The Game Career Guide website was launched by the Think Services Game Group in August 2006 as the leading website specifically for students and educators in the game industry. The site has expanded from the already successful education coverage on sister website Gamasutra, is run as a complement to the Game Developer magazine's annual Game Career Guide issue, and now publishes daily news and twice-weekly feature coverage on the cutting edge of game industry education.

Gamecareerguide.com features:

• International school directory of 400+ game development schools
• Student Gallery
• Education articles, news and features
• Forums to discuss games, industry news and career opportunities
• Student resources – 2006 Game Career Guide, internships and more…

GAMECAREERGUIDE.COM PLATINUM SPONSORSHIP
(6 AVAILABLE)

12 month duration - $23,000
6 month duration - $12,000

• Animated 300x250 Super banner rotating throughout GameCareerGuide.com & the Gamasutra Education Homepage
• Animated 120x600 Skyscraper banner rotating throughout GameCareerGuide.com & the Gamasutra Education Homepage
• Animated 728x90 Leaderboard banner rotating throughout GameCareerGuide.com & the Gamasutra Education Homepage
• Ability to upload 3 games or demos to the Game Download section (ability to purchase additional uploads, $500 for each additional game above 3)
• Rotating Featured Game Listing on the Game Download section homepage
• Game featured within the main game index, relevant category indexes, and the school enhanced profile page
• Top of page featured school priority placement among 400+ school profiles - includes enhanced text description with a static 120x60 school logo
• Top of page priority on the Featured School Listing
• Rotating Featured School Listing on the front page of the Game Download Section, GameCareerGuide.com & the Gamasutra Education Homepage
• HTML control of your school profile page - add flash video or audio, add multiple graphics, enhance the look of your page easily with our WYSIWYG HTML Editor
• Animated 300x250 banner located within the school enhanced profile

FEATURED SCHOOL LISTINGS (NET):

Become a Featured School in Gamecareerguide.com's School Directory, the largest online listing of school profiles relating to game development.  Reach prospective students while they are actively researching programs to help them land a career in the game industry. 

Gold Enhancement: 12 months duration - $6,500

• Ability to upload 3 games or demos to the Game Download section (ability to purchase additional uploads, $500 for each additional game above 3)
• Rotating Featured Game Listing on the Game Download section homepage
• Game featured within the main game index, relevant category indexes, and the school enhanced profile page
• Top of page featured school priority placement among 400+ school profiles - includes enhanced text description with a static 120x60 school logo
• Top of page priority on the Featured School Listing
• Rotating Featured School Listing on the front page of the Game Download Section, GameCareerGuide.com & the Gamasutra Education Homepage
• HTML control of your school profile page - add flash video or audio, add multiple graphics, enhance the look of your page easily with our WYSIWYG HTML Editor
• Animated 300x250 banner located within the school enhanced profile

Silver Enhancement: 12 months duration - $5,000

• Ability to upload 1 game or demo to the Game Download section
• Rotating Featured Game Listing on the Game Download section homepage
• Game featured within the main game index, relevant category indexes, and the school enhanced profile page
• Top of page featured school priority placement among 400+ school profiles - includes enhanced text description with a static 120x60 school logo
• Top of page priority on the Featured School Listing
• Rotating Featured School Listing on the front page of the Game Download Section, GameCareerGuide.com & the Gamasutra Education Homepage
• HTML control of your school profile page - add flash video or audio, add multiple graphics, enhance the look of your page easily with our WYSIWYG HTML Editor
• Animated 300x250 banner located within the school enhanced profile

Bronze Enhancement: 12 months duration - $3,500

• Top of page priority placement among 400+ school profiles - includes enhanced text description with a static 120x60 school logo
• Top of page priority on the Featured School Listing
• Rotating Featured School Listing on the front page of GameCareerGuide.com, and the Gamasutra Education Homepage
• HTML control of your school profile page - add flash video or audio, add multiple graphics, enhance the look of your page easily with our WYSIWYG HTML Editor
• Animated 300x250 banner located within school enhanced profile

GAME DOWNLOAD MAIN SPONSORS (4 AVAILABLE)
"PUBLISHER, TOOLS VENDOR, CONSUMER, EDUCATION"

