Aaaand that’s a wrap! We just wanted to thank and
give the Intel FutureGen 2022 cohort a final shout-out and a rundown of what we
were able to offer these great students this year.
Thank you very much to our cohort again for
continuing to be so enthusiastic about the industry. We are confident that you
will get fantastic career opportunities in the future and we are excited to see
where you will land.
- Adam Carter, Royal Holloway
University of London
- Alex Oliver, Durham
University
- Caity Emery, University of
Warwick
- Chun Yin Michael Fok, University
of Birmingham
- Daria Ionita, University of
Essex
- Edward Joyce, University of
Southampton
- Elise Amelia Dennis, Falmouth
University
- Jacob Williams, Swansea
University
- Joshua Mankelow, University of
Warwick
- Kai Heale, Durham
University
- Kieran Bourbery, Heriot-Watt
University,
- Lauryn Halpenny, University of
Leeds
- Lily Djahanbakhsh, Roehampton
University
- Meg Stemman Sunshine, University
of Manchester
- Ollie Mcferran, Bangor
University
- Richard Sykora, University of
Essex
- Rory Singer, Nottingham Trent
University
- Sang Tae Lee, Coventry
University
- Sara Leghari, Staffordshire
University London
- Zainuddin Mohammed, Brunel
University
This year we introduced the buddy system, where 20
carefully selected industry professionals were paired up with each of the
students to have one-to-one conversations about careers in the esports industry.
We would like to thank the buddies for their contributions:
- Abbey Plumb, Senior Technical
Program Manager at Unity Technologies
- Oliver Clarke, Commercial
Director at BLAST
- Dan Ellis, Commercial Director at
Code Red Esports
- Morgan Ashurst, Head of ESI
Media
- Mitsouko Anderson, Head of
Partnerships at DotX Talent
- Neal "tsunami"
Khandheria, Dota 2 Caster
- Charlotte Pook,
Talent Acquisition Manager at Electric Square
- Mark Broom, UK Consumer Marketing
Specialist at Intel
- Ben Steenhuisen, Senior Software
Architect at Bayes Esports Solutions GmbH
- Joe Hills, Account Manager Brand
Partnerships at StreamElements
- Catherine Bygrave, Head of
Publisher and Developer Relations at Gfinity
- Nathan Edmonds, Head of Community
& Marketing at Hitmarker
- Julia Cwierz, Esports
Paralegal
- Robb Boyd, Social Media & PR
Specialist at PCSpecialist
- Jack “Wolfy” Saunders, CS:GO
Caster
- Muriëlle “Kips” Huisman, Dota 2
Analyst
- Chris Duggan, Senior Event
Partnership Manager at Player1 Events
- Giulia Zecchini, Commercial
Strategy Lead at FACEIT
- Neale Maker, UK Esports &
Player Engagement Marketing Manager at Ubisoft
- Owen McIntyre, Marketing Manager
(Xbox UK&I) at Microsoft
Furthermore,
we also had 6 sessions broadcasted to our Twitch channel from industry
professionals where they were able to go in-depth about their personal
experiences in the industry that was available to everyone. The 2022 FutureGen
cohort then had access to an exclusive Q&A session after the presentations
on Twitch. Here’s a rundown of who we had this year:
- Introduction to FutureGen - Mark
Broom, UK Customer Client Marketing Specialist at Intel.
- Q&A
Session - Kieran Holmes-Darby, Gaming Director at the
ABB Fia Formula E Championship & Co-Founder of Excel.
- Q&A
Session - Sacriel, Streamer & Twitch
Partner.
- Esports
Coaching - Matthew Watson, Director of Learning &
Development at the International Federation of Esports Coaches.
- League
Operations - Chris Henshaw, Head of League Operations
at National Student Esports
- Recruitment
in Esports - Heather Dower, Founder & CEO of
Hotdrop
Finally, we were able to offer our cohort a range of
goodies and event access!
- Exclusive Intel FutureGen branded Intel x NSE
merch kits.
- Full
access tickets to Insomnia i68 & Spring Finals.
- Full
access tickets to ESI London 2022.
Does this sound like something you want to be a part
of? The sign-ups for the 2023 cohort are opening soon!
