# Ashish Gupta

Ashish Gupta is a remote worker on Himalayas, Marketing Lead - India and South Asia at Riot Games, based in India.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@ashishgupta11

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Gaming marketing leader at Riot Games who shaped publishing strategies across India and South Asia.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | India |
| Authorized to work in | India |
| Salary expectations | 6050k+ INR |
| Job categories | Marketing Lead, Game Publishing, Game Designer, Marketing Manager |
| Skills | Game Marketing, Game Publishing, Gaming, Go To Market Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Product Marketing, Digital Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Influencer Marketing, Content Strategy, Marketing Campaigns, Advertising, Mobile Advertising Sales, Business Strategy, Business Analysis |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/ashishgupt |

## About

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At Riot Games, I served as Marketing Lead for India and South Asia, helping shape publishing and regional business strategies. I worked with agencies on go-to-market plans and provided direction for product brand marketing and content across the player journey.

At Reliance Jio, I led the games ecosystem across feature phones, smartphones, set-top boxes, cloud gaming, VR, and eSports. Earlier, as Country Manager for India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh at Gameloft, I managed and grew business across OEMs, carriers, advertising, app stores, and D2C, and helped establish its advertising business in India.

I started in gaming as a Graphic Artist, creating and animating graphics for mobile games, then moved into game design and publishing. At Reliance Games, I contributed to reaching the No. 2 publisher position on Nokia Store and to 100% growth in telecom VAS and ad revenue.
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## Experience

### Marketing Lead - India and South Asia

[Riot Games](https://himalayas.app/companies/riot-games-inc). May 2022 - Mar 2025

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Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles, California. They developed and published games/shows like League of Legends, Wild Rift, Legends of Runeterra, Team fight Tactics, Valorant and Arcane. Riot Games operates League of Legends esports leagues and the Valorant Champions Tour.

Served as the Marketing Lead for India &
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Skills: Communication-Skills, Digital-Marketing, Business-Analysis, Marketing, Negotiation, Relationship-Building, Procurement-Negotiation, Leadership, Influencer-Marketing, Gaming, Market-Planning, Partnerships, Online-Gaming, Marketing-Campaigns, Creative-Strategy, Activation, Content-Strategy, Business-Development, Advertising, Strategic-Partnerships, Creative-Collaboration, Influencer-Outreach, Mobile-Marketing, VAS, Cross-team-Collaboration, Video-Games, Game-Publishing, eSports

### Asst. Vice President - Games Ecosystem

[Jio](https://himalayas.app/companies/jio-platforms-limited). Apr 2021 - Apr 2022

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Worked as Asst. Vice President - Games Ecosystem at Jio.
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Skills: Contract-Negotiation, International-Negotiation, Presentation-Skills, Communication-Skills, Business-Analysis, Relationship-Building, Procurement-Negotiation, OEM, Leadership, Partner-Relationship-Management, Strategic-Negotiations, Market-Planning, Creative-Strategy, C-Level, Creative-Collaboration, Cross-team-Collaboration, Video-Games, Co-Marketing

### General Manager- Lead Games Ecosystem

[Jio](https://himalayas.app/companies/jio-platforms-limited). Jun 2017 - Apr 2022

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Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, or Jio, is an LTE mobile network operator in India. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries headquartered in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra that provides wireless 4G LTE service network (without 2G/3G based services) and is the only 'VoLTE-only' (Voice over LTE) operator in the country which lacks legacy network support of 2G and 3G, with coverage across all
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Skills: Analytical-Skills, Presentation-Skills, Communication-Skills, Marketing, Negotiation, Relationship-Building, Procurement-Negotiation, OEM, Leadership, Partner-Relationship-Management, Market-Planning, Mobile-Games, Networking, C-Level, Cross-team-Collaboration, Video-Games

### Director & Country Head India, Srilanka & Bangladesh at Gameloft

[Gameloft](https://himalayas.app/companies/gameloft). Apr 2015 - Jun 2017

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A leading digital and social game publisher, Gameloft® has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms, including mobile phones, smartphones and tablets set-top boxes and connected TVs. Gameloft operates its own established franchises such as Asphalt, Modern Combat and also partners with Universal,Disney, Marvel, Fox Dig
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Skills: Analytical-Skills, Presentation-Skills, Communication-Skills, Process-Development, Marketing, Negotiation, Relationship-Building, Procurement-Negotiation, OEM, Leadership, Partner-Relationship-Management, Social-Gaming, Market-Planning, Marketing-Campaigns, Creative-Strategy, Activation, Mobile-Games, Mobile-Devices, Networking, C-Level, Creative-Collaboration, Cross-team-Collaboration, Video-Games

### Business Head - India

Reliance Games & Zapak Digital Entertainment Limited. Jun 2014 - Mar 2015

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www.reliancegames.com

www.zapak.com
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Skills: Presentation-Skills, Process-Development, Business-Analysis, Negotiation, Relationship-Building, Procurement-Negotiation, OEM, Leadership, Partner-Relationship-Management, Market-Planning, Marketing-Campaigns, Activation, Mobile-Games, Mobile-Devices, Networking, C-Level, Creative-Collaboration, Video-Games

### Head - Gaming Reliance Games & Zapak Digital Entertainment

Reliance Games. Nov 2012 - Jun 2014

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Worked as Head - Gaming Reliance Games & Zapak Digital Entertainment at Reliance Games.
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Skills: Analytical-Skills, Presentation-Skills, Marketing, Negotiation, Relationship-Building, Procurement-Negotiation, Leadership, Social-Gaming, Market-Planning, Mobile-Games, Networking, Cross-team-Collaboration, Video-Games

