We are Wolves. Progressive, determined, bright, unified and humble. A pack that is hungry for success. Wolves is one of the fastest growing professional football clubs in the UK, and also boasts one of the richest histories in the beautiful game.

Formed in 1877, Wolves was a founder member of the Football League, and was one of the country’s most successful sides in the fifties and sixties. During a two decade spell the Black Country’s most decorated side won three First Division titles and one of its four FA Cups.

Fast forward to 2020, where an incredible three seasons at Molineux has seen Wolves clinch the Sky Bet Championship trophy with 99 points, followed by a seventh place finish in the Premier League, which included memorable wins over Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Arsenal. This season we have completed the double over the reigning champions, have equalled last season’s seventh place finish in the league and reached the quarter finals of the Europa League.

At heart the club has a progressive approach to business, and esports is seen a central pillar to the club’s growth strategy both in the UK and overseas. The club current has professional teams in FIFA, FIFA Online 4, PUBG, Identity V, Kart Racing and is launching a Rocket League team imminently.

But at Wolves it is all about what we will do, not what we have done.

We don’t simply look to the future, we seize it.

We take seriously our commitment to the safeguarding of children and adults at risk and to ensuring that Wolves is free from discrimination and harassment.

Esports Manager

With 5 esports teams and over half a million followers worldwide, Wolves esports is operated under the club’s guidance, but is an exciting stand-alone project with a focus on becoming a respected and admired esports organisation globally.

Despite only starting our journey 18 months ago, we already have teams competing in FIFA 21, FIFA online 4, identity V, PUBG and Kart Racing. These teams operate from offices in the UK, Brazil and Shanghai.

We are looking for a talented and progressive person to co-ordinate our esports activity from the UK.

You’ll have excellent knowledge of competitive esports - agency, publisher and/or brand side - and a proven track record of recruiting & managing logistics for successful teams and overseeing media content that engages gamers on a variety of platforms.

Commercial acumen will be an important part of the job as you’ll be expected to bring new opportunities to the board as well as manage player and publisher contracts and activate sponsor and licensing agreements.

You’ll also be a great communicator as you’ll be an important point of contact for our agencies and marketing & media teams based in the UK, Holland, Brazil and China.

Job purpose

Wolves are searching for a talented gaming expert to take up the position of Esports Manager. You will be working very closely with the media and marketing teams in the UK and China to deliver the clubs esports strategy across a wide range of gaming titles.

The successful applicant will be ambitious, determined, brave and have the ability to think differently. On a day-to-day basis you will be leading the relationship between the club and the teams, players, influencers and agencies involved.

You will oversee new projects with publishers and sponsors to grow the Wolves esports brand and ensure that our social media output is the best in market.

You will work with the commercial team to ensure that sponsorship opportunities are leveraged and that we continue to develop our range of esports merchandise products.

Key responsibilities

Manage day-to-day esports’ activity – liaising with teams, players, agencies, influencers and publishers
Work with the content team to ensure that there is a weekly plan of content across all social media channels (assist in the production of this media when required)
Oversee the esports division performance (e.g.: provide monthly report on teams and social media/content output performance)
Work closely with the commercial department to leverage sponsor and merchandise opportunities across all teams and players in the UK, Brazil and China
Attend all esports professional competitions and tournaments (either in person or remotely depending on event)
Stay up to date with the esports/gaming scene and maintain regular contact with influencers, agencies, other esports organisations and publishers in order to identify relevant content opportunities
Grow Wolves Esports digital footprint while ensuring the development of an authentic relationship between the brand and the community
Moderate Wolves Esports’ channels and ensure the compliance with Wolves’ safeguarding policies
Oversee Wolves Esports Tournament Portal and the delivery of its tournaments

General responsibilities

Compliance with Club policies
Compliance with the Club’s health and safety procedures
Compliance with the Club’s safeguarding policies
To promote the Club’s values
To work consistently to embed equality & diversity into the Club
To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably expected
To maintain professional conduct at all times

Safeguarding

From time to time, this role will come into contact with children and/or vulnerable adults. This means that the post-holder is required to apply all relevant policies and uphold the Club’s commitment to safeguarding vulnerable people.

Key relationships

General Manager – Marketing & Commercial Growth
Senior Content Manager
Marketing Executive

Knowledge: the level and breadth of knowledge to do the job e.g. understanding of a defined system, method or procedure, legal or regulatory frameworks, etc

Essential

Knowledge of esports/gaming ecosystem
Knowledge of social media and streaming platforms (e.g.: Twitch)

General skills and attributes: more general characteristics e.g. flexibility, communication skills, team working etc

Essential

Proactive and able to work in a fast-paced environment
Team Worker
Strong communication skills, developing relationships across the club.
Ability to work to strict deadlines.
Promote, adhere to, and implement the club’s Equality Policy and to work consistently to embed equality and diversity within the club.

Desirable

Able to speak different languages (Portuguese and Mandarin useful but not essential) Basic skills of Adobe Photoshop/Premiere Pro

Experience: proven record of experience in a particular field, profession, or specialism.

Desirable

Previous experience working in an esports/gaming environment
Good network in the esports/gaming space

Qualifications: the level of educational, professional and/or occupational training required

Desirable

Educated to degree level in Media or esports-related degree

To apply - Please complete our application form and diversity monitoring form, then email the listed address (all found via the link below).