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. In a YouTube video from CompLexity Gaming, one of their employees tells the story of how he got into esports, which concludes with him taking a train ride with a 6-hour layover to an event in Atlanta to hand out resumes to anyone who’d take one. “Esports has become a huge part of our lives,” said Jason Lake, CEO at Riot Games, which runs League of Legends, one of the most popular games on Facebook. Management and marketing jobs made up 20% of the total with other posts including product management, team house manager, travel agent and meme specialist.
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. “Esports has become a huge part of our lives,” said Jason Lake, CEO at Riot Games, which runs League of Legends, one of the most popular games on Facebook. Management and marketing jobs made up 20% of the total with other posts including product management, team house manager, travel agent and meme specialist.