About BLAST The Role
At BLAST, we’re all about creating extraordinary live and digital experiences — from arena-packing esports tournaments to unforgettable content that engages fans around the globe. We Make It Bold by challenging the norm and delivering fresh, creative formats that redefine what’s possible in the industry. We Make It Together by building close, collaborative partnerships with world-leading game publishers and brands to produce truly world-class results. And we Make It Happen by bringing energy, precision, and a problem-solving mindset to everything we do - across games like Counter-Strike, DOTA 2, Rainbow Six Siege, Rocket League, and Fortnite.
If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and share our passion for pushing boundaries, we’d love to hear from you.
The Role
We are seeking a Business Development Associate to work closely with our Chief Business Officer, supporting the identification, evaluation and development of new business opportunities that will shape the company’s next phase of growth.
This role is ideal for someone in their second or third role who is commercially curious, analytically strong and creatively minded, with a genuine interest in how gaming, sport and entertainment are converging. You will sit at the centre of new business development, helping turn ideas, trends and opportunities into clear strategies and compelling partner pitches.
- Work directly with the Chief Business Officer on high-impact growth initiatives
- Exposure to senior decision-making and tangible commercial outcomes
- Opportunity to shape new businesses from early concept through to partner pitch
- A front-row seat to where gaming, sport and entertainment are heading next
- Be part of BLAST’s new and growing New York office, with a global remit
Responsibilities
Market & Opportunity Analysis
- Research and assess new markets, formats and business models across gaming, sport, media and entertainment
- Size opportunities by evaluating total addressable market, growth potential, audience dynamics and monetisation models
- Track and capitalise on emerging trends, including mass participation and creator-led competitions, new live and digital formats, distribution models and platform shifts
- Support prioritisation of new business opportunities with clear, data-backed rationale
Ideation & Pitch Development
- Support ideation for new products, formats, partnerships and IP extensions
- Channel that ideation and internal showering to develop high-quality pitch decks and materials for: Potential partners; IP owners; Game publishers; Platforms and brands
- Ensure ideas are well packaged with a clear narrative, strong visuals, logical structure and compelling commercial logic, grounded in data and persuasive storytelling
Partner & Industry Engagement
- Prepare for and participate in meetings with external partners and stakeholders
- Conduct background research on companies, IP, games, creators and platforms
- Capture insights, actions and follow-ups from partner discussions
Requirements
Experience
- 1–4 years’ experience in consulting, strategy, media, gaming/esports, sports, entertainment, start-ups or a related field
- Exposure to analysis, strategy, partnerships or business development is a plus
Skills & Attributes
- Excellent packaging skills — able to turn ideas and analysis into clear, compelling slides and documents
- Strong analytical ability, including market sizing and opportunity evaluation
- Quick learner, comfortable navigating new sectors, technologies and business models
- Clear, confident written and verbal communication
- Highly organised, detail-oriented and comfortable managing multiple workstreams
- Confident working closely with senior leadership
Interests
- Genuine passion for gaming, sport, media, entertainment and creator ecosystems
- Curiosity about how audiences engage with content today - and how that will evolve
- Interest in new formats, new games, new sports and emerging IP
What We Do
BLAST is on a mission to take esports to the next level of global entertainment. We excite and invite billions of fans to join the esports revolution. We create live and digital experiences - from tournaments that pack out major arenas around the world to great content that’s guaranteed to blow your socks off.
We work with some of the world’s best game publishers and brands to elevate their properties into amazing esports experiences - having delivered tournaments, content and shows in a variety of games, including: Counter-Strike, DOTA 2, Rainbow Six Siege, VALORANT, Apex Legends, FIFA 2022 and Fortnite.
BLAST creates, produces, broadcasts and distributes premium esports entertainment underpinned by industry-leading technology - whether this be in the shape of intimate broadcast studio shows, packed-out arena events in all corners of the globe or top-class multi-platform content.
The esports entertainment company has worked across a number of popular titles and delivered tournaments, content and shows in a variety of games, including: Counter-Strike, DOTA 2, VALORANT, Apex Legends and Fortnite. These shows have been watched on a global scale in 18 languages and across over 150 territories around the world.
