Student Name Flynn Rochford

Professional Development: Task 1 – Identifying

job roles in your chosen creative media industry

As an Esports student it is essential you are aware of the wide variety of jobs you may be
able to do within this industry. This first task is about you demonstrating exploration of
some of the roles which are found within Esports, writing a little about your understanding
of what they mean and why they interest you.

You are required to pick the FIVE career/roles you are most interested in from the link
provided at the bottom of this document. For EACH ONE write an explanation IN YOUR
OWN WORDS of what you think this role is and why you have chosen it. Be clear and
specific in your answers, showing off your knowledge and enthusiasm; vague answers such
as “this looks interesting” will not be accepted.

Career/role 1 of 5
100 Words Min – All research sources to be linked at bottom of the box, Wikipedia not to be used.

What is it/what are the important aspects of it?

Shoutcaster/Commentator – to give play by play analysis on whatever game is being
presented to the audience
Why might you want to do it?
It gives the audience the chance to understand the play that has happened whilst also
hyping up the audience to keep them entertained
What skills/knowledge/experience might you need?
Shoutcasters would need clear verbal communication and also need to be enthusiastic
toward the viewer whether they’re in person or online
What barriers might you have to doing this job?
Some barriers toward shoutcasting is that being a freelance shoutcaster means that
getting paid can be unreliable. Therefore being on a contract means you could secure a
more secure wage
How might you get over these barriers?
Getting over these barriers depend on your choice, where going freelance could help earn
you a higher salary, where being on a contract gives you secure work but might not get
you the freedom for going further in shoutcasting

Career/role 2 of 5
100 Words Min – All research sources to be linked at bottom of the box, Wikipedia not to be used.

What is it/what are the important aspects of it?

Agent – to keep their player/talent happy by being able to look after a players best
interest. This could mean wanting to negotiate a new contract with a sponsor or want to
move away from a team
Why might you want to do it?
Being an agent means that you could be able to look after some of the best players in the
world. As well as this, agents are able to look after social media influencers, and so could
also help some of the best influencers to gain sponsorships
What skills/knowledge/experience might you need?
Agents need good negotiation skills to help their clients get the best contract for them.
Agents would also need past experience to be able to have better players under their
wing
What barriers might you have to doing this job?
Agents would need a special agency license to become an agent, and in North America
that pretty hard to achieve. This means that without a license you could not be able to be
an agent for players and influencers
How might you get over these barriers?
A way to overcome these barriers is to try and earn the license in another
region/continent. This is because places like North America can be a hard place to earn
the license where in places like Europe it could be easier to earn the license

https://britishesports.org/advice-and-information/careers-in-esports/agent/

Career/role 3 of 5
100 Words Min – All research sources to be linked at bottom of the box, Wikipedia not to be used.

What is it/what are the important aspects of it?

A Journalist is someone who publishes a writing based on present events. An example of
this is a journalist publishing a writing for a newspaper company to help create content
for public interest
Why might you want to do it?
People might want to be a journalist because of enriching the job can be. Being a
journalist can mean giving the truth under the NUJ code of conduct whilst also working
for a company such as The Guardian or The Athletic
What skills/knowledge/experience might you need?
Journalism would have to bring skills such as clear writing skills and being grammatically
correct whilst also needing industry insiders and close contacts to be able to break news
of something that has happened. An example of this can be a new star player joining an
esports team for a certain game.
What barriers might you have to doing this job?
Being a journalist means that you have to be proven right in every article that has been
published. An example of this could be a leak about a manager or player leaving an
esports team due to tensions inside the industry. This means that you’d have to make
clear evidence on how there is tensions inside and back it with previous events with the
team
How might you get over these barriers?
To get over these types of barriers, you would need very clear insider information. This
means making good connections with the people inside the business to make sure that
the news you are presenting is factually correct

https://britishesports.org/advice-and-information/careers-in-esports/journalist-content-
creator/

Career/role 4 of 5
100 Words Min – All research sources to be linked at bottom of the box, Wikipedia not to be used.

What is it/what are the important aspects of it?

a Pro gamer is someone would be contractually signed to a team to have a chance of
entering tournaments and winning prize money
Why might you want to do it?
Someone might want to become a pro gamer to be able to show and enhance their skills
whilst also wanting to be one of the players in the world at their certain game
What skills/knowledge/experience might you need?
A pro gamer would need the skills of their certain game whilst also needing good decision
making and problem solving for their game if their team is being beat and need a way of a
comeback. They’d also need a lot of experience of playing their certain game to be able to
create the skills needed for whatever game they play
What barriers might you have to doing this job?
The barriers in becoming a professional gamer is that the market is a big window and that
it is hard to get a chance in the spotlight before actually being signed to a team or even
looked at by a team
How might you get over these barriers?
To overcome these barriers a player would have to start regularly streaming and also
using social media as a way to reach out to teams in order to gain a contract. Players
would also have to play in multiple minor tournaments under their own name that will be
streamed to an audience so then that player can be noticed

https://britishesports.org/advice-and-information/careers-in-esports/pro-gamer/

Career/role 5 of 5
100 Words Min – All research sources to be linked at bottom of the box, Wikipedia not to be used.

What is it/what are the important aspects of it?

Creating social media videos on platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and Twitter are a
huge importance to gain popularity for an Esports team
Why might you want to do it?
People wanting to go into social media might be very creative and have certain ideas that
others wouldn’t to be able to promote their team. This might mean making a video with
sponsors like Fnatic have done in the past with BMW
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What skills/knowledge/experience might you need?
As previously mentioned, people wanting to go into social media must be forward
thinking and also very creative in wanting to promote the team. They’d also need good
editing skills to be able to edit videos that they have created whilst also creating and
presenting ideas to the social media executive
What barriers might you have to doing this job?
A Barrier to social media is having the open mind to try and create something new, whilst
also trying to start a new trend with the team and to not try take other teams ideas
How might you get over these barriers?
To be able to overcome these barriers, you’ll need a solid idea of what the target
audience is. As quoted in the source “posting memes to gamers will go down well. Posting
memes to grandmas will not”

https://britishesports.org/advice-and-information/careers-in-esports/social-media/

Resources (add your own after the link)

 
https://britishesports.org/advice-and-information/careers-in-esports/
Contains information about a variety of careers all linked to Esports
Worksheets can be completed digitally or by hand.
If completed by hand these must be scanned in or photographed to a decent standard.

Your lecturer will inform you of how to hand in on Moodle ready for the work to be checked
next week.