League of Legends developer Riot Games is opening a new UK office which will be located in London.
Riot is now hiring a head of esports and business analyst for its new London office.
Riot currently has offices in Dublin, and closed its Brighton office last year.
The news was revealed in this post from Mark Cox aka GeneralCoxy, UK head of publishing, who took on the role in February this year according to his LinkedIn profile.
Prior to that, he worked as brand and analytics director at Riot Games Sydney, and held senior marketing roles at Activision.
Mark has reached out to the UK community to ask for feedback.
“What do you want to see from a local UK Riot team? What have we done well in the UK and what have we not done well?”
Mark said: “I am GeneralCoxy, I have recently moved back from the sunny shores of Sydney Australia, to help the Riot team open the new UK office.
“Why do I need your help you say? Well I want to know a few of things from you guys:
- What do you want to see from a local UK Riot team (community activities, esports, art, cosplay, in-game events etc)?
- What have we done well in the UK (if you have nothing good to say move to question 3:))?
- What have we not done well in the UK (don’t pull any punches here)?
“Throw anything into this thread and I will answer also any questions you may have on the plans in the UK. Thanks for your help and feedback in advance!”
We’ve reached out to Riot for more details on the UK office.
You can pass your feedback to Mark on the Riot forum here
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
