The world of esports is growing and so are we!
At ESL FACEIT Group (EFG), we bring moments of magic and provide thrills to hundreds of millions of people, every single day. We pride ourselves having enabled and empowered the global esports industry for more than two decades, aligned with our core mission “We create worlds beyond gameplay where players and fans become community”. Our passion, craft and DNA are aligned to create and shape the world of esports, gaming tournaments, leagues, events and holistic ecosystems through our millions of players, fans, heroes, as well as through our people, and culture. This is one of many reasons why EFG is a magical workplace, where anything is possible, and where you will thrive and experience a game-changing career.
Who should apply?
First and foremost, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive equal opportunity environment for all candidates who should be encouraged and empowered to apply for this position. We have a set of values that we live by and hope you share:
- Passion most desirable attribute: you are a passionate gamer or love the gaming and esports environment. To be given the opportunity to work with ESL and our flagship products DreamHack Festivals, ESL Pro Tour, Intel® Extreme Masters, ESL Mobile, and many more, is something you want to be associated with as an employer of choice.
- Impact: As a person, you are one of the ‘go to’ people who enjoy coming up with new ideas and putting it to action. Being strategic and hands-on at the same time comes naturally to you as you thrive in chaos creating calm to others in the storm.
- Curiosity: You see the big picture and come up with general solutions if you see the need for them.
- Agility: is one of your core strengths, you enjoy cross collaboration with people across the company, stakeholders, publishers, communicating, explaining, implementing, and improving your ideas towards the gaming community
- Team Geist: you like to work in a team and help everybody to achieve their goals.
Please apply by adding the requested documents, CV, or your cover letter in English language and preferably in PDF format.
One of many perks and reasons why EFG is a magical workplace is that we empower remote or hybrid work of choice! We believe that our new ways of working are the new ways of winning. We recognize that our employees’ comfort and productivity are better achieved from the comfort of your remote workspace of choice, be it your home or the road!
Are you ready for a Game-Changing Career Experience?
As a full-time Product Manager you will be joining our DreamHack Festival Product Team, you will be responsible for bringing A-tier content to all our DreamHack Festivals worldwide. Together with the DeamHack Festival Project Team, our vision is to create the best gaming festivals in the world. We believe your organizational, communications, and technical skills will help us take our events to the next level.
The Product Manager, Content Partnerships DreamHack will be a part of the DreamHack Product Team and will work globally with the DreamHack festivals. The ideal candidate will be working out of our office in Stockholm, Sweden.
Requirements:
What you’ll do
- Use the overarching DreamHack content strategy to manage partnerships with top-tier content providers such as content creators, agencies, and outlets that empower and engage with the DreamHack community experience
- Work in close collaboration with stakeholders in our operations, marketing, and partnerships departments
- Own the creative vision and activations with the content providers. This includes budget ownership, planning, execution on-site, evaluation, and post-event reports
- Collaborate with our marketing and consumer commercial teams around marketing plans and efforts around activations with the top-tier content providers
- Monitor industry trends and identify new opportunities for partnerships to stay ahead of the competition and ensure our festivals are providing the best possible content and experience for our attendees
- Update the DreamHack leadership team proactively on the status of each partnership, its established goals, and deviations from the goals, on a regular cadence
- Contribute to defining product OKRs and measure program success over time.
What you need
Must Haves:
- At least 3 years of gaming or music events, Project or Product Management experience (or other relevant experience).
- Experience with budget management and responsibility
- Bachelor’s degree in Management, Marketing, Business, or equivalent work experience in field
- Well-networked within the gaming and entertainment industry
- An incredibly high standard of the English language, both spoken and written, is essential. Required for interactions across the organization, leading meetings and presenting ideas.
- A passion for gaming and its community with motivation to push the boundaries of competitive as well as casual gaming.
- An ability to take initiative while balancing multiple tasks simultaneously, in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft and Google software applications-e.g., all office products and Google apps.
- A highly collaborative spirit and detail-oriented focus.
- Seamlessly perform under pressure and deliver results in a fast-paced environment that requires fresh thinking and innovation.
Nice-to-haves
- Knowledge and passion about DreamHack
- Experience working with agencies, outlets and other parties in the gaming and entertainment industry
- Ability to organize and prioritize tasks resulting in consistent productivity.
- Ability to meet accuracy and productivity goals.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical and evaluative skills.
- Demonstrate effective, accurate and clear communication with excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, social media, reading, phone and customer service skills in accordance with role.
- Respond to others in a timely and courteous manner.
- Define and prioritize realistic and specific goals and objectives.