Twitch

Senior Programming & Development Manager, Twitch Rivals

Twitch$107K — $187K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in esports, professional sports, and/or gaming events
  • Experience with unique brand-focused ideation in sales roles
  • Broad knowledge of various games and gameplay mechanics
  • Strong presentation and pitching skills
  • Detail-oriented with a focus on comprehensive documentation

Responsibilities

  • Develop and program the Twitch Rivals calendar
  • Assist in shaping and executing the Twitch Rivals program strategy
  • Analyze event data for improvement opportunities
  • Coordinate with production vendors on event priorities
  • Draft and manage event briefs for the Community Originals team
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Business Development and Marketing
  • Create pitch decks for brand partnerships with Amazon Sales

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Maternity & Parental Leave
  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Employee Discounts at Amazon
Full Job Description
About the Role

The Community Originals team at Twitch is responsible for producing some of the most unique content in livestreaming. We're currently seeking a Sr. Programming & Development Manager to help lead our top of funnel partnership conversations with publishers, streamers, and brands. This role will be responsible for programming the Twitch Rivals calendar, and working with Amazon sales to help drive program interest with brand partners.
About the Role

The Senior Programming & Development Manager, Twitch Rivals will be a competitive entertainment expert who is passionate about creator-focused content. You can derive insights from data sets and trends that influence a content strategy and framework, and are comfortable having content development conversations with some of the biggest creators, brands, and publishers in gaming. You will report to the Director of Production and Events, and will coordinate closely with our current content, sales, business development, and community teams.

You will follow gaming trends, define key elements needed for event planning, collaborate with diverse teams, build on our partnership with game publishers, get stakeholder approval, provide direction to vendors responsible for the production of each broadcast, and produce post-event reports. You are a passionate community member for a few games, understand broad gaming mechanics, competitions structures, and can pick up a new game and understand how it could translate into a Twitch Rivals competition.
You Will:
  • Develop and program the Twitch Rivals calendar and help produce competitive entertainment that is exciting and satisfying to creators and the gaming communities they love
  • Assist in the development of the Twitch Rivals program strategy & ensure the execution is aligned
  • Review event data and present opportunities for improvement to the team
  • Work with production vendors to ensure they are building events based on pre-determined priorities (publisher, streamer, brand)
  • Write and manage event briefs to ensure the Community Originals team has all the most up-to-date information on a show
  • Work with Business Development, Marketing, Partnerships, Public Relations, Broadcast Operations, Analytics, and Sales teams
  • Work with Amazon Sales to build pitch decks for brands interested in partnering with Twitch Rivals
  • Build relationships with Game Publishers to guarantee a continued mutually beneficial partnership
You Have:
  • 6+ years of experience in esports, professional sports, and / or gaming related events
  • Worked with sales organizations either in a pre-sale or post-sale capacity ideating or activating unique brand focused ideas
  • Experience with a variety of different games and gaming mechanics
  • Strong verbal communication and experience presenting and pitching programs or products
  • An intrinsic motivation to dig into the details, and understand how to communicate strategy and intent through comprehensive documentation
Bonus Points
  • You know the differences between games within similar genres (i.e. tactical FPS vs hero FPS)
  • You have used or streamed on Twitch and / or are aware of Twitch's influence on gaming and culture
  • You currently follow or have a favorite streamer
Perks
  • Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Maternity & Parental Leave
  • Flexible PTO
  • Amazon Employee Discount

Job ID: TW9224

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

US, CA, San Francisco

$118,000-$206,500 USD

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

US, CA, Los Angeles - Annually

$107,300-$187,700 USD

About Twitch

Twitch is an American video live streaming service that focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of esports competitions, in addition to offering music broadcasts, creative content, and "in real life" streams. It is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. It was introduced in June 2011 as a spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform Justin.tv. Content on the site can be viewed either live or via video on demand. The popularity of Twitch eclipsed that of its general-interest counterpart. In October 2013, the website had 45 million unique viewers, and by February 2014, it was considered the fourth-largest source of peak Internet traffic in the United States. At the same time, Justin.tv's parent company was re-branded as Twitch Interactive to represent the shift in focus – Justin.tv was shut down in August 2014. That month, the service was acquired by Amazon for US$970 million, which later led to the introduction of synergies with the company's subscription service Amazon Prime. Twitch acquired Curse in 2016, an operator of online video gaming communities and introduced means to purchase games through links on streams along with a program allowing streamers to receive commissions on the sales of games that they play.
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