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WHO WE ARE:

Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, and HB Studios. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of our growing library of critically-acclaimed franchises such as NBA 2K, Battleborn, BioShock, Borderlands, The Darkness, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization, WWE 2K, and XCOM.

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We are dedicated to diversity and inclusion, and want our community of candidates to reflect this commitment. We encourage all qualified applicants to explore our global positions.

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

WHAT WE NEED:

We are looking for an intellectually curious, driven, and team-oriented intern to help shape our work on key 2K commercial decisions that help drive our business forward for players.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

The role and implications of pre-order sales are rapidly evolving for console and PC games. The goal of this project will be contextualize and decode these changes, provide a forward-looking view into the role of pre-orders, and develop recommendations on pre-order forecast best practices moving forward.

  • Analyze and summarize past and present pre-order trends
  • Synthesize current forecasting methodologies and best practices across T2 and 2K teams
  • Present key findings, insights and recommendations to cross-functional team members as a capstone project

WHO WE THINK WILL BE A GREAT FIT:

  • You are enrolled in either a college or university at the time of the internship
  • You are adept at thinking and working in terms of “expected value” and probabilities, rather than black-and-white certainties
  • You bring an analytical rigor and grounding in the numbers to your work
  • You are passionate about learning how to optimize a business for the benefit of players
  • You enjoy crafting a story that reflects your analysis and makes it stickier for your audience