Austen Roberts

Executive Producer,
Head of Production at Skillshot Media

Woodstock, GA Producer, Director, Designer, Retail Specialist... Previous: Creative Resource Manager &
Executive Producer at Allied Esports

Personal Details

  • Birthday: 1994 September 26
  • Status: Married
  • Nationality: American
  • DISCORD: MrARoberts

About Me

Veteran esports producer/director for live events and online broadcast. Working with a multitude of streamers, influences and esports professional players creating a unique and entertaining story-line.

Several years of experience dealing with crewing, talent, budgets, pre and post production pieces for small and large quality broadcasts both on live stream and network television.

Recent Shows Produced, Directed or TD'ed: HyperX Showdown: Knockout (June 5, 2019); Triple Crown Royale (June 22, 2019); PlayTime with KittyPlays (June 21, 2019); NHL World Gaming Championship (June 18, 2019); Allied Esports R6 Minor for Ubisoft (June 7-9, 2019); DragonBall Legends Showdown (May 21-23, 2019).

At the end of the day, I am a loving husband, pet owner and gamer who loves to play Halo and Call of Duty.

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Experience

From July 2020 To Present

Skillshot Media Atlanta, GA

Executive Producer, Head of Production

As the Executive Producer incharge of all things production, my job is to manage the overall flow of production operations within the company. Conversing with clientel, working with internal teams on budgeting, scheduling, crewing, scope of shows, rundown creation, creative direction for live broadcast, etc. (more details forthcoming)
From Mar 2017 To Present

Insight Apparel Chattanooga, TN
Nashville, TN

Co-Owner, CEO

As the Co-Owner & CEO, I oversee day-to-day operations, handle affiliate and client accounts, order fulfillment, quality oversight, business meetings for ways to continue to standardize the way we handle orders for our customers, affiliates, and clients.

As a Designer for 10+ yrs, I work directly with Insight Design, handling all custom design work for customers, partners, affiliates, staff, etc.

As the Co-Owner and CEO, it's my goal and mission to bring the very best apparel to the esports industry and outfit the players so that they can be proud of what they're doing and wearing. Developing new relationships and building an ecosystem within the Insight Apparel network providing full turnkey services and a complete solution for those companies wanting to be hands-off or being as hands-on as they want without the headache of worrying if something will get done. At the end of the day, we're all about our affiliates and clients because to us they're family!

From Mar 2008 To Present

Insight Productions Chattanooga, TN

Co-Founder

Platinum 5 Studios (now known as Insight Production) is a Esports based company dedicated towards helping others fulfill their dreams. At Insight Production we do everything from esports equipment rental, design, video editing, photography, consulting, esports operations and production setup & management, & more....

Insight Production is here to help your project be the best it can be, it's not about just making you good. It's about letting us help you make your next event be GREAT!

At Insight Production our customers and clients come first with anything we do, we make it our goal to ensure productivity, best produced services and best pricing in the industry, you have our company guarantee that we will beat any price out there as long as it doesn't drop below our UMP.

Close to a decade of executive level experience within a start up environment. Expertise in brand management and planning/operating large scale events. Skills include venue procurement, in market event advertising, grassroots messaging, labor negotiations, production build outs, staffing, CVB management, budgets, logistics and the infrastructure required for the internet and television quality broadcast and formats.

From Feb 2017 To Apr 2023

(6 years 3 months)

Cornerstone Apostolic Church Chattanooga, TN

Media & Production

Since the start of CAC launching a live broadcast for it's services on Sunday and Wednesday working alongside a tight team of volunteers and my brother to bring CAC services to the web.

+ Assist with live broadcast as an EP/Producer/Director
+ Manage and oversee all website and app systems
+ Creative Director overseeing all marketing and broadcast assetsSince the start of CAC launching a live broadcast for it's services on Sunday and Wednesday working alongside a tight team of volunteers and my brother to bring CAC services to the web. + Assist with live broadcast as an EP/Producer/Director + Manage and oversee all website and app systems + Creative Director overseeing all marketing and broadcast assets

Skills: Logo Design · Web Design · Graphic Design · Video Production

From Dec 2019 To July 2020

(8 months)

Allied Esports Chattanooga, TN
Irvine, CA

Executive Producer

From Oct 2019 To July 2020

(10 months)

Allied Esports Chattanooga, TN
Irvine, CA

Creative Resource Manager, Producer

As the Creative Resources Manager, it is my responsibility to manage the creative resources. Directing and coordinating the day-to-day creative and production efforts with the Chief Creative Officer. In this role, it is my job to maintain an environment where creativity can happen, Enhance our talent base and manage our talent needs, support the creative process in a fast-paced production environment and with a consistently superior creative product.

Planning, Analyzing, Evaluating is my primary task however also involving the management of file and folder structures, working hand and hand with our IT Administrator to ensure security measures are in place for all assets, ensuring team members have the documents, policies, working files, etc. to assist them with their job.

From May 2018 To July 2020

(2 years 3 months)

Allied Esports Chattanooga, TN
Irvine, CA

Creative Resource Manager

With the privilege of serving as a Coordinating Producer and Broadcast Director the past 14 months at the HyperX Esports Arena. with the movement to the Creative Team as a designer and knowledge base to consult on all things production, marketing, facility integration and more.

Allied Esports is the world's leading network of dedicated esports venues, mobile venues, brands and content spanning North America, Europe and China.