12 month duration - $25,000
6 month duration - $15,000

• Sponsor Logo on Game Download section homepage and all subsequent pages
• Customized sponsor page, with logo, company/product/service description
• Sponsor page can link to product/service downloads and/or feature products and services within the sponsor page
• Sponsor page linked from the Game Download section homepage and all subsequent pages
• Sponsor logo on promotional print ads and banners
• Sponsor mention within all e-newsletter promotions

STUDENT GAME RESOURCE GUIDE SPONSORSHIP

NET COST - $3,500
(30 day homepage duration, then lives indefinitely within the Game Resource Guide archive)

• Game Resource Guide callout box on Gamecareerguide.com Homepage, includes game graphic, title, sponsor logo
• Sponsor written resource guide on the making of the game, tools used, student team, game program and faculty, game art pictures, link to download game
• Promotion in GCG Newsletter linking to the GOM sponsorship
• Sponsor logo on all related resource guide pages

SPONSORED FEATURES

Gamecareerguide.com offers schools and companies the opportunity to promote their game related programs and products through in-depth sponsored articles displayed on the homepage. Sponsored Features will have homepage visibility for one month and then will live in Gamecareerguide's archive indefinitely.

Sponsored Feature: $2,000

• Sponsored white paper or feature with unlimited text description
• Homepage visibility for 1 month on Gamecareerguide.com
• Lifetime visibility in Gamecareerguide's sponsored feature section
• Logo adjacent to the sponsored feature article on Gamecareerguide's homepage
• Logo within the sponsored feature article
  

EDUCATION RESOURCE GUIDE SPONSORSHIP

Gamecareerguide.com will feature resource guides, each one containing 4-5 custom features on a particular academic/career topic.  This focused content will be disseminated on Gamecareerguide.com in a microsite environment with Gamecareerguide homepage visibility for one month. It will then live in Gamecareerguide's archive indefinitely.

Custom Resource Guide Sponsorship $5,500 (Exclusive):

• Sponsored white paper or feature within the custom resource guide and accessible through Gamecareerguide's homepage.
• A sponsor logo within the homepage resource guide feature box (live for one month on the homepage, then accessible in the archives indefinitely)
• An Inside Gamasutra e-mail linking to the resource guide homepage
• Exclusive 468x60 pixel banner visibility on the resource guide homepage and all related feature pages.

 

BANNER SPECIFICATIONS

• Dimensions: 728x90
• File Size: 30K or less
• Loop Limit: 5 Loop Limit
• Formats: GIF, JPG, HTML, Flash
• Alt Text: Cannot exceed 70 Characters

SKYSCRAPER – 120X600 or 160x600

• Dimensions: 120x600 or 160x600
• File Size: 35K or less
• Loop Limit: 5 Loop Limit
• Formats: GIF, JPG, HTML, Flash
• Alt Text: Cannot exceed 70 Characters

THE BIG BOX – 300X250

• Dimensions: 300x250
• File Size: 45K or less
• Loop Limit: 5 Loop Limit
• Formats: GIF, JPG, HTML, Flash
• Alt Text: Cannot exceed 70 Characters

Creative Deadlines:

• GIF, JPEG, HTML – Two business days prior to start date.
• Flash – Five business days prior to start date.
• Linking URL must be submitted with creative.

HTML:

• HTML code cannot exceed 15K

Flash:

• Macromedia Flash version 5 or later
• Creative must be delivered as a .SWF file
• Must submit an image (JPG or GIF) to be served in case the user does not have flash installed. The Kbytes size for the static image should be the same as the Kbyte restriction for a normal image ad of the same size and shape.
• Flash files require that an FSCommand be embedded in the file for publisher to track clicks.
• Target value must be set to target=_blank
• The frame rate for flash files may not exceed 18 frames per second. 12 frames per second preferred.

Third Party Serving:

• Think Services Game Group Network allows third party rich media tags (IFRAME/ JavaScript/ATLAS) for the rotation of rich media, and requests standard third party tags (HREF, IMG SRC) for the use of GIF or JPG.

Image Rotation:

• Maximum of 3 creatives in rotation per campaign.

Rich Media:

• Rich Media accepted upon approval