Memes are a staple of internet culture, they can be found everywhere online from images to gifs, gaming to movies, memes have become a source of humour for many. Great, it’s not like you didn’t already know about memes, how does this help in securing a job within the gaming industry? Well, creating memes actually develops a number of soft and hard skills that can be utilised within the gaming industry if you align them correctly.
Hard Skills
To create a meme you must be able to edit digital files, either through Adobe Photoshop, Canva, or other applications. The skills and proficiencies that you develop through the seemingly simple task of creating memes can lead to further potential careers down the line.
Photo, gif, and video editing are skills that are high in demand and have the potential to form into more complex digital design skills such as animation, which is always incredibly sought after within the gaming industry.
The creative process of making memes in its own way is a form of creative writing, the ability to create relevant and witty content is a skill that can be utilised across a number of fields within the gaming industry such as story writing or marketing.
(This one’s a classic…)
Soft Skills
If you want to run an active meme page you must know that you need to post a minimum amount of times to remain active. Scheduling posts is a soft skill that can very much help you in school as well as future jobs.
Within the meme world – making sure that your content is relevant is incredibly important, not only that, but it also develops skills in forecasting and trend analysis.
Let’s get to jobs
Creating memes can be fun, it might even be a hobby for you, but there are plenty of skills that you can draw from the process of making memes. If your meme page really explodes in popularity, you can use that as a portfolio to go alongside your resume. Memes are even used within the marketing industry, you can easily find corporate social media accounts posting memes about their product, service, or industry.
The gaming industry is a large field with plenty of opportunities!
Ubisoft: Social Media Graphic Designer Esports Live Coverage
Electronic Arts: Senior Writer, Marketing & Communications, Apex Legends
Unity: Senior Technical Writer, Professional Artistry
