Breaking into the Video Game Biz with Blizzard Entertainment!
Brought to you by the School of Communications & Webster SIGGRAPH
Date: Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009
Time: 12:30PM-3:00PM
Location: The Library Conference Room @ Webster University
Food: Free Pizza and Soda!
Limited Seating: RSVP NOW!
About the Event:
Kriste Stull from Blizzard Entertainment will give Webster University students an inside look of what it is like to work in the video game industry, at Blizzard Entertainment specifically, and what it takes to get employed there.
Our speaker, Kriste Stull, is a 6 year video game industry veteran and Lead Recruiter for Blizzard Entertainment. Prior to working at Blizzard Entertainment, Kriste was employed by Electronic Arts, another highly successful video game company. She was initially hired as University Relations Manager for EA-Los Angeles and then promoted to Senior Recruiter where she was responsible for hiring for all facets of development-art, design and engineering. Prior to working for Electronic Arts, Kriste was a University Liaison at the University of Advancing Technology (UAT) where she worked closely with the gaming industry to bring game companies and professionals to the UAT campus for tech forums. UAT grooms students specifically to go into gaming and digital animation fields. Students have only a vague notion of what goes on at a video game company, what it takes to work there, and what it takes to get hired there. The video game industry is a very discerning and demanding one and Kriste’s presentation will provide an invaluable opportunity for students who wish to pursue a career in this field.
Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft® and the Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® series, Blizzard Entertainment is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment’s track record includes eleven #1-selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards. The company’s online-gaming service, Battle.net®, is one of the largest in the world, with millions of active users.
Blizzard Entertainment is the creator of the wildly successful video game series World of Warcraft (WoW). From Wikipedia: With more than 11.5 million monthly subscriptions, World of Warcraft is currently the world’s most-subscribed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) and holds the Guinness World Record for the most popular MMORPG by subscribers. In April 2008, World of Warcraft was estimated to hold 62 percent of the massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) subscription market.