From May 2018 To Oct 2019

(1 year 6 months)

HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas, NV

Coordinating Producer

**Show Runner/EP for the HyperX Showdown presented by HyperX, a home style event featuring 8 different game titles and 16 professional players interacting with twitch community and more (July 2019)
**Show Runner/EP for the Triple Crown Royale Live Stream Presented by Newegg, a tournament featuring 3 Battle Royale titles (June 2019)
**Coordinating Producer for the PlayTime with KittyPlays Ep. 2 Live Stream featuring @KittyPlays (June 2019)
**FOH Producer/Director for the NHL World Gaming Championship aired live on NBC Sports Network (June 2019)
**Producer & AD for 24+ hours of live content coverage over 3 days with 1 setup day producing the Allied Esports R6 Minor Minor event for Ubisoft (June 2019)
**Venue Coordinating Producer for the NBA2K League Event: The Turn, featuring some of the best basketball esports players in the world (May 2019)
**FOH Producer/Director for the Big 3 Draft Hosted by IceCube and aired live on NBC Sports Network (May 2019)
**FOH Producer/Director & Overall Coordinating Producer for the PlayTime with KittyPlays Ep. 1 Live Stream featuring @KittyPlays (March 2019)
**Director/TD for the NASCAR Heat 3 Championship Live Streamed from the HyperX Mobile Truck at Homestead; Miami Florida. (Jan 2019)
**FOH Producer/TD for the AAF Quarterback Draft aired live on CBS Sports Network (Nov 2018)

Managing & Coordinating Duties:
**Managing multiple internal productions while also coordinating client ran and produced productions assisting them with integrating into the Vegas Arena.
**Managing and building budgets for live shows and potential show concepts, handling staff and crewing for for both live stream and network quality broadcasts inside the HyperX Esports Arena
**Lead Production Staff and had a heavy hand in over a dozen shows featuring different video games (ie; Rainbow Six Siege, DragonBall Legends, Fortnite, PUBG, Apex Legends, NASCAR Heat 3, Rocket League, and more.

From Aug 2019 To Sept 2019

(2 months)

Electronic Arts (EA) Arlington, TX

Field Producer (Contract)

Field Producer for the EA Madden 20 Classic Championship One Hour Post-Produced Show Airing on CW.

Tracking and coordinating story lines for post editing, liaison between Broadcast team and feature team and off site shoot coordinating.

From Oct 2017 To Jun 2018

(9 months)

Animal Clinic, Inc.
of Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN

Vet Tech, IT Administrator

As the IT Admin for the clinic, my job is to maintain the overall security of the hardware throughout the facility, installing and keeping equipment up to date. Maintaining the official company website and pushing updates as needed, Assisting with the setup and integration of all social media networks and managing email accounts, network infrastructure, etc.

From Sept 2016 To May 2018

(1 year 9 months)

EPB Production Chattanooga, TN

Producer, Director Contractor

Run studio camera, audio board and teleprompter for live production and helped with studio maintenance. Commercial production, motion/broadcast graphics, print, client networking, copyrighting, creative concept, live production work. Create and manage entire broadcast graphics and promotions package. Design packages for newly developed shows. Live show/events/sports graphics, directing, camera, and audio work.

From Mar 2008 To May 2018

(10 years 3 months)

Platinum 5 Studios Chattanooga, TN

Co-Founder, Executive Producer

Platinum 5 Studios is a Esports based company dedicated towards helping others fulfill their dreams. At Platinum 5 we do everything from esports equipment rental, design, video editing, photography, consulting, esports operations and production setup and management, and more....

Platinum 5 Studios is here to help your project be the best it can be, it's not about just making you good. It's about letting us help you make your next event be GREAT!

At Platinum 5 our customers and clients come first with anything we do, we make it our goal to ensure productivity, best produced services and best pricing in the industry, you have our company guarantee that we will beat any price out there as long as it doesn't drop below our UMP.

Close to a decade of executive level experience within a start up environment. Expertise in brand management and planning/operating large scale events. Skills include venue procurement, in market event advertising, grassroots messaging, labor negotiations, production build outs, staffing, CVB management, budgets, logistics and the infrastructure required for the internet and television quality broadcast and formats.

We offer "Turn Key" Tournaments, Online Tournaments, Leagues and Online Leagues.

From Feb 2018 To Mar 2018

(2 months)

Allied Esports (Contract) United States

Director & Technical Director

Project: Daytona 500 - NASCAR Installment
+ Arranged Camera Shots, Coordinated with Graphics and Audio along with on truck talent to ensure a show was properly executed, Coordinated with tech team to ensure all production gear was setup.
+ Coordinated with all team members to create footage outlines and packages to be aired during the main show.
+ Primarily assisted with the setup of all production gear within the trucks limits.

Project: Indy500 - NASCAR Installment
+ Assisted with production crew logistics, key gear setup (audio, video and graphics), coordinated with the client, pushed all production assets to it's limits.

From Oct 2016 To Feb 2018

(1 year 5 months)

Esports Minor League United States

Coordinating Producer, Creative Director

The Esports Minor League: Halo 5 Fall Season follows the top minor league teams across North America as they develop against other top amateur talent on the road to the next level.

Over the course of the season, the above teams will be battling for the title of Season Champions along with their portion of an ever growing crowdfunded prize pool. Eight teams in the North America will play each other in best of five series during the regular season after an extensive map veto process to determine the final game types. Every game matters, as overall series scores and map win percentages can play a role in determining tiebreakers for the top four spots for season finals.

The North American side of things will feature weekly broadcasts every Monday and Friday beginning at 7:00 PM EST starting on November 28th for week 1.

Education

Skills

Start Up's
Innovation
Comms
Adobe Suite
HTML + CSS
Business
E-commerce
Management

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