ETS is unique among Game Industry agencies. Malcolm Johnson, Principal of ETS, brings a decade of Game Industry technology management and leadership experience at major publisher/developers to bear on engineering placement and career development. Significant components of this work were engineering staffing and career development. This experience provides compelling advantages to studios and engineers, alike.

Busy hiring managers should expect resumes that are submitted through agencies to closely match their needs. Otherwise, that agency is thoughtlessly wasting your time and their future use should be scrutinized. Malcolms experience enables him to fully grasp the requirements and nuances of your open positions. When he is thoroughly profile a candidate, he can accurately determine whether that candidate is a match for your position. In additional, his experience results in effective communication between your studio and a candidate because Malcolm understands the circumstances of the open position as well as the skill set and career arc of the engineer. The committed and focused effort resulting from retained search often works best when competing for the prized skills of an experienced game engineer, though arrangements can be made with ETS to notify hiring managers directly when engineers with the skills you seek become available.

Engineers get more from ETS than simple representation. After all, you are only looking for changes about 5% of the time. The remaining time is spent improving your technical and leadership skills, gathering technical and industry information, expanding your career breadth, and making games. Malcolms experience enables him to assist engineers throughout their games career in all of these areas by acting as a sounding board and helping to crystallize action plans to augment practices already in place. When the time is right to consider career options, Malcolm creates a customize search plan to uncover opportunities that suit your needs and preferences. Your search is professional, discreet, and on your terms you are in charge. ETS will help you rise above your competition when reaching for the best positions.

If working with an experienced Games Industry engineering specialist has value for you, invest the time to contact Malcolm today.

Entertainment Software Industry Engineering And Technology Management
(707) 773-1279
malcolm@etsource.com