A London-linked esports and gaming events company behind ESL tournaments, DreamHack festivals and the FACEIT competitive platform.
ESL FACEIT Group runs esports tournaments, gaming festivals and online competition platforms. It brings together three well-known names: ESL, which stages tournaments; DreamHack, which runs gaming festivals; and FACEIT, an online platform where players compete in games such as Counter-Strike 2. It also works on broadcasts and tools that help players improve. ESL runs leagues and tournaments for developers and publishers, FACEIT hosts leagues for games such as Rocket League, Rainbow Six Siege and Dota 2, and DreamHack brings players and fans together in person.
FACEIT was founded in London in June 2012 by Niccolo Maisto, Michele Attisani and Alessandro Avallone. It joined ESL to form ESL FACEIT Group in 2022, and Maisto now leads the group as chief executive. FACEIT hosted the FACEIT Major in London in 2018 at Wembley Arena, the first Counter-Strike Major held in the UK. A job-site profile gives the group's aim as creating "worlds beyond gameplay" where players and fans become a community.
The group has a London-based entity, ESL FACEIT Group Limited, which a 2024 financial report says now coordinates group-level operations from the UK. That report gives an average headcount of 164 in 2024, but job sites list about 1,354 people for the whole group, so the UK figure and group figure should not be mixed up. The group also has subsidiaries in Germany, Spain, Denmark, France, Poland, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia.
We did not find culture or values statements on the pages we could read. What we can say is that the group's work is international: tournaments are produced with teams of broadcast, event, technology and community specialists, and games publishers, brands and media partners are its customers. The company names itself as an official operating partner for the Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia, which gives a sense of the scale of events it supports.
Roles in a company like this include event production, broadcast, software engineering, data, community management, partnerships and marketing. If you enjoy games and live events, you can see how a hobby becomes a business with many different jobs behind the scenes. Because many staff work across countries, language skills and flexibility matter, so look carefully at each role's location before applying. The group has also bought specialist businesses, including Vindex for technology and infrastructure, Esports Engine for production and Gamers Net, which runs the Mobalytics analytics platform.
Website: www.eslfaceitgroup.com
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