We’re delighted to have won four GI.Biz Best Places to Work Awards at this year’s ceremony!

Sumo Digital received the Education Award for its contribution to education in the games industry. The award celebrates Sumo’s introduction of a games industry apprenticeship programme with the Sumo Digital Academy, and its ongoing work with the Ahead Partnership – which invites young people from local schools to explore careers in the games industry.

Dr Jacob Habgood, who runs the Academy, said: “We’re thrilled to have won this award in recognition of the amazing work that goes on in education across Sumo Group. From our schools’ outreach programme with Ahead Partnership to Atomhawk’s public art exhibitions and all the local links between studios and universities: they all make essential contributions to the talent pipeline. We’re creating alternative pathways through The Sumo Academy and The Chinese Room’s Entry Scheme, and our work developing new apprenticeship programmes will feed into these goals for the future.”

Also celebrated was Sumo Leamington’s Operations Director, Harinder Sangha, who collected the award for Best Boss. Harinder’s contributions not only to the studio, but the wider games industry as she sits on the Board for both Women in Games and Ukie and was recognised by GI.Biz in their 2019 Top 100 Most Influential Women award list.

On this prestigious win, she said: “I’m incredibly thrilled to be accepting this award, and what an honour it is to even be listed among my fellow nominees, some incredibly inspiring people that I have a huge amount of respect for.  “I literally have the best job in the world – I get to bring together some of the most brilliant minds to create joy for the world, which over the last 18 months has been more important than ever.” 

Sumo Digital studios also saw recognition across the individual studio awards – with both Red Kite Games and Lab42 picking up Best Places to Work badges – which are credit to the fantastic work of their teams in creating great workplace cultures.

Sumo was also pleased to be nominated for the Diversity Award at this year’s event.

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