Trainee

We are one of the largest and most successful games industry “trainers” in Finland. Currently we have over 100 employees and over the years almost 200 people have started their industry career at Frozenbyte. For 95% of our current employees Frozenbyte is their first game development job, and we still hire a lot of people who haven’t worked in the games industry (or anywhere) before.

We believe new people are our strength, as we can teach them from the very basics to the very high-end of their profession. Our unique views on some work culture aspects are also easier to teach to fresh people.

If an applicant wants to proceed to art, code or design, they have to demonstrate adequate skills and learning capabilities before being hired as a trainee. We create personal plans with every trainee with regards to how they will learn sufficient skills to move forward.

We pay everyone based on their game development skills. This means that we don’t value any degrees or non-game-related experience more than what it adds to your skills. Usually only real work experience (including hobby work) is something that increases your skills. Our normal trainee starting pay is 6-9 months little/unpaid training period, usually administrated as part of some school degree or pay covered (partially) by the Finnish employment agency. If you apply for a training job you should investigate your financial possibilities beforehand. All of our trainees are required to be able to continue full-time work after their training period is completed, and we only hire people on the intent that they will become our employees, preferably for a very long time.

We hire well over 80% of our trainees, and even the rest have been employed well within the games industry. One could say that getting picked up by us is a very good way to get into the games industry.

Trainees are usually assigned the work that we feel is most beneficial for the company. Usually at first this includes learning to use our tools, and slowly proceeding from there towards the desired position within our company. Without previous industry experience, progressing further inside our company usually requires self-training on your own time, so please be prepared for that as well.

When applying, mention the desired job you aim for after your trainee period – and include relevant work samples for positions requiring those. We also highly recommend reading the relevant sections of this page before applying for a trainee position. For example, if you apply for a design trainee position, read through the design section and include a completed design assignment in your trainee application.

Successful trainee applicants have demonstrated the general requirements well. However, each and every hire has come from a different background, so if you have the best attitude for the job and for the games industry, please send us your application!

Work practice program (TET)

We process work practice program (TET) applications on case-by-cases basis. Follow the guidelines on this page when writing your application and sent it to [email protected]. Please read through the “How to apply” section before applying.

TET-harjoittelumahdollisuudet katsomme tilanteen mukaan. Tee hakemuksesi tämän sivun muiden ohjeiden mukaisesti ja lähetä hakemuksesi osoitteeseen [email protected]. Luethan “How to apply” osion läpi ennen hakemuksen lähettämistä.