When I was in 6th or 7th grade, I played a trading card game called Magic the Gathering. Being a baseball card collector, I was more interested in what the cards were worth than actually playing the game. I occasionally played with my friends, but when they lost interest, I went back to baseball cards. Many trading card games came after (I didn’t play any of them), but apparently Magic the Gathering was the first. I had long forgotten about Wizards of the Coast, the company that was behind Magic cards, when I came across their name again. I took a look, and was surprised to see that the Renton, WA based company has grown quite a bit over the past decade and was eventually purchased by Hasbro. Wizards of the Coast is still a gaming company—the world leader in hobby games—and their brands include Dungeons & Dragons, Duel Masters, Heroscape, Axis & Allies, and Star Wars in addition to Magic the Gathering.
It’s surprising that a company can have as much success as Wizards of the Coast while still staying seemingly under the radar, but that’s exactly why the company has been so successful. Instead of expanding outside of their niche market as they’ve grown, Wizards has stayed true to themselves and grown within their market. They have an insanely loyal following, which is why the competition for internships at Wizards of the Coast can be extremely fierce. In fact, competition is the perfect word—in 2006 Wizards of the Coast launched a competition in which the winner won a paid R&D Design Internship. Unfortunately, there has been no new info on internship opportunities with Wizards of the Coast since then. I’m not sure what the deal is, but they don’t even mention internships in their Careers FAQ. I couldn’t even find any current or recent interns on LinkedIn. If you have any info on internships with Wizards of the Coast, please share it in the comments. Until then you may want to try networking your way in or submitting a résumé for general consideration here. You can also keep an eye on the company’s Job postings here to see if anything pops up.
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Tags: design, Internships, paid, research and development, Washington
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