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Talent Acquisition Specialist

A visionary game development studio founded in 2012, Firesprite builds innovative showcase titles for PlayStation platforms as part of the PlayStation Studios family.

Would you enjoy the freedom to create AAA games working from anywhere in the UK, including our Liverpool studio?

Our Operations Teams play a crucial role facilitating the development of our games and our people at Firesprite. These groups form a highly important backbone for the studio, from financial planning, staff wellbeing and internal communications to the provision of the necessary technology and technical support to create incredible experiences whether working from home or at the office.

As Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will be responsible for identifying, engaging, and hiring high quality candidates for roles across all disciplines. Working with the existing Talent Acquisition team and reporting to our People Director, you will
directly contribute to the studio’s growth and be instrumental in helping us achieve our ambitious plans for 2022 and beyond.

You’ll be someone with a can-do, positive, and proactive attitude towards their work and the people around them. You’ll be motivated to deliver a first-class service to both hiring managers and candidates, putting candidate experience at the heart of every interaction. With the opportunity to bring forward your own ideas to the team on how we can continue to attract the very best talent for our studio, you’ll be contributing towards our studio's goal to build one of the best and brightest places to work in the games industry.

After delivering record hires in 2021, we continue with our growth and are equally ambitious about continual improvements to the experience we provide both for candidates and stakeholders across Firesprite.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively sourcing direct candidates
• Support and advise hiring managers in the recruitment and selection process, and guide them on best practices
• Take detailed briefs from hiring managers on new vacancies
• Managing the candidate journey from initial screening call through to offer, ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout the entire hiring process.
• Represent and promote Firesprite at industry events, using the opportunity to network and interact with potential candidates
• Collaborating with the wider People team and hiring managers to identify and implement any relevant process improvements, drive projects such as DEI, improving candidate experience and continuously improving our recruitment processes and pipeline
• Working with the team on creating recruiting and hiring reports and implementing any changes to recruitment strategy, especially for harder to fill roles

Requirements

• Experience with full-cycle recruiting within the Games Industry, including sourcing, interviewing and negotiating offers
• A good understanding of the challenges of games industry recruitment and the current market trends
• Experience in direct sourcing and using Recruitment Software (e.g.LinkedIn Recruiter)
• Experience with a range of ATS (Workable and Greenhouse especially beneficial)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build great relationships
• Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
• A strong team player

Additional or Desirable skills:

• In-house experience in a Games Studio
• A broader understanding of HR policies and practices

Benefits

• Private Healthcare Plan
• Bonus Scheme
• Enhanced Holiday Allowance
• Pension Plans
• Work From Home
• Training & Development
• Employee Assistance Programme - Counselling

Firesprite is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable applicants regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.