Did they ever pick a new game designer?

[Slit518]

Sometime late 2018 WotC was looking for another game designer. I am curious, have they filled the roll yet?

If not, it seems like a farther time from position announcement to position filled compared to the last game designer roll.

 

[pukunui]

Kate Welch is WotC’s newest designer. The upcoming aquatic-themed book is reportedly her first product.

 

[bedir than]

I haven't seen an announcement for the position that opened last fall. A few people on twitter said they'd interviewed for it. It was all done post Welch.

 

[pukunui]

OK. I didn’t realise they were hiring another designer in addition to Kate.

 

[Bacon Bits]

I remember people giving WotC guff for hiring Kate Welch, and that was almost exactly a year ago. (And no I don't want to talk about that here! Let the stupidity die!) My point in bringing that up is that, yes, they had announced the hiring about three months earlier.

If they were hiring in fall 2018 I hadn't heard about it and I can't seem to find any reference to it. It's not like I'm in that market, though. However, yes, if they were following the same hiring guidelines, we should be seeing a selection by now or very, very soon. Alternately, it's possible that they didn't find anybody they were interested in, or the candidates did not complete the interview process, or what WotC's asking for is requiring a longer time investment from candidates (that seems unlikely, as it would be rather off-putting for a company to require design samples that take longer than three months to complete).

 

[Slit518]

If they were hiring in fall 2018 I hadn't heard about it and I can't seem to find any reference to it. It's not like I'm in that market, though. However, yes, if they were following the same hiring guidelines, we should be seeing a selection by now or very, very soon. Alternately, it's possible that they didn't find anybody they were interested in, or the candidates did not complete the interview process, or what WotC's asking for is requiring a longer time investment from candidates (that seems unlikely, as it would be rather off-putting for a company to require design samples that take longer than three months to complete).

Yeah, they were hiring again late last year. I remember Mearls posting about it, but they weren't as vocal as the last time.

I was wondering if perhaps they did not find an idea candidate. It seems plausible.