<aside> 📢 Happy Tuesday and welcome to today's AMA with Rachel Runa and Mai Dinh, who have generously agreed to spend the next hour with us answering questions about their career and open Graphic Designer position at Raw Fury!

Rachel, Mai, thank you so much for being here and sharing your insights with the Work With Indies community!

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<aside> 🪄 They’re currently hiring for 4 roles! —> check them out here!

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<aside> 🤔 Let's get this rolling! Could you please tell us a little bit about who you are, your journey into games, and what you are up to now? - Katherine

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<aside> 🖐️ Rachel: Yay! My name is Rachel and I've been working as a Marketing Creative at the indie game publisher, Raw Fury for the last four years. I'm a self-taught Graphic Designer with experience creating a large variety of digital and print assets, establishing many of the creative processes used at Raw Fury.

I'm actually leaving Raw Fury to set out on a new adventure that starts Monday, haha. I'm looking forward to that but also looking forward to seeing who will get this open position at RF! I'm passionate about helping people break into the industry so I enjoy sharing advice.

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<aside> 🖐️ Mai: I'm Mai and I work alongside Rachel and am approaching 2-years as half of the Media Team. I love dabbling in all types of visual mediums, landing on graphic design and illustration as my specialty. I help design everything from the merch to the digital storefront thumbnails, to brochures, and everything in between. I'm a lifelong creative that enjoys seeing my work come to life Raw Fury is my first games industry job; I actually previously worked in sales at a healthware company!

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<aside> 🤔 While we wait for Mai's introduction, how would you describe your company culture, in your own words? - Katherine

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<aside> ⭐ Rachel: Raw Fury's tenants are stuck in my mind so writing about the company culture in my own words might be tough, haha. These tenants really shine through. Games are Art, Treat People like People, and For Happiness (Over Profit)!

There's a hidden Raw Fury tenant that is not online but we often refer to which is Get Sh*t Done. You can work how you want, where you want, but you just need to make sure your work is accounted for 🙂

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<aside> 🤔 When do we get to hear about the new gig? 😉 And, is this Senior Graphic Designer role essentially a backfill for your position? And, does that mean getting to work with Mai Dinh all the time?- Nate

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<aside> ⭐ Rachel: Hahaha, keeping my new job to myself has been SO HARD but I think the earliest I'd want to share is Sunday. This role has yes, essentially, become a backfill. Working with Mai is really great. She's been my work bestie. Mai is creative, responsible, and here for you. She's taught me a lot about what it's like to work with print designs!

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<aside> 🌙 Mai: Seconding Rachel on both describing the culture and what the new job entails. I'll be your partner-in-crime 😉

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<aside> 🤔 What kind of "style" would you be lookin' for? More so something cartoony, easier to render in-game? Or the meaty stuff like high detail? I would love to lend a hand as I'm currently a cartoon artist wanting to help design things (mostly characters!!) for other new projects, besides the fangames I already help with!! :]] - Bastian

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