Job Opportunities in Lincolnshire

I’ve started to look into the current availability of jobs in Lincoln and Lincolnshire, the area where I will most likely be looking for work after university.

After searching around for games companies in Lincolnshire, I discovered that there is only one game studio in the area. Rockstar Lincoln is a game studio in Lincoln, part of the Rockstar company. However, this studio isn’t used for game development; instead it is used for quality assurance and localisation testing. Currently the only jobs available at Rockstar Lincoln are as localisation testers for German, Japanese, Russian or Spanish language versions of their games. While working as a localisation tester for a subsidiary of Rockstar Games would certainly be a solid career move, with this possibility leading to bigger things within the company, I don’t currently possess the necessary foreign language skills to work as a localisation tester.

Career opportunities at Rockstar Lincoln: http://www.rockstargames.com/careers/openings/rockstar-lincoln

Next I started looking at available jobs throughout Lincolnshire which involve 3D modeling but are unrelated to video games. Obviously I would much prefer a job in the games industry, however working in an unrelated 3D modeling job could give me the industry experience which would allow me to get a better games job in the future.

One job I found in the area is for a CAD technician at a company in Boston. This job would mostly involve using 3D modeling techniques to create models of bespoke doors and windows from the technical drawings given. This job would be a real possibility if needed, as any background or previous experience is accepted, with any job specific training being provided by them.

CAD Technician job in Boston: http://www.totaljobs.com/JobSeeking/CAD-Technician_job63758420

Currently, the job opportunities in Lincolnshire related to 3D modeling are fairly limited. While there are a few available currently, there are several companies in Lincoln in industries such as engineering, architecture and archeology which do to an extent use 3D CAD modeling and may at some point in the near future have a vacancy open up.

In a later post I’ll start looking at job opportunities slightly further afield.