S4: E04 - Jake Kimber brings us inside the gaming industry and its growth of tech talent

We speak to Jake Kimber, Director of Global Talent Acquisition at Pixel United, about how he overcomes challenges as a Talent leader and the difference between gaming and other tech industries. 

He shares his insights on developing more diversity in an industry and how it can benefit society, building on EVP to help grow headcount and the business, and the importance of buy-in at all levels in the talent process.   

Jacob is a Talent Acquisition specialist with over 12 years of experience managing global in-house recruitment departments for large software and gaming companies. Starting at Epsilon, he built the in-house recruitment function from scratch, supporting global recruitment. After winning “best in-house recruiter” at both the IHR and FIRM awards, he has worked for other software companies and now resides in gaming. Currently he is Director, Global Talent Acquisition and Operations at Pixel United, a leading mobile games publisher. As part of his role at Pixel United, he managed the growth of Product Madness from 80 to 500+ employees.