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We are seeking a passionate and innovative Senior Sourcer to help scale and refine our new talent sourcing function. This role requires strategic thinking and hands-on execution, emphasizing identification and engagement of exceptional talent while fostering meaningful partnerships with our recruiting teams and hiring leaders. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of sourcing strategies, genuine enthusiasm for the gaming industry, and a commitment to building talent pipelines that reflect the global gaming community.
What You'll Do:- Develop and Implement Sourcing Strategies
Leverage data-driven insights to develop, implement, and continuously refine sourcing strategies that attract world-class talent across engineering, art, design, product management, and emerging disciplines. - Hands-On Sourcing
Source and engage both active and passive candidates through diverse platforms including LinkedIn, ArtStation, GitHub, industry conferences. - Collaboration with Recruiting and Hiring Managers
Partner closely with recruiters, hiring managers, and cross-functional leaders to understand evolving talent needs relevant to business objectives. - Talent Intelligence
Conduct comprehensive talent and market mapping to understand industry trends, compensation benchmarks, and competitive landscape dynamics. - Relationship Building
Cultivate authentic, long-term relationships with potential candidates, creating positive experiences that enhance our employer brand regardless of immediate hiring outcomes. - Performance Analytics
Track and analyze comprehensive sourcing metrics to measure channel effectiveness, candidate quality, and pipeline health to develop sourcing recommendations that inform hiring strategies.
- Employer Branding Support
Collaborate with marketing and people teams to showcase our culture and values to candidates.
- 5+ years of sourcing experience, ideally in gaming (console, PC, mobile), entertainment technology, or adjacent techno-creative industries.
- Advanced sourcing proficiency, Boolean search techniques, X-ray searches, social media recruiting, and emerging AI-powered sourcing tools
- Experience leveraging data from sourcing and talent intelligence tools such as LinkedIN, ArtStation, Talent Neuron, Workday, Greenhouse, etc.
- Strong understanding of the gaming industry talent landscape, role requirements, career progression paths, and how to monitor emerging trends.
- Demonstrated ability to leverage data to influence and engage partners across various functions, seniority levels, and skill backgrounds
- Proven success in fast-paced, evolving organizations with changing priorities and emerging opportunities
- Commitment to staying current with industry trends, sourcing innovations, and best practices in talent acquisition
What We Offer You:
Zynga offers a world-class benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our teams. To find out more about our benefits, visit the Zynga Benefits site
The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $78,900 and $116,760 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at [email protected] to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.
Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).
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