Senior Recruiter

Riot Games Shanghai is both our China publishing headquarters and a world-class development studio shaping the future of play. Established in 2015 with just 20 Rioters, we have grown into a team of over 200 passionate professionals across game development, publishing, entertainment, enterprise, and esports, all working together to craft incredible experiences for players in China and around the world.

Located in downtown Shanghai with a stunning view of the Bund, our office is a hub for creativity, innovation, and collaboration. With the launch of Shanghai Game Studio in 2021 and the expansion of the China Game Studio Group in 2022, we continue to grow our capabilities and build games that will inspire players for decades.

We're looking for humble but ambitious, game-loving professionals who challenge convention, take play seriously, and are ready to help us make bold ideas a reality.

That's where you come in.
Recruiters at Riot are trusted partners who blend craft expertise with strategic insight to shape how we find and hire world-class talent. We build strong partnerships with our teams, deeply understand their needs, and guide them through every stage of the hiring journey. Our recruiters act as brand ambassadors, problem solvers, and advocates for an outstanding candidate experience, while continually improving how we recruit across Riot.

As a Senior Recruiter, you will collaborate closely with our game development teams to attract and hire top talent from around the world. You understand that exceptional recruiting requires equal parts creativity, strategy, and connection. Drawing on your knowledge of the games industry, you will help grow the China Game Studio by advising hiring managers, crafting effective sourcing strategies, and ensuring we meet Riot's high bar for talent. You will play a key role in building the teams that ship new games for players everywhere. From aligning with hiring managers on talent needs to curating diverse and qualified pipelines, you will help shape Riot's future through every hire. This role reports to the APAC Recruiting Lead.

Responsibilities

• Full-cycle Recruiting, partnering with Rioters and Hiring Managers at various levels to advise on our Talent Acquisition strategy across various game development teams, with the goal to build world class teams across Game Design, Production, Art, Animation and beyond
• Sourcing and qualifying high caliber passive candidates. You're a relentless sourcer, leaving no stone unturned to find hidden gems, no matter their location
• Ownership of the candidate experience, always looking to go above and beyond to provide a truly unique experience to candidates at any stage, while identifying opportunities to make our candidate journey more efficient and high quality
• Collaborate with colleagues in People Department on wide ranging talent initiatives to help level up the Rioter experience, from onboarding and beyond

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years doing full-cycle recruiting at various seniority levels with strong experience working in games or in a fast growth technology company.
• Exposure to a range of crafts from Art, Design, Production, Software Engineering to Insights.
• You've been in the thick of recruiting action, managing everything from finding candidates, using data to suggest improvements, to dishing out congratulatory fist-bumps on their first day.
• Highly articulate, ability to communicate and proven experience partnering with Hiring Managers from entry level to Company Executives.
• You like listening to others and are sensitive to any communication style; that makes it easy for anyone to talk to you; others trust you and feel comfortable coming to you with all the info, so any rising problems can be tackled before they spiral into fiery vortices of bad vibrations.
• Fluent in both Chinese and English

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working with Greenhouse or comparable Applicant Tracking Software
• 3+ years of experience recruiting talent within the games industry
• Experience with tools/systems like Salesforce, Workday, Tableau