Meet 10 SMARTies: IGEA’s 2023 game developer mentorship recipients
Ten up-and-coming creatives kick off the 4-month SMART program designed to hone their skills and immerse them in the Melbourne’s game development community.
The 2023 SMART cohort: L-R top: William Hinze, Tyler Hilder, Emma McCaw, Sunny Tandoc, Alex Beatty. L-R bottom: Irini Melas, Alex Murphy, Andy Karalis, Jae Stuart, Daisy Chan. Suppolied.
Ten diverse and multi-talented young game creatives are currently being mentored, networked and professionally developed, as part of the 2023 SMART program.
Run by IGEA – the Interactive Games Entertainment Association, the peak industry body for games in Australia and New Zealand – the SMART program is designed to create career pathways, and support the growth of emerging talent and underrepresented peoples, within the Australian games industry.
Rochelle Siemienowicz is Screen Content Lead at Screenhub. She is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema and was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates'. Rochelle has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, is out with Midnight Sun on October 1, 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk
