CAREER GUIDE · DATA-DRIVEN

What esports job
postings actually ask for

It is easy to pour all your preparation into knowing esports. Count the requirements in real postings and the data points elsewhere. We counted by document frequency: how many postings mention each skill.

76%Communication & collaboration — 186 of 243 postings
57%Planning & proposal writing — 139 of 243 postings
47%Data & performance analysis — 116 of 243 postings

REQUIREMENTS ANALYSED ｜ N=243

These shares count the 243 postings whose requirements text we captured. ESSR has collected 622 esports and games industry postings from 2024.03 to 2026.10, but expired postings are taken down by job sites and their requirements cannot be recovered. So "what is asked" is based on 243 postings and "how many open" on 622.
The top skill is not a technical one but communication. Esports knowledge ranks 4th and appears in only 42% of postings.

SEASONALITY · 2024–2025

When postings open

Postings from 2024 and 2025 combined by month. Nov has the most and Jan the fewest. Use it when planning your timeline.

Jan11
Feb16
Mar25
Apr19
May28
Jun15
Jul19
Aug37
Sep15
Oct14
Nov41
Dec29

269 POSTINGS ｜ FULL YEARS ONLY

2026 is excluded because the year is not complete. This is based on two years, so treat it as a tendency; hiring calendars change every year.

BY TRACK

Guides by job track

Requirements differ by track. The track that most often asks for English is Game Business & PM (16 of 20), and in broadcast & video and design the portfolio is effectively the application.

EVENTS & OPERATIONS · 108 postings

Events & Operations

Most often asked: Communication & collaboration 33/46 (postings with requirements text)

BROADCAST & VIDEO · 59 postings

Broadcast & Video

Most often asked: Video & photo production 19/24 (postings with requirements text)

MARKETING & BRANDING · 110 postings

Marketing & Branding

Most often asked: Marketing & campaigns 32/35 (postings with requirements text)

BIZDEV & PARTNERSHIP · 75 postings

Business Development & Partnerships

Most often asked: Communication & collaboration 22/23 (postings with requirements text)

CONTENT & COMMUNITY · 39 postings

Content & Community

Most often asked: Creator & influencer partnerships 13/16 (postings with requirements text)

DESIGN · 32 postings

Design

Most often asked: Graphic design 20/21 (postings with requirements text)

GAME BUSINESS & PM · 51 postings

Game Business & PM

Most often asked: Communication & collaboration 18/20 (postings with requirements text)

BUSINESS SUPPORT · 31 postings

Business Support

Most often asked: Communication & collaboration 11/15 (postings with requirements text)

GAME DESIGN & QA · 22 postings

Game Design & QA

Most often asked: Communication & collaboration 12/15 (postings with requirements text)

MORE TRACKS

Roles at game companies — Game Business & PM · Business Support · Game Design & QA

These tracks grew as we started collecting from GameJob and game company career pages. They are covered on this page.

GAME BUSINESS & PM

Game Business & PM

Of the 51 postings in this track ESSR has collected since 2024, we analysed all 20 whose requirements text we captured.

18/20Communication & collaboration
15/20Data & performance analysis
15/20Planning & proposal writing
11/20Documents & office tools

DOCUMENT FREQUENCY ｜ REQUIREMENTS ANALYSED N=20

Languages — English (reading & documents) 16/20 · Chinese 10/20 · English (conversation & business) 5/20 · Japanese 4/20
Conditions in postings — Travel & on-site work 7/20 · Portfolio 4/20

What your application will likely be asked about

  • Reading service metrics and using them in decisions
  • Coordinating several teams while managing schedules and issues
  • Working in a foreign language; many postings are for global publishing

Portfolio — Recommended

One plan that reads service metrics and proposes improvements. Postings in this track ask for planning and data analysis together.

Postings center on live service and publishing business PM roles at game companies, and ask for different skills than partnerships.

BUSINESS SUPPORT

Business Support

Of the 31 postings in this track ESSR has collected since 2024, we analysed all 15 whose requirements text we captured.

11/15Communication & collaboration
9/15Data & performance analysis
8/15HR & labor relations
7/15Documents & office tools

DOCUMENT FREQUENCY ｜ REQUIREMENTS ANALYSED N=15

Languages — English (reading & documents) 5/15 · English (conversation & business) 5/15
Conditions in postings — Travel & on-site work 6/15 · Related major 3/15

What your application will likely be asked about

  • Specific HR or finance work: which of hiring, payroll, settlement or closing you handled
  • Organizing numbers in spreadsheets and reports
  • Using tools such as generative AI in your work

Portfolio — Optional

Few postings ask for a portfolio. Describe the work and tools you handled in detail in your experience section.

Postings look at HR and finance practice itself rather than esports-specific skills.

GAME DESIGN & QA

Game Design & QA

Of the 22 postings in this track ESSR has collected since 2024, we analysed all 15 whose requirements text we captured.

12/15Communication & collaboration
8/15Game system & content design
8/15Planning & proposal writing
8/15QA & testing

DOCUMENT FREQUENCY ｜ REQUIREMENTS ANALYSED N=15

Languages — English (reading & documents) 6/15

What your application will likely be asked about

  • System or content design experience for design roles; testing and bug reports for QA roles
  • A record of analysing games: competitor research or gameplay analysis
  • Working with other teams

Portfolio — Recommended

A system or content design document for design roles, or one sample bug report for QA roles.

These are planning, QA and localization roles at game companies.

NOW HIRING

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New postings are collected twice a day through the same channels this guide is based on.

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