At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in…
Reporting to the Senior Director, Talent, the Talent Acquisition Associate uses their understanding of the talent market to recruit for roles at varying levels of seniority as assigned. They are responsible for the full cycle of recruitment from understanding the requirements, developing job postings, reviewing, sourcing and screening candidates, facilitating the interview process, supporting the selection process, closing the deal, and supporting the pre-boarding of new employees.
This role is a temporary full-time role with an end date of Dec 23, 2026.
This role requires the successful applicant to work full-time on-site at our Downtown Vancouver studio 5 days a week.
In this role, you can expect to:
Key Accountabilities
Responsible for full cycle recruitment:
Work alongside hiring managers and department leads to understand hiring needs and develop strategies for Kabam to attract and hire top-tier talent.
Prepare and post job postings, partnering with various people team members to ensure approvals and compliance are documented.
Utilize sourcing skills to find and attract qualified candidates.
Build and maintain a talent pipeline.
Screen candidate profiles and present shortlists to hiring team.
Collect data and provide data-driven insights to support objective recruiting decisions.
Manage and deliver communication to all relevant stakeholders and candidates on progress.
Obtain offer approval, present offers and create all supporting documents.
Organize and update ATS system to track candidates through recruitment funnel.
Follows all Kabam guidelines, policies and rules of engagement.
Maintains and improves the recruitment process for all stakeholders (e.g. candidates, managers, collaborators, Talent Acquisition team).
May collaborate or manage other Talent Acquisition activities (e.g. employer branding, referral process, recruiting training, coop, campus recruiting, recruiting fairs, etc.).
Support HR projects and run Talent Acquisition-related projects:
Contributes to People Team projects by providing a talent acquisition perspective to the project team.
Collaborate and may project manage Talent Acquisition Team projects by initiating the project, communicating deliverables, setting timelines, collaborating with key stakeholders, providing status updates and holding the responsibility for project completion and delivery.
Support employer branding initiatives: content creation and curation for corporate social media channels, website and blog.
To be successful in this role, your background includes:
Post-secondary degree in HR or related field.
1+ year of Talent Acquisition or People coordination and candidate management experience in an agency or in-house setting.
Experience in full-cycle recruitment is preferred with an understanding of recruiting metrics.
Experience liaising with multiple stakeholder groups (People Team, hiring managers, interviewers, candidates, etc.).
Service-oriented and know-your-candidates/hiring managers mindset.
Ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communication.
Experience working in an ATS, preferably with Lever.
A team player with a high sense of urgency.
Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize what’s important.
Ownership and self-motivation for continuous learning and improvement.
A creative and persistent mindset.
An agile and adaptable approach in fast-paced and changing environments.
Ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communication.
Our success is due to the hard work of our people. We share our success with our people through flexible benefits and reward programs, sweet swag, snacks, and more. Here’s a look at some of the support we provide our people:
Extended Health Coverage: effective day one, no waiting period! Our benefits cover health, dental, life, disability, and extended paramedical services such as vision care, mental health practitioners, massage, physiotherapy, acupuncture, and much more.
DEIB Benefits: DEIB is important to us and to our people - that’s why our benefits include gender-affirming care, fertility care, and other hormonal treatments and drugs.
Flexible Spending Accounts: our benefits are built on a flex credit model, so you’re able to choose the coverage levels that are right for you, and allocate the rest to a group RRSP/TFSA, Health Spending account, and/or Personal Spending Account.
RRSP Matching: everyone retires eventually, and we help our people save for their futures with a contribution matching program once you reach 90 days with us.
Commuter Benefit: we believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and want to support you in making it work for you! We provide a flexible, monthly cash allowance to help cover the costs of transit, parking, or even personal logistics like childcare and pet care.
PTO and Parental Leave: we offer paid parental leave, flexible paid time off, paid time off for volunteering, sick leave, and holiday closures.
Employee and Family Assistance Program: this program provides crisis management support, immediate mental health care, and generalized support for emotional, mental, and financial well-being.
Telus Virtual Health: we provide increased access to remote healthcare providers for prescription refills or referrals from the comfort of your home.
Learning and growth: We encourage people to grow both personally and professionally, and support this through regular lunch & learns and an education stipend.
Pay transparency: We share with employees the pay range their role falls within and clear career maps to determine how they can grow within their role or level-up to a promotion.
Cool spaces: Our offices are in Vancouver, Montreal, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Whether it’s summers on the rooftop patio in Downtown Vancouver, or watching the fireworks in Montreal’s South Shore - we want our people to feel like their time spent in office is worthwhile!
Giving back: Kabammers have a dedicated paid day off every year to volunteer to a cause close to their hearts. Some teams even band together for group volunteer days off-site!
Excited by this opportunity? Kabam is dedicated to growing our diverse and inclusive workforce, so if your past experience doesn’t perfectly match the listed requirements we encourage you to apply anyways - you could be a great fit for this or other positions.
We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!
About Kabam
Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.
Kabam’s games,
Marvel Contest of Champions,
Shop Titans, and more have generated hundreds of millions of downloads and have received multiple awards including Apple’s Editor’s Choice and Google Play’s Best Game of the Year.
Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver & Montreal in Canada, and Los Angeles & San Francisco in the United States. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.
Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
