Hannah has extensive experience within the gaming recruitment sphere, working to connect top talent with networks and studios across Europe. As part of her commitment to establishing Haptic Recruit as a bridge for gamers looking to relocate to hubs across Europe, Hannah has experience working in a number of major global gaming hubs including Stockholm, Helsinki, Barcelona and London.
Proud to be a major advocate for Women in Tech[AG1] , Hannah is passionate about inspiring more women to break into the gaming industry. She has hosted a number of successful events designed to encourage more women into the digital and gaming space.
Hannah has extensive experience partnering with major gaming innovation networks and innovation hubs, attends key gaming events, and is dedicated to contributing to and endorsing gaming meetups and panel discussions.
Recruitment isn’t Hannah’s only passion, and she knows the value of a good work / life balance. She uses her spare time to travel as much as she can and watch live music around the world. And when she gets the chance she even dabbles in a bit of script writing.
Before joining forces with his sister Hannah to establish Haptic Recruit, James spent seven years building his knowledge and expertise in the recruitment industry. James has experience managing teams of up to twenty executives, and has successfully placed in the region of 700 candidates into contract and permanent roles.
An innovative attitude towards work and a comprehensive knowledge of the gaming industry are what James bases his success in matching talent and businesses on – that and his dedication to making sure each recruitment journey makes it from start to finish.
James prides himself on his honesty and his communication - at every turn he ensures these skills are integrated wholly not only into his own work ethic, but into the day-to-day activity of Haptic Recruit more broadly.
A keen all-round sportsman, growing up James set his sights on being the next Jonny Wilkinson or Roger Federer. Due to not having any talent (James says dodgy back!) and focusing on his career, James’ sporting leisure time is now limited to his new hobby yoga or trying out the best burgers in London.
Ryan went from playing COD, crash bandicoot and Fifa in his childhood to playing a real life game on the pitch and even having his own Fifa character. Given his resilience, dedication and all round positive attitude he played professional football from his teen years to mid 20s when he took an arrow to the knee, unfortunately had to stop playing and entered the World of recruitment.
He started working under our director, James and very quickly came to the top of the class with managing Global accounts and building up a network of people within the sector who only trusted him when looking for a new role.
His passion for games and success in recruitment led him to our Haptic team and as he's coined himself the 'Haptic game changer'. He brings a huge amount of hard work, integrity and laughs to any recruitment process.
Per started playing games as a child, his first console was a Sega Mega Drive, then Nintendo 64 and today most of them. He then turned his passions to making games as an adult. Per took his experiences as a 3D artist at Futuregames and from the industry and established and built a VR studio in Stockholm from the ground up.
He managed a team of 10 and shipped a VR title on HTC VIVE and Oculus Rift. His experiences have given Per a huge amount of insight into the whole game dev cycle, the creative process and the inner workings of a game company from the tiniest needs of an employee to the bigger investment decisions that needs to be made when running a studio.
Per brings a lot of energy, warmth and enthusiasm to any situation and because of his hands-on experience with developing games, building a team and his wide network of connections, he will be fantastic in helping you build your games team or finding you your new role.
In his spare time he likes to eat (a lot), read, as well as game (both video-games and table top RPGs).
Studios know that the best teams develop the best games. However, they also know that given the candidate short market, steep competition and a lack of personal resources and time; building that perfect team is challenging.
Through our specialised network and data-driven yet personal approach we aim to work with you to become your long-term recruitment partner. We have a successful history* of working with both start-ups where we build teams from the ground up and the industry giants; offering both permanent and contract solutions.
We are regularly described as having the network and headhunting skills reflective of an external agency but the personal relationship and culture understanding of your in-house recruiter.
We spend almost a third of our lives at work. And luckily for you, given the industry you’re in, it is most likely that you love what you do. Haptic is at the forefront of expertly tailored career development. Not only can we help with mapping out your future career, but we can use our network to source the best opportunities for you. You want to work on ‘that’ project? Tell us about it, and we’ll open the right doors.
We work across the key Gaming hubs. This means we can offer you a first-hand insight into anything from industry veterans starting new studios, to the giants setting up new departments or expanding global for new projects. We are also able to act as a bridge to a potential relocation.
We work with personally selected studios who we believe are the best. We don’t just find our candidates a job to get their foot in the door, we help them to roadmap their career then offer the necessary connections and resources at each step for this to become a reality.
For those of you who might consider relocation; we understand it is a huge, life changing decision, and finding the perfect role and remuneration is only one box ticked. Whether you are considering relocation in six months or in five years, we will work with you to offer a bespoke relocation package including information in local property, travel, family relocation and policy.
Take some time to explore our Global Gaming hubs; if you like what you see get in touch and join our network!
Pressing play on our Global gaming mission starts and ends with you.