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Playground Games; Royal Leamington Spa; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game studio in Royal Leamington Spa seeks a Senior Recruiter to oversee the entire recruitment process. You will collaborate closely with hiring managers and lead innovative recruitment strategies while also promoting a diverse work environment. Candidates should have recruitment experience within the video games industry, strong communication skills, and a passion for gaming. This full‑time role operates on a hybrid work model, ensuring a balance between studio presence and remote work.

Qualifications

• Experience with recruitment in the video games industry, ideally Engineering or Design/Production disciplines.
• Proven ability to support managers in hiring decisions.
• Familiarity with tools for targeting Game Development candidates.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruiting lifecycle and help hire world-class candidates.
• Act as a Talent Advisor to hiring managers and support recruitment projects.
• Drive an effective interview process and gather feedback.

Skills

Recruitment experience in video games

Exceptional communication skills

Attention to detail

Knowledge of industry job boards

Passion for recruitment and video games

Job description

About the Role

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. The role is full‑time and covers maternity leave for 12 months. It is based at our state‑of‑the‑art studios in Royal Leamington Spa and operates 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 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 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 us identify top talent in under‑represented 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 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.

Company Information

Playground Games is a first‑party Xbox Game Studio, passionate about making genre‑defining games that are accessible, beautiful and, most of all, fun. We believe a healthy work‑life balance, continuous learning and a supportive community are key to creating world‑class games. Playground Games is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer and commits to fostering a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment for all.

Equal Opportunities

Playground Games is 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. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.