2023-07-03 14:02:19
Talk-show united Finland and Brazil on the stage of the BIG Festival
The most important electronic games festival in Latin America, BIG Festival (Best International Games Festival), brought together the main studios in the world in São Paulo until next Sunday (2). Finland, which is among the top five game developers in Europe, shared its expertise in this market during the talk-show “Game Changers: Insights from Finland’s industry”.
Business Finland highlighted opportunities for Brazilians in the Finnish games industry
During the chat, the Talent manager at Talents from Work in Finland, the official Finnish website for talent and companies wishing to hire foreigners, and which is part of Business Finland, an organization for financing innovation and promoting trade, travel and investment , Alessandra Leone, highlighted how Brazil and Finland can invest in cooperation between the countries. “Game creation requires professionals from different areas, and the more diverse the team, the more interesting it can become worldwide. So there are many opportunities for international talent to find work in the technology and gaming industry in Finland,” she says.
Finland developers and publishers
Markus Vahtola, CMO of Fingersoft, one of the largest mobile racing game companies and one of the main game developers and publishers in Finland, highlighted, during the meeting with the public, that the country is looking for Brazilian talent. “Brazil is a big market with many creative talents and working with a multicultural team is always very rewarding”.
Games Market
In Finland, the gaming market moved around €3.2 billion in 2021, according to, according to the NeoGames report on the Finnish Gaming Industrya record value that was maintained in 2022. With the market on the rise, the search for talent is also accelerating.
Brazilian game producer Cláudio Lins, 42 years old, has more than 20 years of experience in this market and has lived in Finland for 10 years.
No Big Festival event
At the event, he shared a little of his trajectory and what it’s like to live in the happiest country in the world and gave valuable tips for those who dream of working outside Brazil. “Invest in an excellent portfolio and when you have more experience, look for remote job opportunities. When you are at a senior level, apply to companies and countries that interest you”.
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