Activision Blizzard Internships

Activision Blizzard offers paid internships across all business units. Most internships take place at their Santa Monica headquarters. Internships last between 10-14 weeks and pay is dependent on class year. Most students intern at Activision Blizzard between their junior and senior years.

- Competitive compensation.
- Housing / relocation stipend.
- Meaningful projects.
- Executive speaker series with company leaders in gaming and CEO.
- Networking and social events. Interns typically get to go to baseball games, BBQs, dinner, movie events, etc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Blizzard, Inc. is a worldwide pure-play online and console game publisher with leading market positions across all categories of the rapidly growing interactive entertainment software industry.

Activision Blizzard's portfolio includes best-selling video games such as Guitar Hero®, Call of Duty®, and Tony Hawk, as well as Spider-Man™, X-Men™, Shrek®, James Bond™ and TRANSFORMERS™, leading franchises such as Crash Bandicoot™ and Spyro™ and Blizzard Entertainment's® StarCraft®, Diablo®, and Warcraft® franchises including the global #1 subscription-based massively multi-player online role-playing game, World of Warcraft®.

Activision Blizzard hires interns into all different roles. Internships are offered in the following departments: human resources, technology, design, marketing/branding, finance, communications, studio planning, and production.

Activision Internships: here
Blizzard Entertainment Internships: here

Activision Blizzard offers paid internships across all business units. Most internships take place at their Santa Monica headquarters. Internships last between 10-14 weeks and pay is dependent on class year. Most students intern at Activision Blizzard between their junior and senior years.

- Competitive compensation.
- Housing / relocation stipend.
- Meaningful projects.
- Executive speaker series with company leaders in gaming and CEO.
- Networking and social events. Interns typically get to go to baseball games, BBQs, dinner, movie events, etc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Blizzard, Inc. is a worldwide pure-play online and console game publisher with leading market positions across all categories of the rapidly growing interactive entertainment software industry.

Activision Blizzard's portfolio includes best-selling video games such as Guitar Hero®, Call of Duty®, and Tony Hawk, as well as Spider-Man™, X-Men™, Shrek®, James Bond™ and TRANSFORMERS™, leading franchises such as Crash Bandicoot™ and Spyro™ and Blizzard Entertainment's® StarCraft®, Diablo®, and Warcraft® franchises including the global #1 subscription-based massively multi-player online role-playing game, World of Warcraft®.

Activision Blizzard hires interns into all different roles. Internships are offered in the following departments: human resources, technology, design, marketing/branding, finance, communications, studio planning, and production.

Activision Internships: here
Blizzard Entertainment Internships: here

"Activision Blizzard knows how to take care of their interns" Position: Marketing Intern Location: Santa Monica, CA Pay: $$20/hour Duration: 10 weeks Review posted on 3/25/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: - I felt like Activision/Blizzard was a fast, smart, growing company. Very optimistic employees and you could feel the energy. - Good pay. - Took us to a baseball game. - I performed market research and developed a launch pr plan. It was exciting work. Don't know how much of it they will use, but loved working on it. Cons: - Gaming is pretty nerdy. lol, but I love it. Advice for other students: Apply here and if you get it, take it. Room to grow into roles. They also use the internship program to make entry level hires.

"Fun to be a part of large game launches" Position: Production Intern Location: Santa Monica, CA Pay: $$16/hour Duration: 12 weeks Review posted on 4/27/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Neutral "OK" Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: Worked with production team on just about everything. Got to see all sides of the business - coordinated with engineers, did pr, and even helped out with some of the technical testing. Cons: nothing Advice for other students: Activision Blizzard is a great place to work!