Membership in the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences is open to qualified individuals working in the worldwide entertainment software community.
Corporate Members
If you work for one of the following companies: Activision, Bandai/Namco Games, Big Huge Games, BioWare/Pandemic Studios, Buena Vista Games, Day 1 Studios, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, High Moon Studios, id Software, Insomniac Games, Microsoft, Midway, NCsoft, Nintendo, NovaLogic, Oddworld Inhabitants, Pi Studios, PlayFirst, RedOctane, Remedy Entertainment, Sega, Sony, Spark Unlimited, Square Enix, Stormfront Studios, Sucker Punch, THQ, TT Games, Take 2 Interactive, Ubisoft, Vivendi/Universal Games, or Warner Bros. Interactive, then contact your internal human resources department about joining the Academy. Otherwise, select your membership category level using the requirements below and follow the directions on Apply.
To inquire about corporate membership and its benefits for your company, contact Terrence Myers at 818.876.0826 x205 or by email.
Membership Categories
Qualified applicants are admitted into one of four classes of membership:
| Category | Description | Voting Privileges: |
| Active Creative/ Technical: |
Individuals who have been active for at least two years in the creation or development of interactive product, and have been at least one credit on an interactive entertainment, educational, or news/information product or online site, arcade or location-based entertainment product that is now, or has been, commercially distributed. |
Active Creative/Technical members have the broadest voting rights in balloting for the Interactive Achievement Awards, and may serve on peer review committees which conduct preliminary round judging of nominees for the Awards. |
| Active Business: |
Individuals who have been active for at least two years in a management or business capacity of an entertainment software business or marketing departments, and not in a creative or technical capacity. |
Active Business members have limited voting rights in the Interactive Achievement Awards. |
| Associate: |
Individuals active in the creation, development, or business of interactive products for less than two years and who do not yet meet the experience or credit qualifications for active membership. Students who are studying for a career in the interactive industry also fall into this category. |
Associate members have limited voting rights in the Interactive Achievement Awards. |
| At-Large: |
Individuals who are actively associated with the interactive industry, support the goals of the Academy, and are not classified in any other category. |
At-Large members have limited voting rights in the Interactive Achievement Awards. |
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