Last year, the Serbian gaming industry realized an income of EUR 120 million and thereby realized a growth of around 20%. This is an industry which employs 2,000 people and which is increasingly attractive to young experts.
As Kristina Jankovic Obucina, Executive Manager of SGA (Serbian Games Association), says for eKapija, what attracts young professionals who choose this industry is that it is an
extraordinary combination of creative and technical skills:
– Not just programmers, but also various kinds of digital and traditional artists (modelers, illustrators, animators), but also game designers, experts for user acquisition, business development and HR, work in it.
Most also fantasize about the “Holy Grail”, turning their hobby into a career, which is certainly possible here.
She adds that there are challenges too, primarily for startups and smaller teams, because
you earn only after you finish a project, that is, after you present the game to the market, and that takes anywhere between six months and two years.
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There are not enough official opportunities for the financing and the obtaining of investments. This, however, is balanced by the somewhat lower costs of the production of mobile games, which are less demanding in technical terms and in terms of the time needed, so this is a great way to get into gaming – points out Jankovic Obucina.
She also reveals that there is currently a great demand for new workers, so it’s a great time to start looking for a job in gaming.
– The scope of the industry’s growth is also shown by our
SGA Poslovi platform, where
there are around 100 job vacancies at any moment – our interviewee says.