We are Mobile Premier League (MPL), one of India’s largest esports and mobile gaming platforms. We have grown and scaled multifold over the last few years.
We hit 5 billion games played on MPL within a year of starting up and our current user base is over 80+ million. Some of our marquee investors include Sequoia Capital, Times Internet, and GoVentures. We currently have over 80 games on our platform, including major titles like FreeFire and World Cricket Championship. Multiple mainstream as well as Indie game developers are our partners. Creating and re-inventing has been a key practice here and at this point we require folks who can help us keep pace with the dynamic ecosystem we are all a part of.
About the role
We are looking for a sports/e-sports presenter to work from our Bangalore office to create and present engaging and entertaining esports coverage on various online games. The candidate should have an excellent knowledge of the e-sports universe and will require ambition, imagination and a large degree of initiative with the high editorial and production values.
Here’s what you will do -
- To watch and provide commentary to live esports action on varieties of online games.
- Ability to summarise a live match and put it succinctly for the audience
- Ability to drive a conversation with game experts and co-host.
- To identify what is important or useful, in order to tell a story through edited highlights.
- To prepare edited material with an editor to produce match highlights and packages for social media.
- To compile and present engaging content offering and deeper exploration to sports stories, interviews, profiles.
- Plan and prepare meticulously for presenting the daily esports events
- Perform voice overs for video packages
- Working closely with the broadcast team to achieve the quality of output.
What are we looking for -
- Strong digital understanding and awareness.
- An awareness of the latest broadcast technology and the ability to learn new skills.
- Well-developed communication skills and the ability to work well within a team.
- Creativity and ideas generation with the ability to think originally and to contribute fully to the planning process.
- Should have a good screen presence, and proficiency in English and Hindi.
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience in the Esports/Sports industry is an added advantage.
- Excellent skills in video production. Working knowledge on video editing, live streaming (OBS, vMix) etc. are preferred.