Students Game for Work at Sumo Studio

Two students from Doncaster College were offered work placements at the Sheffield studios of major game producer Sumo Digital last summer.

The students, Rachel Wilkinson, 18, and Dave Whitaker, 18, had to submit their CV’s to Sumo to be viewed. They were then shortlisted for interview over Skype and the two were successful and invited to work at the studios for 3 weeks.

Among the tasks they were involved in was quality and assurance which involved testing the latest game from the company.

John Stopforth, lecturer at the College, said, “The company was very impressed with the two students and we got very good reports about them. They set a high bench mark and were very professional and they could even get their names on the credits of the new game!”

Rachel and Dave said, “It gave us a great insight into the business and how things worked and confirmed our intention to work in the industry”

Since the summer, a third student, Louie Hepworth, from the same course, has been on a work placement at the company.

John Stopforth added “This was a great opportunity for the College and the three students to be placed in a prestigious company such as Sumo digital.”

Sumo Digital is an independent game development studio and currently employs more than 170 development staff and is responsible for a host of famous games across a variety of platforms such as F1 2012 and the Doctor Who adventure games.