Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, Keywords Studios
12 Month Contract
CA$120k
Technical & creative services provider
Job no longer available
Technical & creative services provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$120k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To use the passion for games, technology, and media to create a global services platform for video games.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate brings strong stakeholder partnership skills, thrives in high-volume, fast-paced environments, and is passionate about delivering an exceptional candidate experience while supporting studio hiring goals
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 8+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, ideally supporting high-volume, fast-paced environments
- Proven experience recruiting technical and/or creative roles, including engineers, artists, designers, or producers
- Strong experience partnering with multiple stakeholders and managing competing priorities
- Hands-on expertise with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruitment reporting. (Workable)
- Demonstrated ability to execute advanced sourcing strategies across multiple channels
- Excellent communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills
- Strong organizational and analytical skills with a data-driven approach
- Ability to work independently, adapt quickly, and thrive in fast-paced production environments
- Passion for video games and interactive entertainment is highly valued
- Prior experience in the video game industry is not required, but familiarity with development roles and pipelines is an asset
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our team on a 12-month contract. This role will partner closely with multiple North American studios to plan, lead, and execute end-to-end recruitment efforts across technical and creative disciplines
- Own and lead the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle across multiple functions, from workforce planning through offer acceptance and onboarding
- Partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders including Engineering, Art, Production, and Leadership to understand hiring priorities, team needs, and delivery timelines
- Manage high-volume recruitment across technical and creative roles, including Software Engineers, Artists, Designers, and Producers
- Act as a strategic hiring partner, advising stakeholders on talent market conditions, role scoping, and hiring strategies
- Develop and execute multi-channel sourcing strategies using ATS, job boards, referrals, social platforms, networking, and passive sourcing
- Design and optimize recruitment processes to support speed, quality, and candidate experience in a fast-moving production environment
- Drive employer branding efforts, including social media campaigns and recruitment messaging that reflect the studio’s culture and values
- Collaborate with external recruitment partners and vendors to support specialized or hard-to-fill roles
- Lead offer management and negotiations, including compensation alignment, approvals, background checks, and onboarding coordination
Our take
Keywords Studios is an international technical service provider to the global video games industry and beyond. The company works as an external development partner for its users, enabling leading content creators and publishers to leverage Keywords' expertise and capacity across the lifecycle of interactive content. In so doing the company enables its clients who are operating in complex and fast-moving environments to remain lean and agile, and to focus on creating and monetising the most engaging experiences.
The company has over 70 studios in 26 countries across the globe. Providing integrated art production, engineering, audio services, testing, localisation, and player support services in more than 50 languages and 16 game platforms.
With a strong market position, Keywords provides services to nearly all of the prominent gaming companies, including T2, EA, Ubisoft, and Square Enix. Keywords had also been on an acquisition spree, with its total acquisition count sitting at 60 before it was acquired by private equity firm EQT in 2024.
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Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- WFH Opportunities
- Flexible working hours
- Bonus Schemes
- And More (Varies by Location)
Company HQ
Carmanhall And Leopardstown, Dublin, Ireland
Leadership
Bertrand Bodson
(CEO)Current Non-Executive Director at Tesco and Wolters Kluwer. Co-Founder & former CEO of Bragster.com (Acquired by Guinness World Records). Previous Chief Digital & CMO at Sainsbury's, and Non-Executive Director of Electrocomponents.
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