MCV/DEVELOP’s 30 Under 30 2024

MCV/DEVELOP’s 30 Under 30 will be returning as part of the much-anticipated MCV/DEVELOP #1000.

Nominations are now being accepted and are open to everyone involved in the UK video games industry who will remain under the age of 30 on the December 31, 2024. That’s developers, publishers, platform holders, retailers, distributors, media and other supporting roles. To nominate yourself or eligible colleagues, simply fill out the standard entry form, or send the required info to vince.pavey@biz-media.co.uk.

What we need: Your nominees’ name, DOB, email address, job title, employer name, a LinkedIn profile link, a photo and a supporting statement. If you’re nominating someone else, we’ll also need your name and contact details.

Nominations must be submitted before midday UK time on Friday, October 18, 2024.

This year’s 30 Under 30 winners will be spotlighted in a special micro-magazine that will come bundled with MCV/DEVELOP #1000, which will also serve as a commemoration and celebration of the creativity, growth and ongoing careers of previous cohorts that have received the prestigious award.

What makes a successful nomination?

Well the first advice is to carefully follow the guidelines. You may be fantastic but your nomination must include all the elements we request. Beyond that we recommend that you make sure that your LinkedIn page is fully updated and includes all the necessary details as it’s the easiest way for us to check a public record of your career to date. We are mainly looking for nominees who have spent some years in the industry and can demonstrate their excellence and progression within it.

We highly recommend that you consider your sponsors carefully. If you think your colleague is the best thing ever, then please tell us but also make sure that we also receive praise from (preferably) their line manager, or another senior member of the team where you both work. Nominations from individual’s past roles are also very well received. And if you’re freelance then we’ll be largely looking at nominations from those who have commissioned you for work.

We are more than happy to accept tailored nominations, so if one person wants to put all this stuff together for someone, or you want to chase up your sponsors yourself and submit all their kind words together, along with your own self-nomination as an overview, then that is acceptable. Just please provide an email address for everyone included, so we can get in contact if needed.

Hope that helps. If you have any queries please get in touch — we’d much rather hear from you before than after!

To be eligible to appear in our 30 Under 30 list this year, nominees must be under the age of 30 on the December 31, 2024. They also can’t have appeared on any of our 30 Under 30 lists before. If they’ve had an honourable mention in a previous 30 Under 30 list, they’re still eligible.

We are also currently looking for sponsors for the celebratory issue. If that sounds like something you or your company would be interested in, please reach out to vanessa.joyce@biz-media.co.uk or eporter@datateam.co.uk . We look forward to hearing from you!