the games career accelerator
The Smart Program is a career development initiative that creates career pathways for aspiring developers by providing them equitable access to professional development, a supportive creative community & industry mentors.
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Career Coaching
Craft your career narrative and carve a pathway forward via regular career coaching sessions where you will utilise experiential learning frameworks to unlock your career aspirations, set obtainable career goals and understand how your unique experiences can create demonstrable value.
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Meaningful Mentors
Build a foundation of success through personal mentorship sessions and professional development workshops designed to support you through your current challenges, help you avoid pitfalls in your projects and create both personal growth and career development opportunities.
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Industry Immersion
Hone your networking abilities, commercial capabilities and communication skills with bespoke industry events, team-based learning activities and rapid prototyping challenges all designed to improve your ability to create competitive products and compelling value propositions.
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The combination of a shared workplace, group learning activities and mentorship sessions provided a wonderful space to learn and expand my knowledge of navigating the industry and business of games. I feel like the SMART Program has genuinely changed the trajectory of my career.
Jae Stuart, SMART Program 2023
the Team
The Smart Program is designed and directed by Ceri Hutton and a team of mentors. The program was made possible by the generous support of the City of Port Phillip and the City of Melbourne.