The number and variety of jobs available in the rapidly expanding esports sector is growing , with job titles including account manager , business development executive and marketers being hired alongside players . Jobs website HitmarkerJobs.com said 2,497 jobs in esports were held by operators in 36 countries in the first half of 2018 although almost a quarter of them were unpaid . Management and marketing positions make up 20 % of the total with other posts including product management , team house manager , travel agent and meme editor .
The number and variety of jobs available in the rapidly expanding esports sector is rising, with job titles including account manager, business development executive and marketers being hired alongside players. Jobs website HitmarkerJobs.com said 2,497 jobs in esports were posted by operators in 36 countries in the first half of 2018 although almost a quarter of them were unpaid. Management and marketing jobs made up 20% of the total with other posts including product management, team house manager, travel agent and meme specialist.