The Career Center
Character Modeling for Next Gen Games
January 22nd, 2022 | Online | 10PM-12AM PST
Learn what is needed to be a good character artist, and receive an overview on how to sculpt digital characters, the various processes & techniques by using Zbrush for video games, movies, or collectibles in this introductory workshop.
The Career Center
Character Modeling for Next Gen Games
January 22nd, 2022 | Online | 10PM-12AM PST
Learn what is needed to be a good character artist, and receive an overview on how to sculpt digital characters, the various processes & techniques by using Zbrush for video games, movies, or collectibles in this introductory workshop.
The Career Center
Character Modeling for Next Gen Games
January 22nd, 2022 | Online | 10PM-12AM PST
Learn what is needed to be a good character artist, and receive an overview on how to sculpt digital characters, the various processes & techniques by using Zbrush for video games, movies, or collectibles in this introductory workshop.
Strategic Track
The Strategic track centers on initiative. Members design and execute increasingly complex projects that serve their communities, campuses, industries, or creative ecosystems. They identify a need, build a solution, measure results, and ensure sustainability beyond their direct involvement.
Strategic track begins with an idea.
If you see a gap in your community, industry, or campus — something that could be built or improved — bring it to your Crew Guides.
Once approved, you take ownership. The Strategic track is designed for members ready to move from idea to execution.
Ready to get started? Share your interests and ideas with your guides. Not a member yet? Join EGD to begin your journey.
Who Is Strategic Track For?
The Strategic track is designed for members who:
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Are interested in developing their own projects
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Have career goals outside of AAA development studios
The Strategic track is intentionally broad, and a leadership laboratory. Members can pursue nearly any initiative — creative, technical, entrepreneurial, civic, or community-based — as long as it meets the program’s standards for impact. Additionally, impact does not have to be social or political. Members are expected to design initiatives that produce measurable outcomes and demonstrate legitimate responsibility. The scope and complexity of these projects increase with each award.
Progression
The Strategic track is designed as a multi-year pathway.
Each award level — Tyro, Practitioner, and Fellow — represents an important milestone. Members may complete one award or continue forward as their goals and availability allow.
Fellowship is earned through long-term commitment, but each award is a complete achievement on its own.
One Year: Strategic Tyro
Strategic Tyro represents the ability to design and complete a focused 40-hour project that serves a defined audience and demonstrates clear outcomes. While pursuing Tyro, members focus on planning, follow-through, and scope control.
Two Years: Strategic Practicioner
Strategic Practitioner requires an 80-hour project with measurable results. Members must demonstrate that their work created tangible impact and can articulate what changed as a result of their effort. They focus on data collection, stakeholder management, and start to consider how to create replicable systems.
Three Years: Strategic Fellow
Fellowship is EGD’s highest honor and emphasizes innovation, mentorship, and long-term impact. Strategic Fellows complete a 120-hour project that produces measurable results and establishes systems that continue beyond their involvement. Fellows graduate with experience that goes beyond a typical entry-level profile and are prepared to compete for early-career roles that often ask for prior professional experience.
What Makes the Strategic Track Different?
The Strategic Track is not a volunteer hour requirement or a title-based leadership role. Most “leadership experiences” stop at participation. The Strategic Track requires execution.
Unlike a typical school project, strategic projects must operate in real environments with constraints, and for Fellowship, it must continue beyond the member’s direct involvement. Each project is reviewed and approved in advance and evaluated upon completion by two guides to ensure consistency and integrity.
The Strategic Track measures not what you intend to do, but what you make happen.
Outcomes for Fellows
Strategic Track participants build skills that extend beyond games:
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Project and operations management
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Data-informed decision-making
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Community and stakeholder coordination
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Advocacy and policy engagement
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Entrepreneurial execution
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Organizational leadership
Whether members pursue careers in development, nonprofit work, business, public service, or entrepreneurship, the ability to move ideas into measurable impact is integral to their success.
Expand Your Horizons
To broaden their perspectives, members pursuing the Strategic track visit cultural institutions and special events on a monthly basis, bringing fresh ideas and inspiration to your projects.
Award Completion Requirements
Attendance & Hours
Strategic track is a highly flexible pathway, as long as project hours and guidelines are met. Members pursuing awards in the Strategic track are required to meet with their guides at least once a month (though ideally weekly).
Quests
Strategic Tyro - PD I, Compass I, Compass II, Travelling, Versus, and one choice
Strategic Practitioner - Iterative Leadership, Collective Governance, and three choice
Strategic Fellow - PD II, and three choice