Listen to the episode with Marlena Siwa, Senior Marketing Execution Manager at ESL to find out what is Fan Marketing Department  at ESL, what are the white label events, and when did she fall in love with esports.  Make sure you follow me on Facebook to stay up to date with the podcast, mentoring, events, and many more: https://www.facebook.com/itshergame   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itshergame/message

Meet Kasia 'Kafis' Zielińska - Senior Concept Artist at Techland and Magic: The Gathering Illustrator. Ok, you haven't tuned in by this point? Listen to a bit lengthy, but worth playing conversation I had with Kasia about how she scored her dream job at Techland, where did she search for the inspiration to design devastated lands of zombies' dominance, the importance of persistence, and projects' diversification in creative roles, and why screaming is good (sometimes).  Check my Facebook page for more info: https://www.facebook.com/itshergame --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itshergame/message

Aleksandra Rutkowska is a Technical Artist at PUBG, how cool is that?! Well, I didn't know how until I spoke to Aleksandra. Why? Because the Technical Artist role was a mystery and a total contradiction. Is TA an Artis or Engineer?  Fortunately, I had a pleasure of talking to this beautiful mind, who, let me tell it loud and clear - one day will be a rockstar of her industry and is one of the top talents I have ever met. Join us to find out what are the differences between Technical artist and a technical Artist, why is it probably the most diplomatic role in the industry, but also super vulnerable to burnout (Ola shares her story with a few tips on what to do to overcome it), and... how to talk to the duck. Hey, remember to join me on Facebook or Twitter! Facebook: IT'S HER GAME Twitter: dominika_szot --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itshergame/message

Natalia is a lawyer by degree, gamer by heart, and now Junior Art Producer for GWENT at CD Projekt Red. Check the episode that can be sum up in one word - MYTHBUSTERS. We crashed the biases of administrative roles and debunked the myths around QA roles. Tune in and find out how the QA roles are organized inside CDPR, what are the tasks of the Art QA Analyst, how to manage the testing of the live game, and what funny bugs Natalia found in GWENT. Hey, make sure you catch us on Facebook too: https://www.facebook.com/itshergame --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itshergame/message

Marilena Papacosta, born in Greece, currently based in the UK she is Head Of Brand Marketing at Frontier Developments with a previous experience in the gaming industry from Koei Tecmo, and the music sector at Sony. She is also a member of BAFTA, and on top of that a great support and advocate of women in the gaming industry. A pleasure to have you on the show Marilena! Listen to our conversation to find out what she thinks about music entering the video games world, what is the difference between branding and marketing in video games, and how to become a global video games rockstar coming from the Greek island! Marilena's cover picture credits: Evangelos Dimopoulos/vogue.gr Follow IT'S HER GAME on Facebook for insights about women in gaming and info about the latest episodes: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/itshergame  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itshergame/message

What a wonderful start of the week it is since I can finally release this episode with Pauliina Tornqvist from Activision 🔥 She was previously working at Ubisoft and Rovio, had her own mobile games studio (tune in to figure out why), and worked on titles such as Angry Birds, Watch Dogs, and now, Call of Duty. Listen to this episode  and find out more about the producer role, how it is to work on huuuge IPs, but also discover Pauliina's path to California - the story of the determination, creativity, and passion 🙌 PS Pauliina has been recently promoted to the Producer role, after just a year as the Associate Producer - share this episode to show her some support 💥 Follow me on Facebook for more insights on women in gaming and my guests: https://www.facebook.com/itshergame  Catch me on Twitter if you have any questions: https://twitter.com/dominika_szot --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itshergame/message

Let's start celebrating Women's History Month with an awesome women who has been contributing for years to the development of one of the top performing sport mobie game - Fishing Clash. Eliza Chyży, Game Designer from Ten Square Games, is a living definition of passion for game design, natural challenger who is not afraid to test, design and improve on the way to creating gaming blockbusters. Tune in to get to know a few tips on how to approach game design, the importance of storytelling in mobile, and last but not least - discover the story behind Eliza's passion and success. You can't miss this episode if you consider working in gaming, but still don't know which path to choose or live under the spell of ' mobile is not fun to design', if anything, Eliza can twist your mind on that! Like IT'S HER GAME on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itshergame/ Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominika_szot  Check career opportunities at Ten Square Games: https://tensquaregames.com/career/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itshergame/message

Sophie Brugmann, Team Lead Live Producing at Gameforge has started her job in the way we now often only see in the movies - by finding the offer in the newspaper. From Inter Game Evaluation, through the roles of specialist her roles led her to...an IKEA chair and shared Excel in the Kolibri when she led operations for the newly formed, ye soon to be leading, mobile game developer. She later progressed production roles that led her to the current position of Team Lead Live Producing at Gameforge. Still not sure if gaming allows for a flexible career and defining your own path through it? Well, listen to my conversation with Sophie!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itshergame/message

Jessica Sundell is a Creative Lead & Lead Product Designer at Hatch Entertainment. I couldn't imagine myself interviewing a better guest than Jessica after finishing the last episode with Natalia Martinsson's advice - If you want to succeed you need to lose your fear. Jessica Sundell most definitely did lose her fear when she decided to swap the established position in the world of creative agencies for the new land of the gaming industry. With a strong artistic background, but no prior experience in game design, she was not afraid to aim high! So what was her key to Rovio's door and the decade-long career in the creative roles in gaming? How did she implement her skills and adapt to new roles working on Angry Birds, The Walking Dead, and now Hatch Kids? Listen to this episode to find out and get a lot of insights on the Creative roles in gaming and managing creative teams! Follow me on Facebook for more insights on women in gaming and my guests: https://www.facebook.com/itshergame Catch me on Twitter if you have any questions: https://twitter.com/dominika_szot --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itshergame/message

Say hello to Natalia Martinsson, Killmonday Games Game Designer and CEO.  Her passions are art, storytelling, and brains! With no prior experience in gaming, Natalia and her husband had created a studio that by far have released two games Fran Bow and Little Misfortune - both with thousands of overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews. If that hasn't convinced you yet to tune it her main goal while creating the game is to use storytelling as a way to guide the games they create with a deeper meaning; awareness of emotions and emotional intelligence.  Listen to our conversation on the importance of designing for emotion, use games as a tool to cope with traumatic experiences, mental health, but also building a successful gaming studio with no idea about the industry - this episode is a true definition of ' If you can dream it you can do it''. Follow me on Facebook for more insights on women in gaming and my guests: https://www.facebook.com/itshergame Catch me on Twitter if you have any questions: https://twitter.com/dominika_szot --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itshergame/message