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Sr. Design Economist
1 year ago
At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our growing multiverse, we continue to innovate and build new ways to foster friendship and connection. That’s where you come in!
Magic: The Gathering is a card game played and collected across the globe, with a wide-ranging assortment of products designed to engage a wide range of ways people enjoy playing Magic. As a Sr. Design Economist, you will help us better understand how Magic is played and purchased to help us make better, faster strategic decisions.
What You'll Do:
- Learn from the Past: Study the data and trends to discover insights, new perspectives, and opportunities to improve how we serve different types of customers and markets.
- Live in the Moment: Track and report on sales, identify market channels that are over/underperforming, and refine our projections and strategies in real time.
- Predict the Future: Project product sales to inform print runs and market allocation for products we have made for decades, and to inform design of products we’ve never made before.
- Boost our Agility: Help us adapt faster to changes in market conditions or behavior.
- Make our Party Smarter: Work with our design and sales teams to identify key holes in our understanding, conduct impactful studies, and communicate actionable insights.
What You'll Bring:
- Graduate degree (Master’s or PhD) AND/OR 3+ years of professional experience in economics, finance, statistics, mathematics, data science or another quantitative discipline.
- Knowledge of R, Python, SAS, Stata, or other analytics programming language.
- Ability to translate rigorous quantitative findings into actionable insights.
- Consistent track record of innovation, flexibility, and critical thinking.
We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer
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