GotGameU’s internship program focuses on four distinct areas of expertise: Marketing, Writing, Graphic Design, and Computer Science. Though each branch is separate and packed with its own curriculum, interns from each tier collaborate on projects in order to produce a unified result of mixed media bliss. The results of past internships are visible throughout the GotGame website and within the GotGame application: everything you see, click, or gasp at has been, and will continue to be, influenced by our standout interns in every group.Marketing:Our Marketing program utilizes guerrilla tactics, new media, and direct, hands-on contact to promote GotGame. With technology constantly morphing and adapting to newly released mediums, outdated textbooks are not the sturdiest knowledge base to stand upon. In order to adapt and stay fresh, we keep our team educated and informed of the most up-to-date and effective practices in online marketing. Interns suggest and implement their own unique marketing plans in real-time, with measurable results. With access to detailed learning modules, a growing team of experienced professionals, and the freedom to create any type of marketing schemes they can dream up, our Marketing interns get their foot in the gaming industry door, and then walk right through.
- Creating a Web Presence
- Leveraging Social Bookmarks to Drive Traffic to Your Site
- Online Guerrilla Marketing: Forum Posting Strategies
- Event Planning: How to Build and Promote Events
- Social Networking Success
- Buzz Marketing
- Email Marketing
- Quality Assurance and Testing
Writing:
GotGameU’s Writing Program is like no other opportunity out there. Our writers gain real experience researching and crafting news articles about all aspects of the gaming industry. The scope of our News site encompasses reviews, industry news, politics, gamer culture, pop culture, and more. Meanwhile, through sponsorship of elite professional gaming teams, as well as our affiliations with other gaming, media, and advertising groups, our writers have outstanding opportunities to make connections in the industry while creating exclusive writing content. Best of all, our writers’ work gets huge publicity, thanks to our personal team of skilled Marketing Interns. Our News site is rapidly growing in readership, with no end in sight. Writing interns also have an opportunity for further advancement and enhanced responsibilities. Write on.
Our writers will gain valuable experience in:
- Meeting weekly deadlines along with longer project deadlines
- Submitting at least two articles a week for our News site
- Topic idea generation and keeping up-to-date with news
- Intermediate HTML coding and WordPress online writing application
- Interview preparation and communication skills
- Basic Photoshop and image editing
- Guerilla and viral marketing skills
Graphic Design:
Graphic design is an integral, constantly visible extension of the GotGame marketing campaign. Our graphics interns get to work on an extensive range of projects, with minimal supervision and maximum creative license. If you see it, our Graphic Design interns made it–and made it well.
- Designing banner advertisements
- Creating front-page presentation images
- Designing merchandise
- Developing graphical user interfaces for the GotGame client
Computer Science and Web Development:
GotGame’s computer programmers and web developers make a lasting impact on a multitude of projects within the heart of GotGame. Our Computer Science program offers interns the chance to put their C++, Java, Flex, and ActionScript skills to use within the GotGame application’s build environment. Their work affects and impacts all visitors to our site and players on our application, and acts as direct support to our primary team of developers.
- Site design
- Building the GotGame client
- Structuring the website with PHP, designing the layout with CSS
