Playground Games is looking for an Associate Recruiter to join our team on a contract basis.
About us:
As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with an established, talented, and collaborative Recruitment team at one of the industry's most exciting first-party game development studios.
About the role:
We are looking for a reliable and detail-orientated Recruiter to join our team working within a demanding and rapidly expanding environment. Your primary duties will be supporting the HR & Recruitment team across a wide range of daily tasks from drafting job descriptions to interview scheduling, from direct sourcing and screening of candidates to helping us ensure the candidates experience is the best in the industry.
This is a 12-month contract role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa. We have a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in studio. Relocation assistance inside the UK is available if required.
What you'll do:
* Screen CVs and portfolios, helping shortlist strong candidates for hiring teams
* Coordinate interviews and act as a point of contact between candidates and interviewers
* Source candidates through various channels, including job boards, LinkedIn, online communities, events, and referrals
* Draft and post job descriptions in alignment with hiring managers
* Support employer branding efforts across social media, job platforms, and at industry and education events
* Assist with end-to-end recruitment for entry-level and mid-level roles across departments (art, design, engineering, production, etc.)
* Maintain and update ATS to ensure accurate candidate records
* Help deliver a positive candidate experience, from first outreach to final feedback
* Collect and organise feedback from interviewers and follow up with candidates promptly
* Conduct research and collate information and present findings on potential new job boards, diversity recourses, industry events and conferences
* Establish strong working relationships with Recruitment, HR Teams and hiring managers
What you'll bring:
* Experience in recruitment, ideally within the video games or tech industry, either in-house or agency
* An understanding of the full recruitment lifecycle and basic sourcing strategies
* Familiarity with roles in game development (e.g. art, design, engineering, QA, production) is a plus
* Comfortable using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, and applicant tracking systems
* Strong organisational skills with attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* A collaborative mindset — able to work closely with hiring managers and senior recruiters
* Comfortable working in a fast-paced, creative environment with changing priorities
* Proactive, self-motivated, and eager to learn and grow within a recruitment team
* Passion for games and an interest in game development and industry trends
Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that 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. It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players. 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 to be themselves at work.
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