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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.

A pro gamer a person who is usually a competitive gamer who plays for a team that plays in championships of some
sort. I would like to be a pro gamer as I have been playing games competitively since I was young and have enjoyed it
ever since and if I was able to convert my love for competitive games into a job or make it on a large scale would be a
dream come true. For this role u might need the teamwork skills and confidence to work on a global scale, you might
also need some sort of background to make it on to a team.

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

a content creator is someone who makes and uploads entertainment to websites such a twitch or YouTube and
normally the content is condensed to a certain game or topic rather than a massive broad audience. Like the pro gamer I
would like to be a content creator because I’ve been playing games since I was young, and if it was possible to make the
games I play in to content for people to watch or laugh would be perfect thing for me. A determined kind person is
needed to be a content creator as u almost always have to be making new content just by talking or playing games and
in some cases this can be a struggle as u might not be up for it some days but u have to power through.
Career/role 3 of 5
100 Words Min – All research sources to be linked at bottom of the box, Wikipedia not to be used.

a caster/host is someone who commentates/presents a live event there can be 2 types of casters an informational typed
caster and some sort of a in the moment commentating on what’s happening. I think I would like to do this as it looks
like it could be fun and the chance, I get to speak in front of thousands of people commentating on some of my favourite
players would be a real opportunity. For this job u are going to need viable knowledge on the teams in the competition
and not only knowledge of the players the game to. Some barriers that you could face while in this line of work could be
a lack of confidence if you have a lack of confidence this job might not be the best for you, but it doesn’t mean u can’t do
it. it means u must slowly build up ur confidence with smaller jobs and work ur way up.

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

a social media executive is a face of any brand they will provide content that is informative and entertaining to keep the
community involved and entertained. Why I might like to do this well I think that being able to make bridges with the
community and being invested with the team could be a wonderful job to have, and the ability to be able to push ur own
ideas across the team and have ur say and part withing the team sounds impressive and stimulating. For this job u could
or will need to be creative and imaginative to strive ur and the team’s social media presence and the ambition to see
where things go even if success isn’t in the direct view.

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

an esport coach or analyst Is someone who works closely with the members of the team to motivate them and find
there strengths and use them to there fullest, they help develop strategies and help to improve against ither teams. I
would love to do this job as I could be apart of a team and t work closely with people, I have idolised my whole life would
be amazing. For this job u would need to have good teamwork skills and be able to understand the members wants and
not wants. And have the knowledge of communications and teaching skills to be able to maximize the team’s ability.
Some barriers that could be faced is that certain players might not want ur help but u will just have to slowly work with
them and try to bother them too much.

What barriers might you have to doing this job?

How might you get over these barriers?

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

https://www.adobe.com/express/learn/blog/content-creator#:~:text=As%20a%20far
%2Dreaching%20field,websites%2C%20blogs%2C%20and%20more Additional info about
content creation.

https://www.xace.io/accounting/5-skills-need-managing-esports-team#:~:text=As%20an
%20Esports%20team%20manager,to%20work%20on%20specific%20plays skills to have be a
esports manager

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.