WotC Is Hiring A New D&D Game Designer

Want a job designing Dungeons & Dragons products for WotC? They're hiring! A new job opportunity has been posted on Hasbro's jobs website. "This position creates D&D products, such as a book updating a setting to 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons. It is responsible for leading one product at a time, while providing feedback on other products in production. The person in this role is responsible for the final product, and must oversee and coordinate the work of designers, writers, and editors to combine individual contributions into a cohesive whole. This position is also responsible for ensuring that the product is consistent with D&D game mechanics and that new game material is properly playtested."

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The job is based near Seattle, at WotC's main offices. Click here to check it out.

It's interesting that the task of "a book updating a setting to 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons" is specifically called out in the introduction.

 

[hejtmane]

Pass I will stick to having to work weird hours getting paged in the middle of the night. Dealing with dumb vendors.

 

[Remathilis]

such as a book updating a setting to 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons

Interesting...

 

[Kramodlog]

I'm surprised they just didn't give it to someone known and trusted in the industry. It is a small industry and that job requires experience.

 

[Morrus]

I'm surprised they just didn't give it to someone known and trusted in the industry. It is a small industry and that job requires experience.

Well, they need to advertise it before somebody known and trusted in the industry can apply for it. I don't think they headhunt.

 

[Patrick McGill]

Hopefully this means an expansion of the design team based on the success of this edition rather than someone having put in a two week notice.

 

[Parmandur]

Well, they need to advertise it before somebody known and trusted in the industry can apply for it. I don't think they headhunt.

There are also potential legal issues if the job isn't posted for general application.

 

[Parmandur]

Interesting...

Methinks they doth be trolling with the example, whatever they have in the works.

 

[Acr0ssTh3P0nd]

Ooof. All these positions seem to pop up just a bit too early for me. I'd love to work for WotC and I genuinely think I've got the project-based attitude and team-based development experience, but I just got out of uni and into the games industry proper, so I feel like I need another 2-3 years under my belt, at the very least, before I have a shot to get anywhere other than the bottom of the slush pile. Oh, well. Time to work harder!

 

[Blue]

Optimistic: Hmm, reversing the trend of the Xmas layoffs? Growing the team is a good thing.
Cynical: Want to get someone in and up to speed because they are planning on letting go a known problem but would rather have proper hand-off.
Neutral-ish: Someone is leaving and they want to replace them.