Games Industries Roles

There are tons if different roles in the games industry and tons in each games company, the issue is getting into just one of these roles and picking which role is right. Its also important to be aware of the different areas of a games company.

Generally researching i came across a a list of areas and job titles in the games industry that was useful to see areas that i might be interested in.

Games Design Roles:

-Lead Designer
-Object planner
-Games Designer
-GUI Designer
-Script writer
-Storyboard Artist
-Map builder Illustrator
-Level Editor
-Graphic Designer

Art and Animation in Games Design

-Creative Manager
-PreVis Artist
-Art Director
-Technical Artist
-Lead Artist
-Artist
-Concept Artis
-Animator
-Environment Artist
-3D Modeller

Programming and Coding

-Lead Programmer
-Action Scripter
-Software Engineer
-Platform Designer
-Programmer
-Information Architect
-A.I. Programmer
-Systems Analyst
-Middleware/ Tools Programmer
-Database Designer
-Graphics Programmer
-Engine Programmer
-Gameplay Programmer
-Server Architect

Audio

-Musician
-Sound Effects Designer
-Audio Engineer
-Composer

Quality Assurance

-QA Manager
-Localisation Tester
-Quality Assurance Technician / Tester*
-Localisation Manager
-Lead Tester

Production Management and Publishing

-Head of Development
-Creative Director
-Executive Producer
-Executive / Senior Producer (Publishing)
-Project Manager / Producer
-External Producer(Publishing)
-Art Director Account Director
-Programming Manager
-Associate / Junior Producer* (Publishing)
-Assistant Project Manager*
-Project Co-ordinator* (Publishing)
-Production Accountant
-Product / Brand Manager
-Production Scheduler
-Sales Manager
-Production Assistant
-Licensing / IPR Manager

I found this list of jobs on http://www.skillset.org/games/careers/article_2768_1.asp