Amazing news! Just two days ago I received a call from the Sr. Internship Specialist at Blizzard Entertainment to let me know that I have been accepted into the internship program as a Web Designer for the summer of 2012! I was so ecstatic on the phone I could barely hold it together. She even told me that I could “go ahead and crow right now if you want to.”

Such an awesome opportunity for me to see what it is like behind the walls of a company I only dreamed of working for. Thanks to my wonderful wife who encouraged me to apply, I did and I achieved an epic feat that boosts my ego and opens doors to learn from the best. I’m so blessed to have a supportive and loving wife who challenges me to reach for the stars. I’m so thrilled and honored for this opportunity and can’t wait to start working for Blizzard Entertainment – The greatest video game company of all time.

I had an interview with Blizzard last week on Tuesday (March 26th) and feel that it went well. I tried to fight off being nervous days before it came but couldn’t. Four inspiring designers I look up to were on the call and the interview seemed to cover three areas.

• First. Information about my current projects and also the design I did for Blizzard.
• Second. They asked me questions about design principles, my design process, and my values as far as web principles go.
• Third. A question and “quick” answer. They would ask me questions and I had to answer them with whatever came to mind, quickly.

They closed with me asking them whatever questions about Blizzard Entertainment.

I enjoyed the interview. When I’m nervous I tend to ramble and feel there were moments when I gave a longer answer than was needed. Also there was one question they asked where I drew a blank (What design principles do you value most when working on a project?) and I felt small. Of course after the interview was over, my brain worked much better and I knew what I “would” have said. It wasn’t too big of a deal and I’m sure they understand.

Overall I was honored to talk with designers I look up to and hope to receive the internship opportunity at Blizzard Entertainment. If I don’t receive the internship, I’ll still be glad to have talked with such inspiring designers and seek to improve myself daily so I can be better prepared for future job / internship opportunities.

The Blizzard Entertainment internship deadline is nearly here and the pressure is on to finish my sample Blizzard Entertainment product page. I’m really going for an impressive look and have a lot to live up to if I’m to look as good as some of the Blizzard designers. Anywho, I’m sitting here at school waiting for class to begin and thought I’d post about it because its on my mind a lot.

Oh also, I went to Blizzcon this last year and it was amazing. I’ll have to post some pictures I took there.

A few months back Louise and I were browsing online and found that Blizzard Entertainment was going to be accepting interns for the following year. I thought it would be awesome to be there in Irvine California but didn’t think it possible at the time. After looking it over for a bit Louise started to encourage me to attempt getting in. I realized even more that day why I love her so much. So I started a new quest to create myself a stunning new website where I could show my work and attempt to impress Blizzard Entertainment’s web department enough to give me a chance in their internship program.

I not only made this website because I love being creative but also because I’m inspired by Blizzard Entertainment’s web department. I love their design and hope that one day I can get a job or at least an internship opportunity to work along side them.