### Head D2C

Reliance Games. Feb 2011 - Nov 2012

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Carrier Deck Management
Product Management
New Product Developement
Off -Deck / Alternate Channel Sales
Revenue Assurance & Analysis
Planing & Promotions for Direct to Consumer Sales
D2C Portal Management
New Business Initiatives/Acqusition Deals
Content Providers & Carrier Management
Marketing - Mobile & Web Ad Inventory
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Skills: Analytical-Skills, Presentation-Skills, Mobile-Apps, Business-Analysis, Marketing, Relationship-Building, Procurement-Negotiation, Market-Planning, Marketing-Campaigns, Creative-Strategy, Activation, Mobile-Games, Mobile-Devices, Creative-Collaboration, Video-Games

### Sr. Manager - VAS Marketing | Gaming

[RealNetworks](https://himalayas.app/companies/realnetworks). Apr 2008 - Jan 2011

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As a Manager, handling Business-Strategy/Analysis/MIS/NPD and working towards achieving revenue guidance MoM/QoQ and YoY for Airtel Live!

*Responsible for Overall Games Revenue- Strategy,Planning &
*Games & Other Deck Management/Placements/Promotions
*Revenue tracking & Analysis through various MIS
*Work closely with clients to identify the requirements and provide solutions, for campaigns and t
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Skills: Analytical-Skills, Presentation-Skills, Process-Development, Mobile-Apps, Business-Analysis, Marketing, OEM, Partner-Relationship-Management, Social-Gaming, Marketing-Campaigns, Creative-Strategy, Activation, Mobile-Games, Networking, Video-Games

### Sr. Manager - Gaming; Portal & Mobile

Oxigen Infovision India Pte Limited. Sep 2007 - Mar 2008

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Worked on Mobibuzz (an independent WAP portal) www.mobibuzz.in, Content Acquisition for games and application. Also executed Mobile/PC realtime casino games and site, developed and designed mobile/pc blogging website named www.mobiblogs.in.Worked on Fortune Lounge Casino Games, Mobile Virtual Casino model.
http://www.oxicash.in/
http://mobibuzz.in/
http://www.myoxigen.com/
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Skills: Analytical-Skills, Presentation-Skills, Process-Development, Mobile-Apps, Partner-Relationship-Management, Creative-Strategy, Activation, Mobile-Devices, Networking, Game-Development, Video-Games

### Sr. Game Designer

Jump games Ltd (Reliance ADA group). Dec 2006 - Sep 2007

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Designed games for mobile platform, Designed AAA titles like Ramyana, Sadhu, Devi from Virgin Comics.

Worked on Hanuman Returns (Ficci BAF Winner)and some Rajshri Titles. Designed Crosswords, Quizes for Australian market.

Handled a team of 3 game designers and worked on various online and mobile games & applications.
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Skills: Mobile-Apps, Creative-Strategy, Mobile-Devices, Game-Development, Video-Games

### Game Designer

Indiagames Ltd. Nov 2005 - Nov 2006

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Designed and worked on AAA Game Titles for Asia Pacific, Prodeuced mobile games based on Indian comic characters, Bollywood and International comics.

Worked for CDMA and GSM operators for various infotainement projects.
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Skills: Mobile-Apps, Game-Development, Video-Games

### Sr. Graphic Designer

Indiagames Ltd. Nov 2003 - Nov 2005

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Worked as a pixel artist for mobile games, created, animated and ported graphics, levels, maps for AAA Titles, Most Famous Hollywood /Bollywood Titles, Branded Games, Cartoon series and Inhouse brands.
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Skills: Creative-Strategy, Photoshop, Game-Development, Video-Games

### Creative (Freelance)

Maacs Inc, Mumbai. Jan 2003 - Aug 2003

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Freelance Art Direction on multiple sales promotion activity/campaign/ stalls /projects of Mahindra Intertrade/ Pedigree and Castrol.
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Skills: Creative-Strategy, Photoshop, Game-Development

### Systems Executive

UTC Fire & Security. Nov 2000 - Dec 2002

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Software Support for Electronic Security & Surveillance, Time Attendance Managment/Installation, Badging System/Installiation & Support, Access Control System Managment.
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### Developer

Metro Tecnologies Pvt. Ltd. Feb 2000 - Sep 2000

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Developed & maintained Delhi's first interactive property listing provider website www.makeproperties.com.
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### Service Executive

ABC Communications India Private Limited(Easycall Paging). May 1999 - Oct 1999

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Managed Customer Calls
Improved Quality
Improved Processes of Telephone booking for tele shopping and home shopping process
Created Process for Backup Data
Ideas for New Customer Acquisition
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## Education

### PGD IMSIT Advertising & Marketing, YMCA New Delhi

PG Diploma, Advertising & Marketing. 2002 - 2003

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Studied Advertising and Marketing, internship at Jaya Advertising Agency and Trikaya Grey
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### Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University

B. Com, Commerce. 1998 - 2000

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Bachelor of Commerce
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### National Institute of Information Technology

GNIIT, Computers : Software. 1997 - 2000

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Coding, Design UI, SOP Projects, Singing, Short Skit, Event Management,
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### First Computers

Office Computing & Managment, Microsoft Office. 1997 - 1997

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MS Office
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### St. Xaviers High School

High School, Science. 1994 - 1995

### United Latino Students Association

Quality Management - Philip B. Crosby

### Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

Diploma in Advance Computer Arts (DACA - CDAC), Advance Computer Graphics. 2002 - 2003

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A 6 months full time course forAdvanced Computer Graphics, 2D & 3D Animation, Editing and Sound from CDAC conducted at Mumbai Education Trust
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## Tech stack

- Adobe Photoshop

To contact Ashish, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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