Your role as a Esports manager will be to schedule the competitive season of the team, selecting which tournaments to play, and you will act as the team’s spokesperson and contact for any external affairs. You will be working towards optimal working conditions and understanding between the players and the Esports supportive team behind them. Additionally, the manager will also be responsible to find new members for your (game-specific) team.

Possible time windows: 3+ months | Part-time: 10 hours per week

As coach you will be in charge of the weekly schedule of the Esports athletes. You will make sure on a daily basis that the players practice adequately, planning their scrim-matches and making sure everyone is healthy and in optimal state to practice. Moreover, before and after competitive on-stage games you will need to instruct and guide the team. The coach is also the mental support for the athletes and he makes sure the team-spirit remains high throughout the competitive season.  

Possible time windows: 3+ months | Part-time: 10 hours per week

Analysing games, studying patterns and applying innovative strategies, that what our game-analysts are all about. By watching replays, brainstorming with the team and reviewing VODs you will guide the micro- and macro plays of the team. Both individually and teamwide you be the brains behind the strategy and tactics of the team.

Possible time windows: 3+ months | Part-time: 5 hours per week

Esports team Twente is looking for dedicated, ambitious and talented players who want to take gaming to the next level. Are you playing in the top 1% of the competitive players base and do you want to try out to become the best of the best? Are you up for the task to practice with a professional team supporting you, training to compete in the international leagues? We are only looking for the most dedicated players who take responsibility and respect their training schedule.

Possible time windows: 6+ months | Part-time: 40 hours per week

Data Analysis is one of the three pillars of Esports Team Twente, where we translate data into measures of esports performance and provide arguments for strategy improvement based on facts, rather than intuition. As Head of Data Analysis, you will manage the Data Analysis department. Besides performing analyses yourself, you will decide upon the different projects the team is focusing on, as well as work together with external parties on what to focus on.

Possible time windows: 1 year | Full-time: 42 hours per week

If you enjoy gaming, have some IT knowledge and love data, then perhaps you can apply your skills to brings esports to the next level. As Data Analyst, your work contributes to two different fields: Strategy and Research. Your tasks usually include extracting useful information out of the games and using this data to support one of the two fields.

Combine your gaming knowledge with your data and create new strategies for our esports teams to perform even better. Currently, most strategies are created by intuition and trial and error; we will work towards a fact-based approach on in-game decisionmaking. You will be invaluable to our coaches and team members in taking those small (and big) advantages.

Possible time windows: 3 months – 1 year | Part-time: 12 hours per week

If you enjoy gaming, have some IT knowledge and love data, then perhaps you can apply your skills to brings esports to the next level. As Data Analyst, your work contributes to two different fields: Strategy and Research. Your tasks usually include extracting useful information out of the games and using this data to support one of the two fields.

Without information about ingame performance, it will be difficult to discover how to improve it. The research projects for the data analysis department are aimed at supporting the research. For example, by defining (and measuring) several factors that can indicate performance, you enable research projects for that game. Understanding how we can take the raw data from games (and consoles) and translate it to performance measures is one of the challenges our team is working on.

Possible time windows: 3 months – 1 year | Part-time: 12 hours per week

You might have seen the feature used in chess to predict who is going to win. League has a lot of data that are indicators of how a team is doing. So would it be possible to create such a tool for the league? That is what this project is about!

You can find a more in-depth description of the project here.

If you are interested in contributing to this project or want more info, send us an email: apply@esportsteamtwente.nl

As Head of Research, you will be the driver of Esports Team Twente’s academic progress. You will oversee the various research projects within the team, both in administration and management, as well as the various team members in the research department. Naturally,  you will be involved with these projects, where you may carry out some yourself or enable others to perform their research projects. Furthermore, you will represent our research department with external parties, such as the UT, companies or media. If you want to carry out unprecedented research projects and have an interest in management, then perhaps you’ll be our Head of Research.

Possible time windows: 1 year | Full-time: 42 hours per week

Research is all about collaboration, and with the portfolio of Research Collaborations, you will make sure Esports Team Twente has the most interesting research projects. You will work closely with UT researchers, both on Esports and the various faculties, connecting experts in the field to our projects. Furthermore, you will manage collaborations with external parties with respect to our research projects, both by acquiring new collaborations in cooperation with the Head of External Affairs and making sure we work towards the objectives of existing ones. Finally, you will also be involved in international discussions with colleague universities and parties throughout the world.

