talentsocial Hiring for Talent Acquisition Specialist Job at Derry, Northern Ireland Full Time

We’re looking for a Recruiter to join our client’s team, which collaborates remotely from around the world. Their team members range from industry newcomers to experts with 15+ years of experience and come from a diverse set of backgrounds, but share a common passion for building polished player-focused, community-powered games.

We are looking for applicants that are demonstrably passionate about their hobbies, have the drive and commitment to deliver results with minimal supervision, have international-level professional competency in their skill sets, and can demonstrate involvement with other interesting projects throughout their lives.

The ideal candidate for their Talent Acquisition team will help them find awesome people who do cool things to come join the team. The candidate will be responsible for identifying diverse candidates who align with their values, are player focused and have exceptional skill in their craft.

As a recruiter, you will be responsible for helping to find candidates for roles throughout various disciplines in their wider team, being the first contact candidates have with the studio and liaising with all teams to identify their needs as the team grows.

Who you are:

• You’re a recruiter or someone who’s passionate about the games industry and you want to learn more about how they scout for great talent.
• You might be from a game development background, wanting a change of focus.
• You’re self driven and can work asynchronously.
• You identify closely with their studio values.
• You are “people focused” with your recruitment style.
• Have a good working understanding of the games industry and roles involved.
• Have a strong attachment to games, internet or fandom culture.

Some of your role:

• Liaising with the recruitment team and hiring leads on all recruitment needs.
• Working with external recruitment agencies and developing new relationships.
• Maintenance of the recruitment database.
• Arrangement of all meetings and interviews surrounding the applicants process.
• Providing a unique candidate experience from the point of first contact to hire.
• Report creation and delivery.

Essential Traits:

You must have a passion to quickly gain:

• Experience in the field of recruitment in the technology or creative sector.
• Experience with candidate identification, screening and processing.
• Experience with recruitment databases and their management.
• Experience working with external recruitment entities.

You will:

• Be ambitious and collaborative with excellent communication skills.
• Have a high aptitude with digital technology and applications.
• Be able to pick up new technology and processes quickly, in a self-sufficient manner.
• Have a strong attachment to games, internet or fandom culture – this is central to who they are and should also apply to you.
• Be trustworthy, empathetic, tenacious, and self-motivated.

Bonus Traits:

• Experience with recruitment in the games industry.
• Experience with operational recruitmen gainedt from creative and technology industries is an advantage.
• Experience with games development.
• Existing network of contacts.
• Experience working with remote teams in multiple time zones.
• Experience with the following but not limited to:
• Applicant Tracking Software (EG: Greenhouse, Google Hire,)
• Research tools (EG: LinkedIn)
• GSuite tools (EG, Google Docs / Calendar etc.)

Our client can offer:

• A chance to work on a new game project with an extremely motivated team
• Opportunities to learn and grow personally and professionally
• A stable and secure work environment

If you are interested and tick the boxes required please submit a current CV or Linkedin profile through the link for a confidential chat.