International Brand Partnership Manager till Esportal/Inferno Online

The highly popular and fast-growing company Esportal are looking to strengthen their sharp sales-team with a new colleague, who will be focusing on building a strong client base outside of Sweden. The platform (esportal.com) currently have more than 750.000 registered users, generating over 1M game sessions monthly and spending an average of 53 minutes/ day on their platform. (Yes that’s more than YouTube and Netflix.)

They are looking for someone with an innovative mindset and with a fantastic track record of building and maintaining client & agency relationships across the Nordics and beyond. The role is newly designed to meet a rapidly growing demand from top tier advertisers for esport-marketing following their expansion across the Nordics and EMEA. For the right candidate this position holds potential do develop into International Brand Partnership Director over time. 

The position
Along with their brand partners they produce state of the art, branded gaming experiences on the platform and produce content that is distributed via the region’s most viewed channel on twitch.tv and a network of influencers with over 15M followers.
As International Brand Partnership Manager, you will spear head their presence with clients and agencies outside of Sweden. 
In short, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks:
• Building and maintaining relations to clients outside of Sweden
• Meet and exceed budget expectations and secure year on year growth. 
• Work closely with the product team to funnel the need for data to create business opportunities. 
• Be a spokesperson and an expert for esports.
• Have loads of fun with a crew that has set sail into the world! 

To succeed in this position we think you have:
• At least 3 years of relevant academic education from a top level institution 
• At least 3 years of experience in similar roles. E.g., Content Marketing, KAM, Gaming/ E-sports Marketing or Agency Sales.
• A Nordic network of clients/ agencies.
• You are fluent in Swedish, Norwegian or Danish and English. Knowledge of German and/or Polish is a plus. 
• Love for- and experience of gaming is a strong plus.

About you
To excel in this role, you have a keen commercial eye and a true talent for identifying, prioritizing and signing prospects on your own. Ideally you have a network of clients who trust you.

If you live for results, value high standards and see the excellence of teamwork, you are probably the one. You are low in prestige and gain energy from overcoming challenges. You value openness and are used to giving and getting candid feedback on a daily basis. You are driven and restless and want to work at high velocity to improve and scale what we have already built.

About Esportal Group
Esportal is a web-based competitive platform for the major esport titles. We aim to make gaming in a matchmaking and tournament environment a more engaging experience, removing disruptive influences such as disconnects, cheaters and trolls. Esportal is the place where you can play great matches with the right type of opponents and teammates.

Our platform is seamlessly integrated with the games. Players of any skill can find their level, hang out with friends and get instant results with updated statistics.

Esportal operates a freemium business model where our members can access multiple subscription based services and features. We also offer companies the opportunity to reach a rapidly growing and global esport community with advertising and sponsored events/tournaments.

Esportal currently has over half a million registered players with a steady growth of new users from our core markets: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Poland. 

Esportal also operates one of the world's largest gaming center brands in Inferno Online. Inferno Online offers a top physical gaming experience and is also an internationally recognized gaming institution with multiple TV studios used for creating state of the art gaming formats and intellectual property rights. Inferno Online also operates the Red Bull Gaming Sphere in Stockholm.