Manager, Talent Acquisition - Secret Location

Job Description

About the Company

Secret Location's Immersive Content Studio is reshaping the entertainment industry by blending technology with storytelling and experience design to deliver innovative content to audiences in the location-based entertainment and VR home markets.

We have been developing and distributing content on new platforms for more than 10 years, with over 250 awards and nominations for the team's work. These honours include the first Primetime Emmy Award in VR for our Sleepy Hollow VR Experience, and several critically claimed games for the VR home market, including Blasters of the Universe and Transpose. Most recently, our VR short film, The Great C, won the Positron Visionary Award at the 2020 Cannes XR Festival.

Did you know that Secret Location is also part of the eOne Hasbro family? So, when we say that you'll be getting to work with some really fun brands and great content, you'll know what we mean. These are the brands that a lot of us have grown up playing with. Brands you still may have lurking beneath a sofa cushion or two.

The role

As the Talent Acquisition Manager for Secret Location, you will be responsible for sourcing top talent to meet the needs of the business across North America and London. This includes participating in the full recruitment life cycle, from sourcing to selection, and collaborating with hiring managers and HR Business Partners to gain an understanding of the ideal applicants for the company. You will be working in a fast-paced, team-oriented, and collaborative culture and have a strong sense of urgency, awesome interpersonal skills, knowledge of full cycle recruitment, diverse and inclusive hiring practices, and experience identifying A+ talent.

Responsibilities
• Building a pipeline of top local and international passive and active talent through researching, sourcing and networking
• Maintaining and updating our applicant tracking system (ATS) with successful candidates
• Effectively managing a high volume of roles and candidates throughout the region, full-cycle, with minimal direction
• Working strategically with HRBP, hiring manager and Producer to make decisions and evaluate talent, autonomously problem-solve candidate scenarios as they come up
• Contacting and engaging candidates, managing their experience throughout the process
• Qualifying candidates for technical, creative and cultural fit
• Managing and driving full recruitment process including interview, feedback and offer process
• Staying up to date on relevant news in the digital, gaming, VR, live action and tech start-up space
• Managing multiple candidate channels including advertising and other recruiting campaigns
• Attending industry events and actively making contacts
• Administering development tests, ensuring a benchmark and standard are adhered to
• Collecting feedback from existing contractors
• Negotiating favorable contract rates and employee salaries

Qualifications:
• Experience within creative and technical recruitment is essential
• Knowledge of legislation and regulations surrounding recruitment and selection practices in the US & Canada
• Firm understanding of different development and animation software and gaming engines
• Creativity in sourcing for technical candidates through multiple channels, in particular, social media, participating in industry networking events and creative/tech meetups.
• 360 in sourcing and recruiting for live action, content development, engineering, product management, mobile gaming and applications
• Track record for successfully identifying and qualifying exceptional technical candidates
• In-house and agency recruiting experience a plus
• Passion/interest and understanding of new technology

Required Skills:
• Strong consultative service orientation
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong ability in building and maintaining positive relationships
• Highly self-motivated and directed
• Excellent negotiation and persuasion skills
• Ability to establish credibility and trust
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Demonstrated organization skills and ability to schedule tasks
• Keen attention to detail
• Team-oriented and skilled at working within a collaborative environment

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r0byy1-3-21-231-245-42 in your application.