Video game creative directors are one of the happiest careers in the United States.
At CareerExplorer, we conduct an ongoing survey with millions of people and ask them how satisfied they are with their careers. As it turns out, video game creative directors rate their career happiness 4.5 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 0% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy video game creative directors are to similar careers in the industry. Take a look at the results below:
Salaries and satisfaction ratings in similar careers
| Career | Satisfaction | Avg Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Video game creative director | 4.5 | $90k |
| Game level designer | 4.3 | $90k |
| Game designer | 4.2 | $90k |
| Video game producer | 4.1 | $90k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are video game creative directors happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do video game creative directors find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as video game creative directors?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are video game creative director’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are video game creative directors making the best use of their abilities?
Are video game creative directors happy with their salary?
Video game creative directors rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.4/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most video game creative directors having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked video game creative directors how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
36 video game creative directors
39% of video game creative directors rated their compensation 5 stars
11% of video game creative directors rated their compensation 4 stars
19% of video game creative directors rated their compensation 3 stars
8% of video game creative directors rated their compensation 2 stars
22% of video game creative directors rated their compensation 1 stars
Do video game creative directors find their jobs meaningful?
On average, video game creative directors rate the meaningfulness of their work a 4.3/5. Unlike many careers, video game creative directors have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become video game creative directors.
We asked video game creative directors how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
4.3 out of 5 stars
37 video game creative directors
59% of video game creative directors rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
24% of video game creative directors rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
8% of video game creative directors rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
3% of video game creative directors rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
5% of video game creative directors rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as video game creative directors?
Video game creative directors rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.5/5. The majority of video game creative directors find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked video game creative directors how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.5 out of 5 stars
37 video game creative directors
65% of video game creative directors rated their career fit 5 stars
22% of video game creative directors rated their career fit 4 stars
11% of video game creative directors rated their career fit 3 stars
3% of video game creative directors rated their career fit 2 stars
How enjoyable is a video game creative director’s work environment?
As a whole, video game creative directors rated their enjoyment of their work environment 4.3/5. A solid majority of video game creative directors enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a video game creative director.
We asked video game creative directors how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
4.3 out of 5 stars
37 video game creative directors
62% of video game creative directors rated their work environment 5 stars
16% of video game creative directors rated their work environment 4 stars
16% of video game creative directors rated their work environment 3 stars
3% of video game creative directors rated their work environment 2 stars
3% of video game creative directors rated their work environment 1 stars
Are video game creative directors making the best use of their abilities?
Former video game creative directors on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 4.4/5. Most video game creative directors surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a video game creative director, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked video game creative directors how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
4.4 out of 5 stars
36 video game creative directors
56% of video game creative directors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
33% of video game creative directors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
8% of video game creative directors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
3% of video game creative directors rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars