt for a remote contract Senior Full-Stack Engineer-Interactive App Experiences for a Hollywood-backed AI startup founded by entertainment veterans with major film and television credits. The creative team is using applied AI to build the next generation of personalized, interactive storytelling. It's the first step toward a new kind of entertainment where the audience is the star. With launch approaching, they need a senior engineer to own the app experience: reading mode, in-story play, the reward economy and the retention loop. All of it is built kid-safe and COPPA-compliant from day one. This remote role is 90-day contract with potential to extend up to 6 months. Interested or know someone? Email directly: [email protected] #FullStackEngineer #EntertainmentTech #InteractiveStorytelling #AIEngineering

Word up, Tech Program Managers! Rocket Game Talent has another exciting remote role. This time, a TPM is needed for a genuinely unusual AI platform that’s already production-grade, not an early-stage prototype. Well-funded start-up is East Coast-based. In this role, you'll run the workflow, review code and config and own the move from single-tenant to multi-tenant architecture, while working directly alongside a highly creative hands-on engineering lead. Short-term contract for 4 months, with potential to roll into Phase 2 development for another 8 months. Interested or know someone? Email directly: [email protected] #TechnicalProgramManager #AIJobs #TPM

Calling all Community Managers! Rocket Game Talent's client is a funded indie studio building an immersive narrative RPG, looking for their first dedicated Community Manager. In this role, you'll build the studio's public presence from the ground up ahead of a business announcement later this year. This is a fully remote, fractional contract role with a real path to full-time, working directly with the studio head on brand voice and game launch strategy. Interested or know someone? Reach out directly: [email protected]. #gamedevjobs #indiegamedev #communitymanager #gamejobs

Excited for "Career Carousel" at @gamescom dev 2026 next week, a novel concept to bring more career wisdom and support to EU game developers at all career stages! We're presenting the opportunity to game developers to have in-person speed-round career conversations with a great group of game industry veterans : Chris Jennings, Alexander Bell and Tom Pelini from Larian Studios, as well as Thomas Rössig, CEO at Fourth Moon Games, Johanna Uddståhl, studio manager for Paradox Interactive, Yiyi Zhang with Gumbo Collective/WiG NYC, Lena Morano Gerding, COO at tobspr Games, and me, of course, representing Rocket Game Talent. "Career Carousel" will be held Monday, August 4 at 6:30 PM, Stage 16 at Confex in Koelnmesse - come on by with your latest resume, portfolio, LinkedIn profile or just your most immediate career questions. We're all there to support you in your career efforts and what comes next! #CareerCarousel #gamescomdev #GameDev #GamesIndustry #CareerAdvice

Excited to share the line-up of our gamescom dev 2026 leadership panel session entitled “Leading With Trust: Rewriting The Playbook”, featuring Katya Dolgova (Redhill Games), Sophie Vo (Rise and Play), Carina Kom (Simply Sweet Games), and Natasha Skult, PhD (MiTale): lnkd.in/gt6u2Ykr I'm truly honored to moderate this panel session with four games industry leaders who've successfully built studios, product lines and executive practices. We'll talk candidly about what it takes to earn — and extend — trust in leadership. Catch us in Cologne, Germany on Tuesday, August 25! #LeadingWithTrust #gamescomdev #GameDev #GamesIndustry #Leadership

Honored to share the stage at gamescom dev 2026 with game industry experts Carlos Estigarribia, @JoeKataldo, François Roughol and Fabio Cristi for our panel “Green Shoots: Mapping Europe's Game Talent Recovery in 2026 and Beyond”. We're going to talk talent recovery, hiring and co-dev economics - five perspectives, one conversation about where Europe's game talent market is headed. Join us in Cologne, Aug 23–25. #gamescomdev #GameDev #GamesIndustry #GameTalent #EuropeGameDev

At it again! This time, my boutique agency #RocketGameTalent is seeking a contract Senior AI/ML Systems Engineer for a New York-based client. This is a remote-first contract role on a fast-moving AI platform sitting at the intersection of architecture, AI and professional workflow design. Project is backed by principals with serious pedigree in global architecture and design. You're prepared to bring: ·    5+ years full-stack experience, including real AI/ML integration work (multi-provider LLM orchestration, RAG, agentic workflows)  ·    Strong React front-end craft; genuine comfort turning specs into shipped, polished UI ·    Solid SQL/database management and data security/access-control experience ·    Comfort formalizing QA — extending an existing test suite with integration/E2E coverage, not building from zero Interested or know someone? Email me: [email protected]

