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Esports Bar is a branded high street Esports bar, a food and beverage entertainment business with Esports and video gaming culture at its heart.

Esports bar is a new concept with grand designs capitalising on the phenomenal growth of the burgeoning Esports and video gaming culture. In its simplest form it’s a sports bar, but instead of traditional sports, we do Esports.

The position requires someone who is highly motivated, exceptionally organized and thorough. The candidate needs to know what Esports are and have a personal passion for video gaming culture. They must be capable of creating and maintaining a relevant and engaging website for our patrons, promoting our services and events, whilst also engaging and finding new audiences. There is potential to grow with the company as it expands to different regions.

Job Type: Freelance (1-2 days a week)

Experience: Minimum 2-3 years

Key responsibilities

  • Maintain and execute a content plan for our website and social media portals, producing quality copy that is well-researched and follows a consistent tone of voice aligned with the company’s ethos.
  • Content creation for blog posts, social media accounts, email newsletters, press releases, social posts, and other ad-hoc copywriting requests.
  • Analyse the effectiveness of different types of content, and tailor future efforts accordingly.
  • Establish relationships with relevant bloggers and industry news sites to host external content.
  • Identify new opportunities for engaging, a wider catchment.
  • Take ownership of social media, creating a social media plan to improve our visibility and engagement across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social platforms.
  • Pay close attention to key performance indicators for social media, with a core focus on improving our social following and overall engagement.
  • Launch and analyse paid social media campaigns to increase following and exposure.

Skills Required

  • Digital marketing professional with at least 2-3 years experience in a similar role
  • Good project management and communication skills
  • Self-starting and motivating
  • Key strengths should include organic search engine optimisation and content marketing
  • A good understanding of Google Analytics
  • A good understanding of local SEO
  • A good understanding of paid search

The ideal candidate

  • Has demonstrable experience of producing quality content in a professional environment.
  • Will have experience setting up and managing multiple social platforms, and possess a firm understanding of social media and what constitutes good social content.
  • Has an understanding of SEO, and how optimised content can benefit site visibility in organic searches.
  • Has previously used a CMS to upload and edit content

Your Personality

  • Can work remotely (from home)
  • An individual who is easy to work with
  • Someone who is faultlessly reliable
  • Someone who really wants to make an impact and put your experience to practice by helping us design and evolve our operations.
  • Someone who is passionate about video games culture
  • Has an incredible depth of understanding of Esports, or can learn.
  • Have a love for gaming and geek culture.
  • Has to apply their knowledge to the customer and create content for them, not for themselves.
  • Ambition and drive.
  • Attention to detail. Always keeping an eye out to make sure that all is in place.
  • Enthusiastic to learn and evolve. You are comfortable in rising to challenges and are always putting yourself forward to get more involved.
  • Proficient in IT with an understanding of schedules, twitch, youtube gaming, and other content platforms.

An exceptional opportunity

  • Esports Bar is a new concept in a massive new & fast growing sector. We want someone who’s in it for the long haul
  • You have the opportunity to really make an impact and put your experience to practice by helping us design and evolve our operations from scratch
  • We will really listen to and support your ideas and methods.
    • The first phase is consultation with us to create and evolve concept to operations
    • The second phase is to set up and install
    • The third phase will be to operate

Desired Alternative Experience – variable:

  • Video games streaming/broadcasting
  • Games blogger/reviewer
  • Games journalist
  • Shout caster

Pay:

  • £15 per hour
  • 8 hour days
  • 1-2 days a week
  • 52 days a year (£6,000-£7,000 per year)