Award Winning Gaming Recruitment Experts UK
Combined 40 years of tenure within the technical recruitment industry with a heavy concentration in the VR and Gaming Field. We work with AAA and Indie studios across UK and Europe to supply the best talent in the market along with working within the three pillars of staff augmentation: attraction, hiring and retention.
Connect with one of our Global Leaders
Our Global VR & Gaming Partners
Jude Pettit
Merve Bingol
Talk about gender diversification
within gaming
Global Partner to the Gaming & VR Industry
Dedicated
Gaming Division
Leverage decades of industry knowledge by working with Innova’s Gaming & VR SMEs
Supporting Gaming
& VR Leaders Globally
Innova works with over 50 Gaming Organisations
Supporting AAA
& Indie Studios
Innova supports industry leaders, AAA Producers, & avant-garde challengers
DE&I
Champions
Dedicated SMEs to help provide tips on
attraction, retention, and onboarding
Certified MBE
& Corporate Plus®
Member of the National
Minority Supplier Development Council
Why Innova is the Partner of Choice for Studios Globally?
Proactive Recruitment
Our consultants are briefed on the latest trends for niche skilled and in-demand gaming IT specialists and develop relationships with the most highly skilled practitioners within the UK. This means our network is geared towards the future talent your business requires and we have open lines of communication and trust with the specialists you are seeking to hire.
Mature Database
Innova regularly publishes industry specific whitepapers and research that allow our clients to win the war on talent. These materials includes salary guides specifically tailored to the skills most relevant to the gaming sector, case studies detailing how to increase workforce diversity and much more authored by our internal Gaming & VR SMEs.
Media Outreach
Innova employ a multifaceted recruitment approach, augmenting our headhunting consultants with a large social media presence. With over 300,000 followers on LinkedIn alone, our client’s roles are advertised to a large percentage of the UK’s IT SMEs.
Brand Reputation
With an NPS (Net Promoter Score) more than 20 points above the industry standard, Innova are renowned as a great agency to work with and attract IT staff that are not willing to work with just any consultancy and services firm.
Market Intelligence
Innova has operated from the UK for 48 years, meaning we have one of the largest IT and Gaming candidate databases. This extensive and established network drastically reduces the time to hire for our clients.
Diversity in Gaming & VR Studios
Inclusive Job Ads
Audit recruiting ads for use of inclusive language to appeal to candidates from diverse backgrounds. Partner with Coding Camps (Grace Hopper, Black Girls Code) to highlight Innova Solutions as a recruitment partner of choice for the gaming industry – we bring the latest female talent to you.
Leverage Diverse Employee’s Network
Launched an online candidate referral portal with rewards to support our Innova Solutions candidate referral programme Promote Innova Solutions as a Brand Ambassador by incentivising diverse candidates to network with peer groups for referral fees.
Encourage Clients to Adopt a Blind Resume & Blind Interview Practice
Remove personal information on resumes to remove any bias when screening candidates. Recommend “blind interviews” to hiring managers to further reduce bias.
Diversity Training & Development
Leverage LinkedIn Learning for Inclusion & Diversity content such as: Skills for Inclusive Conversations and Diversity Recruiting Actively engage with Certified Diversity Sourcing Professional (CDSP) Certification Programme.
Our Employer Brand Showcases our Diversity
Promote our brand diversity status during all stages of interview (phone, in person and post placement) to help attract diverse candidates who seek-out companies that genuinely value diversity.
Targeting Employee Resource Groups
Teamed-up with schools predominantly focused on URM (underrepresented minorities) i.e. Women in Technology and LGBTQ+.