Calling all TPM's! My boutique firm Rocket Game Talent is hiring a remote Technical Program Manager for a fast-moving AI platform client sitting at the intersection of architecture, AI and professional workflow design. In-development project is backed by principals with serious pedigree in global architecture and design. This is a contract role with opportunity for continuation. Seeking TPM candidates who are CT or ET-zone based. You'll bring to the role: · 5+ years of technical PM/PgM experience on fast-moving software builds · Real fluency reading code (Python/JS/SQL) and holding your own in architecture conversations · Comfort turning an informal test suite into a real, release-gating QA process · Working knowledge of modern AI/LLM app architecture (multi-provider integration, agentic workflows, RAG) Interested or know someone? Email: [email protected] #TechnicalProgramManager #TPM #RemoteJobs #NYCJobs

New frontier! #RocketGameTalent is looking for a UX/UI Designer who can move fast, audit a live product and produce engineer-ready wireframes. The project is an AI-powered platform with mobile-first principles built specifically for the AEC industry (architecture, engineering, construction). New York-based client driving this project is a partnership of two of the more serious people in the AEC environment: a globally recognized architect and a seasoned East Coast developer with decades of complex deals behind them. Short-term contract role. Remote-first with NYC access. Immediate start. Portfolio required. Interested or know someone? Email: [email protected] #UXDesign #UIDesign #AEC #ContractWork #AItools

Something completely new! #RocketGameTalent is placing a Chief of Staff for an accomplished film producer and AI startup founder in Los Angeles. High-trust, senior ops role supporting a film producer, tech founder and AI entrepreneur across three businesses. Own the calendar, follow-ups and coordination layer. Think: studio partnerships, IP deals, investor meetings and lots of moving parts. Entertainment background preferred. If you’re exceptionally organized, solutions-driven and Hollywood-fluent — this role could be a great match for you. Role is contract-to-permanent, fulltime hours and based in Los Angeles, with competitive pay and hybrid office expectation. Interested or know someone? Email me directly: [email protected] #ChiefOfStaff #Hollywood #EntertainmentJobs #LosAngeles #AIstartup

Excited to announce my upcoming talk at #gamescomdev in Cologne, Germany in August, titled "𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁: 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁." Time to address what's changed. Studios across the UK, Sweden, Germany, and the Netherlands have shed thousands of roles over the past two years. If you're a European developer still running a job search built for 2021, you're potentially missing out on vital opportunities. I'll provide an executable plan tailored for the European market as it exists in mid-2026. Don't let your job search strategy hold you back! Find out more about other GamescomDev speakers and sessions: lnkd.in/emW7Nn-j Secure your tickets: lnkd.in/ewAEeqCQ #GamescomDev #GameDevelopers #GameDevsEurope

A new open contract role! Our indie game studio client at #RocketGameTalent is building the visual world of an immersive narrative RPG — and needs a 3D Artist who brings precision, period research instincts and strong Unity chops. Project demands visual authenticity and disciplined game-ready asset delivery under real performance constraints. You are a critical creative collaborator on this team, not just a production resource. You'll work closely with Studio Head on creative direction and setting accuracy, with the Unity Lead Engineer on asset integration and with the Lighting Artist on material and surface preparation. 90-day+ commitment on a vertical slice production, this is a fully remote contract role. Interested or know someone? DM or email me: [email protected] #GameDev #3DArtist #3DModeler #UnityHDRP #GameArt #IndieGameDev #NarrativeRPG

While the full-time job market for game devs is extremely tumultuous, an outcome is that some developers are ramping up new games and studios! At #RocketGameTalent, we've been fortunate to partner with several start-ups on the West Coast and East Coast, building their teams and talent strategies. Offered services focus on talent operations, planning and tools for small game studios and start-up teams, with pricing sized to your company. When your studio is ready to scale, or wants a thoughtful growth strategy early on, think of Rocket Game Talent. We can collaborate with existing talent staff, or embed to help your team reach the next level. With 20+ years serving talent solutions for indie studios and AA-AAA teams alike, we're here to help design your successful studio future!: [email protected]

New open role, game devs! My firm #RocketGameTalent is working with an East Coast game studio client seeking a remote contract Unity Tools Engineer, with skills focus on ECS/DOTS programming. This is vertical slice engagement for 3-4 months. Interested or possibly know someone? DM here or email me at [email protected] with latest resume!