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Carlos Antunes

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Head of League of Legends Esports - Americas at Riot Games
📍 Los Angeles, California, United States

Carlos Antunes is the Head of League of Legends Esports for the Americas at Riot Games, responsible for the strategic direction and ecosystem unification across North and South America. Colleagues describe him as creative, intelligent, and charismatic, with a talent for strategic thinking. He holds degrees in Chemical Engineering and Philosophy.

Outside of his primary career in digital strategy and esports, Carlos has a notable passion for filmmaking. He pursued this interest by studying Cinematography at the Los Angeles Film School and completing a course in Documentary Filmmaking. This background fuels his interest in transmedia storytelling.

He is currently leading the historic merger of the North American, Latin American, and Brazilian professional leagues into a single, unified Americas league.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Head of League of Legends Esports - Americas
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Carlos shows up

Quality Focused
Fast But Analytical
Hard To Convince

They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service

Priorities

Topics Carlos cares about

Esports Ecosystems
He is focused on creating a sustainable business model and growing the sport by unifying the LoL esports ecosystem across the Americas.
Transmedia Storytelling
Reflecting his passion for content and filmmaking, he has participated as a panelist at Rio2C discussing the future of transmedia narratives for brands.
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Career

Work history

5-2016
Head of League of Legends Esports - Americas
Riot Games
11-2014 - 5-2016
Director - Digital Strategy
DM9DDB
6-2011 - 12-2014
Director - Multimeios/Digital
Artplan/Gruda
9-2010 - 4-2011
Director - Digital and Interactive
GEO Eventos
8-2009 - 8-2010
Director - Mobile and Interactive
Esporte Interativo
In the press

Media appearances

Riot Games appoints Head of League of Legends Esports for the Americas. Featured in Esports Insider
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Riot Games Appoints Carlos Antunes to Head of League of Legends. Featured in Esports Advocate
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Education
1990 - 1994
Bachelor
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2013 - 2013
Cinematography
Los Angeles Film School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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