Bernd Gottsmann

Bernd Gottsmann

Associate Manager, eSports at Blizzard Entertainment

Supervisor Asso. Mngr Esports / 12 yrs

Paris Area, France

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Associate eSports Manager

Heroes of the Storm (2015)

Associate eSports Manager

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor (2014)

Associate eSports Manager

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (2014)

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010)

StarCraft (1998)

Skills

• eSports & Event Management including
- Booth Moderation Games Convention Leipzig
- Booth Management (Games Convention Leipzig 2006/2007/2008, WWI World Wide Invitational Blizzard/Paris 2008, Gamescom 2009 Cologne, Gamescom 2012 Cologne)
- StarCraft II World Championship Series WCS 2012, European Events (15 events, 10 countries)
- BWC Battle.net World Championship Shanghai / China
- StarCraft II World Championship Series WCS 2013
- BlizzCon 2013 - World of Warcraft & Hearthstone Invitational
- StarCraft II World Championship Series WCS 2014
- Hearthstone European Regional Qualifiers 2014, Road to BlizzCon | Stockholm/Sweden
- World of Warcraft European Arena Torunament 2014, Road to BlizzCon | Stockholm/Sweden
• Partner Communication and Management including events such as
- IEM Intel Extreme Masters, DreamHack Open Series, ASUS Rog, HomeStory Cups, Acer TeamStory Cups, Gfinity, IronSquid , Nation Wars and more
• Event Branding and Brand Exposure
• Event Promotion and Social Media

Specialties

• Event Coordination
• Event Moderation
• Project Management
• Public Speaking

Past positions

• Content Management
• Translations
• Customer Support
• Quality Control

Pluses

• Project Management / Team Management
• Certified SCRUM (Agile) Master
• Public Speaking
• Drama Workshops
• XML & CMS training / WEB Technologies
• Employee Training Workshops
• Incentive Grading

Language skills

• Native: German
• Fluent: English (TOEFL), Romanian
• Basic: French, Italian, Spanish
Work History

  • Asso. Manager

    Blizzard Entertainment

    April 2005 - Present

  • Associate Manager, Esports

    Blizzard Entertainment

    March 2015 - June 2016
    Versailles Area, France

    Managing and growing the European Esports Operations team.

  • Associate Esports Manager

    Blizzard Entertainment

    March 2014 - March 2015
    Versailles Area, France

    Organization / planning / supervision of European and Global Esports events, Esports coverage, Project Management, Communication, Branding around Blizzard Entertainment Games such as StarCraft II, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft and Heroes of the Storm

  • Community and Esports Event Coordinator

    Blizzard Entertainment

    April 2012 - March 2014
    Versailles Area, France

    Organization / planning / supervision of Community and Esports events, Esports coverage, Project Management and Communication.

  • External Events and Esports Coordinator

    Blizzard Entertainment

    September 2011 - March 2012
    Velizy

    Organization / planning / supervision of external and Esports events, Esports coverage and news creation for Blizzard Entertainment Europe.

  • Web Editorial DE

    Blizzard Entertainment Europe

    July 2008 - September 2011

    Content creation / implementation, CMS, HTML, XML, SCRUM, project management, event coverage

  • Quality Control Representative

    Blizzard Entertainment

    March 2006 - July 2008

    Training / Grading of CS Representatives Tech / Billing

  • Billing Support Representative

    Blizzard Entertainment

    April 2005 - March 2006

    Customer Support via email / phone, template creation

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Education

  • Economics

    Fachoberschule / University College Freising

    1995 - 1998