Robert Hager Email & Phone Number

All responsibilities listed are in addition to those within the "Product Manager" role- Worked directly with Ubisoft Paris and Ubisoft Montreal to define the direction and future of BR6 esports. Built strong lasting relationships with Ubisoft, developing deep levels of trust that I will make the best decisions for the brand, game and ecosystem. Direct point of contact and internal reference for Ubisoft and BLAST on all things Rainbow Six Siege.- Input, review, feedback and ideation of league, Major and SI formats with Ubisoft and BLAST. Discussions and ideations on relationship between leagues, majors and SI with Ubisoft and BLAST. Consulted on rulebook additions to benefit the wider ecosystem. Consulted on comp ops decisions involving the breaking of rules, management of PR and comms around comp ops decisions, and considerations of rulings on wider ecosystem and global leagues. Sharing formats with needed parties - production partners, broadcast takers, talent, internally, costream and watch parties.- Managed, consulted and led on English and alternative language coverage of leagues, majors and SI - accounting for over 80% of our global viewership. Designed operational workflows between production partners, talent and Ubisoft hubs to ensure consistent improvement possibilities.- Work with Ubisoft and content creators to align on broadcast and costream opportunities, work with Ubisoft and content creators across longstanding marketing opportunities and community relationships, conception and execution of the creator show matches, lead on the design and creation of the BLAST R6 weapon skin, Twitch ads and Youtube VOD management, back office platform and API additions and integrations, lead on relationship and collaboration to execute our grassroots offerings through Challengermode.

- Managed, consulted and led on operations, creative direction and key decision making for the nine professional leagues across the BR6 global ecosystem - North America, Europe, Brazil, Japan, Korea, LATAM, MENA, Asia, OCE. Identify, onboard, manage and review regional production partners across nine regional leagues from initial RFP period to postseason reviews. Host weekly standups between production partners and Ubisoft regional hubs to ensure constant communication flow and a defined support structure. Main PoC between partners, BLAST, and Ubi. - Lead on creative direction of Regional Leagues, Majors and SI. Built our run of shows to ensure alignment with the best interests of Ubisoft and the greater R6 community. Designed content briefings to tailor towards R6 fans and worked with regional partners and Ubi hubs to generate bespoke content around specific cultural divides. Lead on direction of GFX including broadcast, socials, stage and venue. Identified music themes for all regions and events - sourced tracks from music producers and licensed tracklists. Schedule and develop talent across all regions, majors and SI. Worked directly with Ubisoft on the designs of Major trophies.- Manage 30+ members of English speaking talent involving scheduling, creative editorial meetings, reviews, discord support and more. BLAST main PoC for talent from BR, LATAM, JP, KR native language + talent involved in alternative language streaming

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

United States

- Managed, consulted and led third party LAN and Online events with Riot Games, Ubisoft, G4, EA, Respawn, Epic Games, 2k, Psyonix, Blizzard, FAZE, T1, Immortals and many others.- Established third-party and white labeled competitive circuits for AAA esports titles, creating functional operational frameworks ranging from budgeting, competition and rules parameters, internal resource allocation and evergreen redeployment strategies.- Managed, led and executed full lifecycle infrastructure deployments for national LAN events, in-house arena events and online competition. Events ranged from local communities to professional competition circuits.- Managed the execution of NSG’s “Path to Pro”; created events surrounding each individual esports ecosystem that is open to all of North America. Focused on creating an identity for amateurs to connect with their community and have a tangible path to becoming a professional player.- Managed a discord of 18,700+ users promoting events. Cross-promoted Nerd Street’s communities with other local and online communities increasing discord users by over 800%.- Worked closely with all product teams through event lifecycle review focusing on customer & competitor experience and third-party partnerships with a community focus leading to a 4,000% increase in NSG twitch followers.- Managed a revolving team of 10+ LAN and online admins, training them on best operational practices and scheduling them across all of Nerd Streets and third-party events.- Managed the Philadelphia flagship Localhost location with a team of five staff members. Facilitated arena operations, esports events, partnership promotions and community events.- Designed, filmed, and acted in multiple advertisements and educational pieces produced by Nerd Street’s production department.- Operated multiple twitter accounts across different gaming communities to promote events, streams, and meetups.- Conducted campaigns to engage members and local communities

United States

- Managed the Philadelphia flagship Localhost location with a team of five staff members. Facilitated arena operations, esports events, partnership promotions and community events.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Broadcast weekly shows at LocalHost detailing updates in Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege competitive and casual community• Manage a community for Rainbow Six Siege enthusiasts on the social platform, Discord, boasting 500 active members by organizing cooperative gaming events, creating & presenting educational videos, streaming events on Twitch.com and oversee relevant social media accounts• Assist production team in supervision at various gaming events such as previous tournaments including Cougar 30k National Championship for Counter Strike: GO, HV Gamercon for collegiate finals and Play VS High School Championships• Operate with two other show runners in order to produce content through Twitch.com and YouTube.com

Palmerton, Pennsylvania

• Serve as a part of a sales team generating $2 million+ in yearly sales• Experience with making daily store decisions, product management, warehouse organization, customer service and product delivery• Complete search engine optimization marketing for the business’ Facebook page and website; engaging potential markets and new customers segments

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

• Aided various game day activities including authorizing social media posts for the Jumbotron, running the display of video & images on the Jumbotron and interacting with participants as Iron Pigs characters• Planned and organized marketing events through promotion• Worked in sales and merchandising departments as well as ticketing office

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Digital Communication And Media/Multimedia

Activities and Societies: Comparative Media Study at Lund University, Sweden National Broadcast Society Television Club

Comparative Media, Senior

Studied Comparative Media at Lund University during the summer of 2019 • Traveled across Sweden and Denmark analyzing media processes.