Senior Recruiter, PlayQ
$90-120k
+ Equity options
Mid and Senior level
Los Angeles
Office located in Santa Monica, CA
Game developer
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Game developer
21-100 employees
B2CGamingEntertainment
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$90-120k
+ Equity options
Mid and Senior level
Los Angeles
Office located in Santa Monica, CA
21-100 employees
B2CGamingEntertainment
Company mission
To deliver the nostalgic game experiences of tomorrow.
Role
Who you are
- Proactive Achiever You consistently take the initiative to drive business results, supported by sound reasoning and detailed execution plans
- Growth Mindset You champion company-wide success by relentlessly focusing on achieving results, understanding how your work impacts the entire organization, and pushing to make it 10% better every time. You continuously level yourself up to drive the business forward
- Solution Seeker Fueled by curiosity, you explore various ways to solve a problem. Every hard problem is an opportunity in disguise
- Collaborative Spirit You actively foster strong dynamics within and between teams, contributing to our collective success
- Resilient You consistently approach your work with resilience and a steadfast passion for achievement of our goals despite challenges or setbacks
- Rooted in Data You leverage data to back intuition. Empirical creativity is your go-to. Imagination led, data validated
- Degree: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field
- Experience: 4-6 years of experience in talent acquisition, with a proven track record of successfully scaling teams in line with product growth, ideally in gaming, tech, or entertainment
- Full-cycle Recruitment: Extensive experience in full-cycle recruitment, employer branding, and talent analytics/reporting. A demonstrated ability to build talent pipelines and hire across multiple functions, especially in a technical recruitment capacity
- Technical Proficiency: Experience sourcing for highly technical professionals across various departments, including but not limited to: engineering, product, data, UI/UX
- Communication: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships, internally and externally
- Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills and a desire to consistently improve recruitment processes
- Market Practices. Stay updated on modern recruitment practices, including data-driven decision-making, sourcing tools, recruitment marketing, and candidate experience management
- Collaboration: Proven ability to partner with key stakeholders, including colleagues and hiring managers, to deliver effective recruitment strategies that align with business goals
- Agility: Exhibit flexibility in the way you approach complex problem sets. Focus on the immediate and long term results and understand that in a scaling business, pivots are part of the game
- Office Support: Proactively roll up your sleeves to ensure office operations run smoothly
What the job involves
- Our Senior Recruiter role offers the rare opportunity to drive talent strategies for our amazing global team. This is a high-impact role where you will own the full recruitment life cycle, including pipeline strategy, employer branding, and candidate experience for all key roles in our studio.
- Leveraging your expertise in talent acquisition, you'll drive critical hiring initiatives that support our company’s growth. You will build world-class teams and drive the studio’s success in delivering industry-leading games.
- This position provides an exciting opportunity to shape the future of our talent pipeline while working in an innovative and collaborative culture focused on delivering high-quality work
- Pipeline Strategy: Execute upon a talent acquisition strategy that attracts top candidates and builds a high-quality pipeline that meets immediate and future hiring needs. Ensure rigorous evaluation for alignment with company goals and values
- Employer Branding: Deliver on employer branding efforts to position our company as an employer of choice in the gaming industry, highlighting our products through candidate outreach, networking, events, and partnerships
- Recruitment Process Ownership: Own the entire recruitment lifecycle from sourcing to onboarding, optimizing processes to ensure efficiency, system automation, candidate engagement, and a high-quality new hire experience
- Performance Metrics: Track and exceed key recruitment performance indicators, including time-to-hire, time in stage, offer acceptance rates, and quality of hire
- Candidate Experience: Ensure every interaction supports an engaging candidate experience with timely communication reflecting our company values from the first introduction through the onboarding process
- Hiring Manager Partnership: Proactively partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs, both immediate and longer term. Leverage internal and external market data to develop job descriptions that attract the right talent. Train hiring managers on best practices to ensure evaluations are focused on getting the best candidate for every job
- Technology and Tools: Drive automation by optimizing our Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruitment tools to enhance sourcing, interviewing, and overall recruiting processes. Proactively make recommendations for systems and technology advancements that add cohesion and efficiency
- Reporting: Proactively report on recruitment progress and assess areas for improvement
- Adapt and Iterate: Continuously iterate on existing processes with a focus on results
- Collaborate: Partner cross-functionally to ensure consistent alignment on talent needs
- Office Operations: Assist with office facilities and operations, including budgeting, vendor management, kitchen and supply stocking, building liaison, and mail distribution
Our take
PlayQ is a mobile game development company best known for titles like Taste Buds, Charm King and Bubble Blitz. The company launched in 2007, just as Facebook released Facebook Platform, allowing third-party developers to easily build shareable apps and games.
Since then, the company has continued to grow, amassing 60 million+ downloads while sticking to its recipe of colorful graphics, nostalgic themes, and an easy gameplay for mobile, tablet, and PC.
One of PlayQ’s most remarkable achievements is how it’s managed to scale and expand its footprint over the years, despite having only raised $10,000 from startup accelerator TechStars back in 2007.
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Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, long term disability & pet insurance
- Flexible time off
- Advancement and mentorship opportunities
- 401K plan with company match
- Brand new creative office space equipped with tons of natural light, communal areas for collaboration and free parking
- Walking distance to restaurants, coffee shops, and the metro
- Stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages
Company values
- Balance: We understand that life is all about balance. Work hard, play hard, copy and repeat
- Education: There's always more to learn. We help educate team members by providing free books, equipment, and paid trips to conferences
- Quality = pride: We focus on building high-quality games. Be proud of what you produce
- Health conscious: We provide health insurance to all employees and their families. Health is a top priority
- Creative environment: We encourage creativity and taking risks. Let your imagination fly!
- Respect: We respect our team and what makes them individuals. This means everyone has a voice
- Global reach: Our games are played by millions of people across the world, and we're just getting started. Be a part of something big
- Core teams: We work in small, core groups. Everyone has a big impact. Flexible schedule. We trust that you'll work hard and take breaks when needed
Company HQ
Santa Monica, CA
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Leadership
Joseph Aigboboh
(Co-Founder & CEO)They studied Economics and Computer Science at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating, they co-founded PlayQ in 2007.
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