Xander Torres Email & Phone Number

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

I published features that focused on players and teams participating in Riot Games's League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) on a weekly to bi-weekly basis, remotely interviewing players to supplement content for the site.

I provided insight on the global League of Legends scene and was a weekly contributor on the League of Legends Global Power Rankings and Overwatch League Power Rankings. I often participated in editorial planning leading up to major international events, producing features on teams from non-Western regions.

Los Angeles, California, United States

I worked on a five week photo captioning project in preparation for Riot Games's photo licensing partnership with Getty Images. I curated over 10,000 images, selecting photos based on quality and providing detailed captions and metadata for each individual photo through Adobe Bridge.

Produced and edited scripts for ProGuide's "Challenger League of Legends Guides" Youtube channel which commanded an audience of over 600,000 subscribers. I largely edited gameplay-focused scripts, but also wrote original scripts centered around esports and updates to League of Legends.

I produced written content for Blizzard Entertainment's Overwatch League in Burbank, California that included post-match interviews with players at the venue, longform player features, and same-day highlight features.

Head of League of Legends and Overwatch esports content at VP Game's esports vertical, VPesports. I reported news, interviewed players, wrote longform features, attended live events and managed freelancers for VP Esports.

I freelanced for Red Bull Media's Esports department, producing written content for the esports website. I wrote long form features on players and teams competing in the North American LCS and conducted interviews with players at the LCS studio on a weekly basis. Published feature samples:

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature/Letters

Associate Of Arts - Aa, English Language And Literature/Letters