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Playground Games; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development studio in the UK seeks a Senior Recruiter to manage the end-to-end recruitment process. This full-time role covers maternity leave for 12 months and requires experience in recruiting within the video games industry. The position offers a hybrid work model, requiring attendance at the studio at least 3 days per week. Candidates should demonstrate exceptional communication skills, attention to detail, and a passion for both recruitment and video games.

Qualifications

• Experience in-house or agency recruitment within the video games industry, ideally in Engineering or Design/Production.
• Capable coaching of hiring managers for effective decision-making.
• Familiarity with industry job boards and tools for targeting candidates.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruiting lifecycle across various roles.
• Act as a Talent Advisor throughout the recruitment process.
• Drive effective interview processes and provide feedback.

Skills

Recruitment experience in the video games industry

Exceptional communication skills

Attention to detail

Passion for recruitment and 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 world‑class candidates.
• Act as a Talent Advisor to work closely with hiring managers, department leaders and GMs 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 world‑class 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 and 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 identify top talent in underrepresented groups.

Qualifications

• 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 support 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.

Playground Games is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. We believe diversity and inclusion fuels creativity. We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment. We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self‑development, career progression, well‑being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and be themselves at work.