Senior game designer vs video game creator

The differences between senior game designers and video game creators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a senior game designer and a video game creator. Additionally, a senior game designer has an average salary of $102,838, which is higher than the $53,470 average annual salary of a video game creator.

The top three skills for a senior game designer include unity, animation and AAA. The most important skills for a video game creator are video content, youtube, and animation.

Senior game designer vs video game creator overview

	Senior Game Designer	Video Game Creator
Yearly salary	$102,838	$53,470
Hourly rate	$49.44	$25.71
Growth rate	3%	8%
Number of jobs	44,999	3,448
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 76%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

Senior game designer vs video game creator salary

Senior game designers and video game creators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Game Designer	Video Game Creator
Average salary	$102,838	$53,470
Salary range	Between $67,000 And $155,000	Between $24,000 And $118,000
Highest paying City	Las Vegas, NV	-
Highest paying state	Nevada	-
Best paying company	Meta	-
Best paying industry	Hospitality	-

Differences between senior game designer and video game creator education

There are a few differences between a senior game designer and a video game creator in terms of educational background:

	Senior Game Designer	Video Game Creator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 76%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Photography
Most common college	Northwestern University	Harvard University

Senior game designer vs video game creator demographics

Here are the differences between senior game designers' and video game creators' demographics:

	Senior Game Designer	Video Game Creator
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 77.5% Female, 22.5%	Male, 71.0% Female, 29.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between senior game designer and video game creator duties and responsibilities

Senior game designer example responsibilities.

Produce unique concepts and designs on CATIA of never before achieve mechanisms and body components, which are patented by CHRYSLER.
Direct devs (client and server) to create quality gameplay features for the IP.
Initial prototyping and implementation of many of its game core play mechanics on their proprietary tool.
Handle all aspects of design including writing all the design documents, making UI mockups, charting user flows, etc.
Plan and implement combat encounters.
Develop UX wireframes for products using creative applications.

Video game creator example responsibilities.

Manage all aspects of post-production including video synchronization, DVD duplication, and video editing.
Research and development into cross-platform mobile development, focusing on rapid application prototyping and development.
Review most important game of the industry, both AAA and Indie.

Senior game designer vs video game creator skills

Common senior game designer skills

Unity, 11%
Animation, 8%
AAA, 8%
Prototyping, 6%
UI, 6%
Game Mechanics, 6%

Common video game creator skills

Video Content, 49%
YouTube, 32%
Animation, 17%
Adobe Premiere, 2%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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