Senior Live Esports Broadcast Producer

As a Live Broadcast Producer in Brazil for Esports at Riot Games, you will lead the show design based on the product strategy and implementation of Riot’s Esports Broadcast both regionally and globally. Reporting directly to the Content Services Manager, you will lead the Broadcast pillar within the Content Services team. You will contribute with the innovation and story development for Riot Broadcast across the titles. You will lead execution of Riot’s Esports broadcasts. You will collaborate closely with the Product, Brand and Publishing teams to grow audiences and retain. You will drive talent and co-streaming development in relation to broadcast. You will collaborate closely on World Wide Riot Esports initiatives and you will push the technological capabilities to generate efficiencies of scale and audience innovation. You will support 3rd party production partners to ensure that all of Riot’s esports broadcasts hit the quality production value our fans expect. This role goes beyond running official channels: you'll be responsible for crafting a 360° viewer experience, incorporating co-streams, content extensions, highlight formats, and emerging ways fans consume live content today.

Using your keen understanding of competitive esports you will make editorial prioritizations in a fast-paced live environment, creating rundowns, and stack ranking elements to create brand specific objectives for the Riot Esports’ audiences. You will oversee all aspects of broadcast production on regional broadcasts and language specific coverage of global events.  

You will oversee weekly broadcast asset creation, including teases, interview clips, b-roll, scripting, and graphics. You will contribute to weekly story meetings and help inform decisions about what stories the team will tell. You will collaborate closely with our Business Development and Publishing teams to integrate sponsors and features into the broadcast and shoulder content in authentic ways; ensuring that there is a unified vision and execution across pillars for the week to week shows. You will interpret audience data to create stories that drive towards our product strategies and business goals. You will work with Talent Management to cast the best representatives as on-air talent for our shows; as well as be proactively looking for new talent endemic and non-endemic that could level up the shows.

You will collaborate closely with Product, Creative, Publishing, Community, Social Media, Engineering and global Riot Esports teams to deliver innovative, high-quality broadcasts that resonate with Brazilian players.

Responsibilities:

• Lead live broadcast to deliver resonate and compelling shows and content that achieve product brand goals
• Lead the Broadcast pillar within Content Services, overseeing strategy, planning, execution, and continuous improvement of our live shows
• Collaborate in work streams to design broadcast strategy for Riot Esports Products
• Design runs-of-show, lead rehearsals, and execute live productions in coordination with technical and creative teams
• Help push and innovation for Esports Products, and drive operational efficiencies and story innovation 
• Innovate and collaborate alongside tech and games teams to ensure Riot’s Esports continue to push the envelope of technological advancements and strategically implement these designs across all broadcast products
• Help teach and ensure the craft development of live broadcast production is healthy, innovative, and high performing
• Partner with Social Media, Features and Publishing teams to expand the reach and impact of our broadcasts, ensuring content is adapted and amplified across platforms
• Design systems to improve process for Live Broadcast Production that ensure sustainability and performance improvement 
• Collaborate with on-air Talent to develop storylines for the games and seasonal arcs that elevate player experiences
• Collaborate with the live production teams and league officials to create a broadcast experience that reflects the highest level of competitive integrity
• Partner with other internal Riot departments, such as Broadcast Production Management, Player Management, League Operations, Business Development, and Publishing to drive sponsorship and revenue opportunities
• Exercise quality control of all aspects of production, video, sound, graphics, observing, and music
• Track performance metrics and viewer behavior to inform strategic adjustments and improve audience engagement.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in broadcast production, ideally in esports, live entertainment, or sports
• Deep understanding of the esports ecosystem, including League of Legends and VALORANT
• Ability to thrive in fast paced and diverse environments
• Creative and technical expertise to push the limits of live storytelling and broadcast technology
• Experience working on large-scale live events
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills with cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with Riot’s esports ecosystem and values
• English proficiency for global collaboration

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players.  We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

 

Our Perks:

We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children. Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available. Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations. Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.