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Brand & Creative Strategist · Esports

Builds brands. Tells stories. Five years on the ground.

NowContent & Creative Strategist, rdy.gg AlsoDirector, La Sopa Podcast FromLima, Peru · PT / ES / EN
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rdy.gg

rdy.gg ↗

Content and creative strategy for rdy.gg, a CS2, Dota 2 and League of Legends media brand, since October 2025. The shows are the rdy.gg team's. The editorial system, the formats and the rundowns are the part I write.

rdy.gg
Content & Creative Strategist
Oct 2025 – Present · Remote from Lima, Peru

Set up rdy.gg's content strategy from the ground up: editorial standards, content pillars and a house voice the whole team writes in. Designed the show formats and wrote the rundowns for Win Condition CS2 and Win Condition Dota 2, which I also moderate, and for Context Cap. Led on-the-ground production at IEM Rio 2026, with mixed-zone interviews from Vitality, MOUZ, Falcons and Spirit. Built the CS2 data systems with the quantitative analytics team that turn raw match data into editorial, social and broadcast assets. Editorial and SEO strategy across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and the site.

Editorial system Show formats House voice IEM Rio 2026 on the ground CS2 data systems Built with the rdy.gg team
Win Condition CS2
Format, rundowns, moderation
Running
Win Condition Dota 2
Format, rundowns, moderation
Running
Context Cap
Format, editorial rules
Running
Ws and Ls
Format
Retired
rdy.gg · Win Condition CS2
Win Condition CS2
The CS2 pro circuit as a weekly desk: events, tactical shifts, roster moves, and what the results mean for the standings.Show by the rdy.gg team. Format, rundowns and moderation: Pedro Brauner.
rdy.gg · Win Condition Dota 2
Win Condition Dota 2
The Dota 2 pro scene: tournament breakdowns, meta analysis, and the storylines shaping the competitive year.Show by the rdy.gg team. Format, rundowns and moderation: Pedro Brauner.
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La Sopa Podcast

lasopapodcast.com ↗

A weekly Spanish-language Dota 2 podcast I created in May 2025 and run end to end: format, booking, direction, production and the commercial side.

La Sopa
Director & Executive Producer
May 2025 – Present · Lima, Peru

Created and lead a weekly Spanish-language Dota 2 podcast built on competitive analysis, community and storytelling, live every week with a four-host desk. Pitched, priced and closed the title sponsorship with Stake, then turned the sponsor segment, La Culebra, into a product of its own with a vote page, a leaderboard and a live overlay. I oversee the full pipeline, from concept and booking to edit, publishing and short-form distribution, and I wrote the brand's voice rules on top of a commissioned identity.

42 episodes · Sep 2026 5.8M impressions 1.8M plays Title sponsor: Stake Spanish
Reach figures from the show's media kit, August 2026 (YouTube Studio, TikTok Analytics, Meta Business). lasopapodcast.com/marcas ↗
La Sopa · Podcast
Latest episodes
The weekly desk, in Spanish, with pro players and top Spanish-speaking talent from the Dota 2 community.lasopapodcast.com ↗
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On the ground

Films, interviews and frames from the press floor. Rio, Riyadh, Berlin. Five years of reporting is where the eye comes from.

For the full experience, watch in full screen with sound on.

Pedro Brauner · Documentary
The tournament that wanted to rule the world | EWC Experience
A documentary about the Esports World Cup in Riyadh: the most ambitious esports event ever attempted, and what it actually felt like to be there. Reported, produced, and directed on the ground in Saudi Arabia.Song: Fucked Up by Racoma
América Esports · Interview, in Spanish
¿Es el fin de Dota? Jenkins rompe el silencio y habla claro
A candid interview with Jenkins on the state of Dota 2: declining playerbase, Valve's silence, and the game's future. Reporting works in any language.
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Writing

Two pieces from five years of reporting on competitive gaming. The eye behind the systems.

Yellow highlights are annotations: thoughts I have now, looking back at what I wrote then.
Reportage
Berlin, May 2023: Two Conversations at the Major
2023
Interview
On the Verge: How bzkA Almost Quit Everything and Won the World
2022
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Career Arc

From events and communications, through the press row, to building the rooms where the stories get told. The full record is on the CV.

Career Arc Feb 2022 → Present

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Collaborations, new projects, or just a good conversation about esports and storytelling. Reach out in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.

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