Senior Recruiter – Studios

Jobtailor; City of Moncton; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a skilled recruiter to own the full recruitment lifecycle for game development roles in a fast-paced studio environment. You will partner with studio leaders, HR, and hiring managers to design targeted search strategies and ensure candidates meet technical and creative standards.

The role requires strong web sourcing, Boolean search expertise, and a solid track record with ATS platforms, including SuccessFactors or SAP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required across business/HR/IT fields.
• 3–5 years of corporate full lifecycle recruitment experience in high-volume settings.
• Experience recruiting for SDLC.
• Proficiency building ad-hoc Boolean search strings.
• Proficiency with web sourcing techniques and community searching.
• Knowledge of social networks, conferences, and sourcing pools for senior technical talent.
• Familiarity with GitHub, Stack Overflow, Top Coder, and similar platforms.
• Understanding of software engineering standards and distributed systems.
• Experience developing and analyzing recruitment metrics.
• Active use of an ATS; SuccessFactors/SAP a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for game development studio roles across creative and technical disciplines.
• Partner with studio leaders, hiring managers, and HR Business Partners to translate needs into search strategies.
• Provide guidance on talent availability, markets, expectations, and compensation.
• Build proactive sourcing and talent-pipeline strategies for specialized roles.
• Own recruiting lifecycle from intake to closing, including interviews and offers.
• Represent IGT and its studios to candidates and stakeholders.
• Use metrics, pipeline data, and market information to adjust search strategies.

Skills

Full Life Cycle Recruitment

Boolean Search Techniques

Recruitment Metrics Analysis

Relationship Building

Stakeholder Communication

Game Development Knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or HR or MIS or CS

Tools

Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

SuccessFactors

SAP

GitHub

Stack Overflow

Job description

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for game development studio roles across creative and technical disciplines
• Partner with studio leaders, hiring managers, and HR Business Partners to understand hiring needs and translate them into search strategies
• Provide recruiting guidance on talent availability, competitive markets, candidate expectations, and compensation considerations
• Build proactive sourcing and talent-pipeline strategies for specialized game development roles
• Apply knowledge of game development disciplines and studio environments to support intake, candidate evaluation, interviews, and hiring decisions
• Own the recruiting lifecycle from intake and sourcing through screening, interviews, offers, negotiations, and closing
• Build relationships with creative and technical candidates and represent IGT, its studios, teams, projects, and employee value proposition
• Use recruiting metrics, pipeline data, and market information to adjust strategies and provide stakeholder updates and recommendations
• Contribute to employer branding, studio talent campaigns, sourcing programs, process improvement, recruiting technology, and talent market research
• Ensure recruiting practices comply with employment laws, company policies, governance requirements, and consistent selection standards

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Management Information Systems, or Computer Science
• 3–5 years of corporate full life cycle recruitment experience in a high-volume environment
• Experience recruiting for SDLC
• Expertise generating ad-hoc, complex web search strings using Boolean operators across web, social, and search platforms
• Proficiency with traditional web sourcing techniques, including site x-ray, flip, location-specific, and targeted community searching
• Extensive knowledge of social network platforms, online communities, conferences, and sourcing pools for senior-level technical talent and emerging technologies
• Familiarity with GitHub, Stack Overflow, Top Coder, and similar platforms
• Broad understanding of software engineering standards and trends across distributed systems, mobile engineering, front-end web engineering, databases, and related domains
• Experience developing and analyzing recruitment metrics
• Active use of an applicant tracking system (ATS)
• SuccessFactors and SAP experience is a plus

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in end-to-end recruitment processes for game development roles, utilizing strong knowledge of software engineering standards and effective sourcing strategies. Proficient in leveraging recruitment metrics and applicant tracking systems to enhance hiring outcomes and ensure compliance with employment laws.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Full Life Cycle Recruitment
• Boolean Search Techniques
• Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
• Recruitment Metrics Analysis
• Game Development Knowledge

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Full Life Cycle Recruitment
• Boolean Search Techniques
• Recruitment Metrics Analysis
• Software Engineering Standards
• Sourcing Techniques

Soft Skills

• Relationship Building
• Stakeholder Communication

Industry Keywords

• Game Development
• SDLC
• Technical Talent
• Employer Branding
• Talent Pipeline Strategies

Tools & Technologies

• Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
• SuccessFactors
• SAP
• GitHub
• Stack Overflow