Anthony King Jr

Partnerships @ Discord

Oakland, California, United States

About

Engineer-turned-business-guy who loves to work on cool products, strategies, and partnerships. I'm particularly fond of leveraging data to make decisions, analyzing & creating new business models, and unlocking value by discovering and championing creative insights. Analytical | Restorative | Achiever | Futuristic | Focus

Experience

  • Discord (San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid)
    • Director, Business Development
      Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

      • Pioneered Discord Social Layer partnerships, signing/managing pilot partners for GDC 2025 launch. • Drove $##M in gross revenue via Discord Collectibles IP licensing deals. • Signed high impact integration deals with AAA publishers (incl. EA, Nexon, Tencent, Scopely) which have driven ##M account links, 25% more game days (median), and 16% longer sessions (median).

    • Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships
      Jul 2022 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

      • Founding team for Discord Quests, running pilots with alpha partners (incl. Epic, Capcom, ArenaNet). • Served as partnerships lead across the gaming ecosystem, building executive-level relationships at all major game publishers (incl. Riot, EA, Ubisoft, Tencent, Activision, Epic, 2K, Rockstar, Mihoyo).

  • Twitch (San Francisco Bay Area · On-site)
    • Senior Business Development Manager
      Sep 2019 - Jul 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    • Senior Partnerships Manager
      Apr 2019 - Sep 2019 · 6 mos

    • Partnerships Manager
      May 2018 - Apr 2019 · 1 yr

  • Strategic Business Development Intern at PlayStation
    May 2017 - Aug 2017 · 4 mos

  • Co-Founder at Nebulous Esports Management, Inc.
    May 2014 - May 2017 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Co-founded Nebulous Esports Management, Inc., focusing on the burgeoning esports industry. • Developed partnerships with strategic vendors, sponsors, and customers. • Collaborated with co-founders to launch several successful tournaments. • Established Nebulous as a brand name in the Smash Bros community via high-quality events.

  • Solutions Architect at Olapic, Inc.
    Nov 2015 - Jul 2016 · 9 mos