// VEXEL — About, Careers, Contact, Sign in, Dashboard // useState is already in scope from ui.jsx (loaded first) // ─── ABOUT ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── function AboutPage({ go }) { return (
{/* Hero */}
About Vexel

Built in Dubai.
For the Gulf.

{/* Mission */}
The Mission

Stop the talent drain.

The GCC has a generational depth of competitive talent and zero infrastructure to keep them home. Every year, our best players sign with EU and NA orgs, train in Berlin or Seoul, and never come back. We're tired of it.

Vexel is the operating system for what comes next — a tournament platform, broadcast network, ranking system and player pipeline, owned and operated out of Dubai. The point isn't to chase global esports. The point is to build a regional ecosystem so strong that the world has to come to us.

{/* Timeline */}

The story so far.

{[ ["2023 · Q1", "Wakefield Project Management is incorporated in Dubai. Trade Licence 1167116 issued. Founder Ibrahim Hussain Ahli writes the first business plan on the back of a napkin in DIFC."], ["2023 · Q4", "First exhibition tournament — a 32-player Tekken showcase at Dubai Mall. Sells out in under an hour. AED 25,000 prize pool, 4,200 viewers on a stream nobody planned to put online."], ["2024 · Q2", "Vexel platform officially launches. Six titles, three tournaments running, 1,400 registered players in the first week."], ["2024 · Q4", "First major: Vexel Winter Invitational. AED 600,000 prize pool. Coca-Cola Arena. Falcons GG take the crown."], ["2025", "Vexel becomes the official GCC qualifier path for two international circuits. Active player base passes 12,000."], ["2026", "Spring Open hits AED 450k — the largest single Valorant prize pool ever staged outside of Riot's official circuit. Diamond partners on board. Summer Invitational announced at AED 1.2M."], ].map(([year, body], i) => (
{year}

{body}

))}
{/* Leadership */}

Leadership.

{[ ["Ibrahim Hussain Ahli", "Founder & CEO", PHOTOS.gamer1, "Wakefield owner. UAE-born, Dubai-built. 18 years in regional sport, three years in esports, zero patience for slow."], ["Shirley Bouchard", "Head of Partnerships", PHOTOS.player8, "Ran sponsorship for Dubai Tennis Championships before she crossed over. Speaks five languages, signs ten contracts a week."], ["Tariq Al-Saud", "Director of Esports", PHOTOS.gamer3, "Former pro Valorant player. Now decides which players become pros. Brutal but fair."], ["Aysha Al-Kaabi", "Head of Broadcast", PHOTOS.player5, "Built the production graph that runs every Vexel stream. Ex-MBC, ex-twitch.tv/middleeast."], ].map(([name, role, photo, bio]) => (
{name}
{role.toUpperCase()}

{bio}

))}
{/* HQ photos */}

HQ · DIFC, Dubai.

Our offices sit on Level 41 of the ICD Brookfield Place. Broadcast studio one floor down, training rooms in Marina, players sleep wherever they want — usually nowhere.

{/* Press */}

Press.

{[ ["Forbes Middle East", "\"The most ambitious esports operator working in the GCC.\""], ["The National", "\"Vexel just rewrote what a regional tournament looks like.\""], ["Esports Insider", "\"Dubai's answer to FACEIT, with a Gulf accent and double the ambition.\""], ].map(([source, quote]) => (
{source}

{quote}

))}
{/* Wakefield strip */}
Owned & Operated By
Wakefield Project Management
Trade Licence 1167116 · Owner: Ibrahim Hussain Ahli · Dubai, UAE
); } // ─── CAREERS ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── function CareersPage({ go }) { return (
Careers · Hiring across 4 teams

Build the future of
competitive gaming.

We're a tight team in Dubai (and remote-friendly) building the operating system for Gulf esports. We move fast, take swings, and don't pretend to know everything. Sound right?

{/* Values */}
{[ ["01", "Compete or coach", "Either you play, or you build for people who do. There's no third option."], ["02", "GCC-first, not GCC-only", "We're built here. We don't apologise for that. But our platform speaks five languages."], ["03", "Operate in public", "Every roadmap, prize pool, and post-mortem is in the open. No secret KPIs."], ["04", "Pay above the meta", "Top-quartile salaries, full healthcare, four-day Eid week, 26 days off, ESOP for first 50."], ].map(([n, t, b]) => (
VALUE {n}

{t}

{b}

))}
{/* Open roles */}

Open roles · {POSITIONS.length}

All postings · Updated May 14
{POSITIONS.map((p, i) => (
{p.title}
{p.team.toUpperCase()}
{p.location}
{p.type}
))}
{/* Apply form */}
Don't see a fit?

Tell us anyway.

We hire people, not roles. If you've got something the team needs and we don't have a posting for it, write to us. Worst case we email back.

); } function CareersForm() { const [data, setData] = useState({ name: "", email: "", role: "Surprise me", link: "", message: "" }); const [status, setStatus] = useState("idle"); const [error, setError] = useState(""); const onSubmit = async (e) => { e.preventDefault(); setStatus("sending"); setError(""); const r = await window.VexelAPI.careers(data); if (r.ok) setStatus("ok"); else { setStatus("err"); setError(r.error || "Please try again."); } }; if (status === "ok") return (
Application received

Thank you.

We read every application. Expect a reply within five working days.

); return (
setData({ ...data, name: e.target.value })} />
setData({ ...data, email: e.target.value })} />
setData({ ...data, link: e.target.value })} />