Senior Recruiter

cord ltd; Royal Leamington Spa; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading video game studio in Royal Leamington Spa is seeking a Senior Recruiter to manage the entire recruitment process for their teams. This full-time position focuses on attracting world-class talent and includes supporting various recruitment projects. As a Talent Advisor, effective communication and recruitment experience in the video games industry are essential. The role operates in a hybrid work model, with at least 3 days in the office, contributing to some of the most exciting titles on Xbox.

Qualifications

• Experience in-house or agency within the video games industry, preferably in Engineering or Design/Production.
• Communicates effectively and has experience supporting hiring managers.
• Familiar with job boards for Game Development candidates.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruiting lifecycle across various roles.
• Act as a Talent Advisor to hiring managers throughout recruitment.
• Drive an effective interview process and keep track of interviews.
• Support and own recruitment projects and university hiring.

Skills

Recruitment experience in video games

Exceptional communication

High attention to detail

Passion for video games

Job description

As Senior Recruiter at Playground Games, you will join a busy team owning the end-to-end recruitment process from taking briefings through to making offers and closing roles. You will support to deliver company’s hiring plans by working across the studio teams supporting central groups and two exciting Game teams, who build some of the most exciting titles on Xbox, Forza Horizon and Fable.

This is a full-time role covering maternity leave for 12 months. The role is based at our state of the art studios in Royal Leamington Spa. We operate a hybrid work model, working in the studio at least 3 days per week.

What you’ll do

• Manage the full recruiting lifecycle across a variety of open roles, helping managers find and hire worldclass candidates.
• Act as a Talent Advisor to work closely with hiring managers, department leaders and GM’s throughout the recruitment process from opening roles, drafting job adverts, sourcing candidates to making offers and handing off to HR for onboarding.
• Drive an effective interview process, gathering all relevant information from candidates, ensuring a worldclass process and providing feedback as needed.
• Plan and prioritise workload, keeping on top of interviews, coordinating effectively with hiring managers and candidates.
• Support and own Recruitment projects, and university hiring as needed.
• Be active with job boards, social networks and any platforms for finding quality candidates, help create and post job adverts and like/share studio social media announcements.
• Partner with the HR, Recruitment team to improve and implement innovative recruitment activities.
• Attend and represent Playground Games at industry events and career fairs.
• Champion hiring strategies and develop processes that help us identify top talent in underrepresented groups.

What you’ll bring

• Recruitment experience within the video games industry, either in-house or agency ideally specialising in Engineering or Design / Production disciplines.
• Exceptional communicator and capable TA coach, who can evidence supporting managers to make good hiring decisions.
• Familiarity with industry job boards and tools used to target Game Development candidates.
• High attention to detail
• Effective communication skills
• A passion for recruitment and video games