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Talent Acquisition Manager

Do you get excited about connecting the best talents with amazing teams? Do your eyes start to shine when you think outside the box to identify and chase after the perfect candidate for a hard-to-fill role? If the answer is YES, then look no further!

We are looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Manager / In-house Recruiter to take on the next big challenge:

As our new Talent Acquisition Manager / In-house Recruiter, you will help us find the best colleagues for our passionate mobile games teams. The candidates you will find and attract will be Game Programmers, Game Designers, Server Engineers, Product Managers, User Acquisition Specialists, Analysts, Artists, Marketing Managers, and many others. They may already live in Finland, or anywhere else in the world, the only thing that matters is the best fit to the role.

In this role you will:

• Have ownership of Next Games Recruiting process and activities from start to finish
• Work closely with hiring managers to drive recruitment and close candidates for hard-to-fill positions
• Source high quality candidates through LinkedIn, social media and other relevant channels
• Attend Recruitment and Industry Networking events to engage with potential candidates
• Provide initial candidate screening and high level evaluation of skills, experience and knowledge relevant to the role
• Build Talent Pools and engage with them regularly in order to proactively build candidate pipelines
• Partner with and manage recruiting agencies
• Own social media strategy to build Next Games’ talent brand

Desired skills and experience:

• 5+ years recruiting experience in a similar role
• Proven track-record of identifying, approaching and closing candidates for hard-to-fill roles in an international environment, either from a headhunting agency or as an in-house recruiter. Ideally, some of your recruiting experience comes from within games, technology or entertainment industry
• Proven experience building talent pipelines and cultivating relationships with prospective candidates
• Ability to excite potential candidates about their future role and Next Games
• Sales mindset
• Experienced user of LinkedIn Recruiter
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Passion for games
• We would consider it a plus if you already have a large candidate network within the games industry and are familiar with the roles

Our core values – Caring, Curiosity, and Courage – guide us in our efforts, so these should be close to your heart as well. We aim high here at Next Games and will ask you to do the same. In exchange, you’ll be part of a team that is great to work with, who is dedicated and passionate about what we do – we believe passion is contagious. Giving each Nextgamer the tools and means to succeed in their job is our priority.

We believe the fruits of our labor should be shared with everyone at Next Games. We offer the opportunity to work with a diverse bunch of passionate and dedicated people, a competitive salary and benefits package, but first and foremost a big challenge.

Does this sound like you? Then please send your CV and cover letter along with your salary request through the application link.