Possible time windows: 1 year | Full-time: 42 hours per week

As Researcher within Esports Team Twente, you will perform research projects on Esports performance that haven’t been carried out anywhere else in the world yet! You will work together with other team members on defined research questions in collaboration with experts and external parties, seeking to obtain a better understanding in which factors influence the performance of our athletes, and just as importantly, how we can improve this. You can propose your own research topic or work with us on one of our predefined research proposals. Depending on your interests, it is possible to fully focus on a single project, or work on several research projects at once! If you want a taste of academic research and push the boundaries of esports performance, then be sure to become one of ETT’s researchers!

Esports Performance depends for a great part on our ability to think clearly and quickly. Many external factors can influence this capacity, from having a bad day to being tilted by several losses in a row. Examples of potential study topics include: how to deal with tilt, how to maintain focus for extended periods of time and how to communicate with team members.

Possible time windows: 3 – 12 months | Part-time: 12 hours per week

As Researcher within Esports Team Twente, you will perform research projects on Esports performance that haven’t been carried out anywhere else in the world yet! You will work together with other team members on defined research questions in collaboration with experts and external parties, seeking to obtain a better understanding in which factors influence the performance of our athletes, and just as importantly, how we can improve this. You can propose your own research topic or work with us on one of our predefined research proposals. Depending on your interests, it is possible to fully focus on a single project, or work on several research projects at once! If you want a taste of academic research and push the boundaries of esports performance, then be sure to become one of ETT’s researchers!

As Researcher within Esports Team Twente, you will perform research projects on Esports performance that haven’t been carried out anywhere else in the world yet! You will work together with other team members on defined research questions in collaboration with experts and external parties, seeking to obtain a better understanding in which factors influence the performance of our athletes, and just as importantly, how we can improve this. You can propose your own research topic or work with us on one of our predefined research proposals. Depending on your interests, it is possible to fully focus on a single project, or work on several research projects at once! If you want a taste of academic research and push the boundaries of esports performance, then be sure to become one of ETT’s researchers!

Our Finance, Resources and Logistics Manager maintains the assets of Esports Team Twente, keeping track of our financial stability and makes decisions on the team’s investments and expenditure. You’ll maintain the administration of the team and communicate often with the department heads on expenses (and income). Furthermore, you will make sure our assets are in the right place at the right time, keeping into account agreements with external parties and the requirements of our departments. As FRL Manager, you will be responsible for making sure ETT can operate in the present and the future.

Possible time window: 1 year | Full-time: 42 hours per week

Our team is heavily intertwined with hardware (e.g. high-end PC’s) and software. As Software and Hardware Manager, you will make sure the consoles of our athletes remain on the highest performance, and recommend possible upgrades and investments. Furthermore, you will help out our research department with the different measurement tools and software.

Possible time windows: 6 – 12 months | Part-time: 12 hours per week

A well-functioning marketing plan is vital for the success of the team. The head of M&C is responsible for the external image of the team and together with a specialized team of M&C team members you will setup a promotion plan and organize promotional events. You will steer how the world sees the team and how well-known we will become. By having tight contact with the specialized team members, you will maintain a clear overview of everything the team shows to the world and what is posted and published. If you have a keen mind who can shoulder this responsibility and can think of creative promotional stunts to attract new followers, maybe this is the function for you.

Possible time windows: 1 year | Full-time: 42 hours per week

A well-functioning marketing plan is vital for the success of the team. The head of M&C is responsible for the external image of the team and together with a specialized team of M&C team members you will setup a promotion plan and organize promotional events. You will steer how the world sees the team and how well-known we will become. By having tight contact with the specialized team members, you will maintain a clear overview of everything the team shows to the world and what is posted and published. If you have a keen mind who can shoulder this responsibility and can think of creative promotional stunts to attract new followers, maybe this is the function for you.

Possible time windows: 1 year | Full-time: 42 hours per week

Keeping a track on what is posted publicly is an important task to keep the image of the team professional and likeable. The exposure manager not only makes sure every photo, blog and page are up to par but also designs new creative ways to showcase the team accomplishments and news items. Think of special photo’s and blogs that interact with the follows of ETT that are designed and kept up to date by you, you steer in what creative way the team gets exposure to the general public. If you are very creative and know how to get the attention of people via your work, then applying might give you your dream function.

Possible time windows: 3 – 12 months | Part-time: 12 hours per week

Getting people to know and interact with Esports and spreading the general Esports awareness is one of the team’s core objectives. This is most easily done by organizing events where both children and adults can be introduced to Esports in a fun and active way. The event manager is the team member responsible that these events all run smoothly and that each event is a success. Together with the other M&C team members you schedule the different events and then it is your job to plan and guide each activity to perfection. These events can range from organizing a LAN-party for primary school children to a large tournament between FC Twente and Heracles, so there is never a dull moment in the work of the event manager. If you are a structured leader-type who can deal easily with stress, this might be the perfect function for you.  

Possible time windows: 3 – 12 months | Part-time: 12 hours per week

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