More information on Interactive Selection – the only global games recruiter

Interactive Selection is the market leading search and recruitment company
working only in computer games and interactive entertainment. The company was founded by David Smith in 1996 with an office in London, UK. Interactive Selection enjoys working with the very best of recruiter associates in the USA and now Japan and the Nordic region (Sweden). We do not advertise. Candidates are attracted to the company by reputation and word of mouth.

We believe that recruitment is a partnership and should be FUN. We work hard to take the stress out of the process and deliver long term success to all parties.

Our service is free to job seekers. Let Interactive Selection do the work for you. We will advise you every step of the way looking out for your best interests.

We are dedicated to finding the best opportunities for our registered job seekers in over 200 client companies that include 2K Games, Bioware/Pandemic, Codemasters, Crytek, Disney Interactive, Eidos, Foundation 9, Funcom, Hasbro, Midway, NCSoft, Sony, THQ, UbiSoft, Vivendi Universal Games and Warner Brothers.

Over the last 10 years we have worked tirelessly to help candidates find jobs in the world's top computer and video games developers, publishers, distributors and retailers. We also work closely with the leading console hardware, accessory and peripheral manufacturers.

In recent years new clients have included online and wireless publishers and distributors of digital interactive entertainment products, be they ISPs, games retailers, entertainment and e-commerce portals on the internet, broadband or in cable, satellite, interactive TV or 3G mobile. We also work in both the casual and serious games sectors. Expect us to be talking now to clients bringing you tomorrow's interactive entertainment across all delivery platforms.

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We commit to the highest standards. Interactive Selection was the first recruitment agency specialising in games to join the REC, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, representing over 6000 recruiters in the UK. This body represents excellence in recruitment and demonstrates a commitment to high standards of service to both employers and candidates. David Smith is Vice Chairman of the REC's IT & Comms Sector Group.

Interactive Selection is also a proud member of PEER - the first non US recruiter to be invited to join the new trade association of Professional Electronic Entertainment Recruiters which comprises the recruiters worldwide committed to serving better the industry. All PEER members stand by the association's Charter Agreement which demands the highest professional recruiting standards and practice.

Interactive Selection is currently seeking talented recruiters for its Wimbledon UK office.

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Runescape developer Jagex posts profits of GBP 18.3 million in last financial year
Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:05:19 +0000

Why cannot all game developers be like Jagex? Founded only 10 years ago by Andrew and Paul Gower when they were Cambridge undergraduates, the team of 370 working on Runescape at the year end, have generated turnover of GBP 38.4 million which is up 19% on the previous year. The Gowers and co founder Contstant Tedder [...]

Parul Sharma of Hansoft is interviewed by David Smith for Women in Games Jobs
Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:32:31 +0000

Hansoft’s Solution and Sales Manager, Parul Sharma, tells David Smith of Women in Games Jobs what it is like to work in the video games industry. Hansoft is an integrated solution for agile and lean development, collaborative scheduling, real-time reporting, bug tracking / QA, workload coordination, portfolio and document management, used by the most demanding [...]

Jobs seekers beware! Your social networking sites can cost you a job.
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:46:17 +0000

Employers use social networking sites like Linked In, Plaxo and Facebook to screen potential candidates. The survey of more than 450 employers found that 53% used social networking sites to research job candidates, while 12% plan to do so. Around 43% of employers said what they had seen on social networking sites had caused them [...]

Global games publisher seeks UK based European Sales Manager and PR Manager
Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:49:49 +0000

2010 has started with a bang with a global giant turning to Interactive Selection to help them find a European Sales Manager and PR Manager. These roles are based in the South of the UK and are commutable from Central London. The European Sales Manager will be building the market working closely with distributors and [...]

Interactive Selection launch jobs site specialising in game jobs in China
Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:02:44 +0000

Interactive Selection today have made live a new initiative to encourage game developers to work in China. The new site Games Jobs China is at www.gamesjobschina.com .

David Smith, MD of Interactive commented. “The Chinese economy is a steamroller and it is coming in our direction. Some say we will all be working for the Chinese in 20 [...]

Interactive Consultant Howard Dee shows how games recruitment can be done.
Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:00:38 +0000

“I have known Howard for some time and in late ‘09 I got to see him in full action doing what he does best. He is exactly what anyone would want in Recruitment, there was not one time over the entire process that I could not get hold of Howard by phone and he was [...]

Snow shuts Interactive Selection office early so team are working virtually.
Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:05:36 +0000

We rarely get snow in London as it has a mini climate of its own, so it is all very exciting when we do. It snowed last night and has been snowing a little all day which means when it all freezes over night the country will come to a standstill. All the Interactive Selection [...]

Interactive Selection featured in UK’s “Recruiter” magazine with Monumental Games
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:59:34 +0000

Interactive plays the game. Hunting down a top niche candidate in a young and developing industry was the task Monumental Games set for recruiter Interactive Selection.

The Challenge With successful games such as MotoGP and Hunter’s World to its name, Monumental Games is one of the leading companies in what is still a relatively young industry. In just [...]

Happy New Year from Games Job Blog!
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:41:12 +0000

And happy new year from the team at Interactive Selection – David Smith, Adrian Garrick, Cal Jones, Anne Marie Anetts, Howard Dee, Antonal Cullum and Theresa Outman.

GDC China in Shanghai set to return in December 2010 after success in 2009.
Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:02:57 +0000

Game Developers Conference China 2009 organizers have announced almost 3,000 attendees in total for the Shanghai-based event, revealing plans to hold GDC China 2010 next December. The event ended on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at the Shanghai International Convention Center. According to organizers, it brought together over 900 conference, media, and speaking attendees and over [...]