Games Recruiter, China Market at Yodo1

About the Role

Yodo1 is hiring a hands-on Games Recruiter who knows how to find and engage great talent across China's gaming industry. You will own recruitment for China-market roles, bring local market insight to a global recruitment team, and build strong pipelines for specialist and hard-to-fill positions.

What You Will Do

• Own full-cycle recruitment for China market positions, and global roles when needed, closing hires for roles in sales, marketing, game production, and beyond.
• Partner with the recruitment team, hiring managers, and hiring teams to calibrate role requirements and business needs.
• Proactively research, source, and engage top talent using Chinese hiring platforms such as BOSS, Maimai, and Liepin, plus WeChat networks and other effective local channels.
• Build and maintain talent maps and pipelines across China's gaming ecosystem.
• Conduct pre-screen interviews in Mandarin and English, assessing technical skills as well as culture add, and provide thoughtful feedback so presented candidates align with company values and needs.
• Represent Yodo1's brand as an ambassador during every stage of the hiring process, helping candidates understand what it means to work here.
• Work closely with hiring managers to develop accurate job descriptions, share insights on market trends, and ensure business and recruiting alignment.
• Attend local Chinese games related networking conferences.
• Stay up to date on the latest recruitment trends, tools, and best practices.
• Experiment with AI and new sourcing approaches to improve hiring quality and efficiency.

Must Have

• Proven experience managing the full recruitment cycle, from sourcing to closing, ideally in a fast paced environment with a demonstrated ability to hire across various roles.
• Strong knowledge of the Chinese gaming market or adjacent technology talent ecosystem.
• Ability to confidently use BOSS, Maimai, Liepin, and more to identify and engage candidates, plus familiarity with additional China market channels and networks.
• Fluent Mandarin Chinese and professional working English, with the ability to communicate clearly with candidates and international colleagues.
• Strong EQ and communication skills, with the ability to connect with candidates and provide a positive, engaging experience while challenging them with insightful questions.
• Ability to build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, acting as a strategic partner to hiring managers and interviewers.
• A data driven approach, comfortable using data and tools to track hiring progress, measure outcomes, and refine strategies for better results.
• A creative approach to using AI to improve candidate experience and effectively manage large applicant pools.
• Ability to prioritize effectively and keep the hiring process on track, even when managing multiple roles.

Nice to Have

• Experience recruiting across mobile games, LiveOps, game publishing, monetization, or gaming business development.
• Experience hiring internationally, outside the China market.
• Experience working in a fully remote, international business coordinating with colleagues in multiple time zones.
• Familiarity with Teamtailor or a similar ATS, and practical use of AI to support recruitment workflows.

Who We Are

Yodo1 does not just grow games, it helps turn them into household names. With billions of downloads across the portfolio, the company has spent more than a decade shaping the growth of iconic titles. From helping first time creators monetize their debut games to bringing world class IPs from Hasbro, Paramount, Legendary, and Sony Pictures into the hands of top studios such as Rivergame, Candivore, 37Games, and Tencent Studios, Yodo1 has proven what is possible when creativity meets global expertise.

Yodo1 Games is raising the bar: transforming great titles into lasting franchises. Drawing on experience with successes like Transformers: Earth Wars, Rodeo Stampede, and Ski Safari, the company provides the systems, partnerships, and global reach that help visionary developers build worlds players will return to for decades. Joining Yodo1 Games means becoming part of a team that lives and breathes games, works with some of the most talented creators in the industry, and is driven by a mission to shape the future of gaming.

How We Work

Yodo1 believes in the future and power of the mobile gaming industry and that everyone deserves an equal opportunity to build a life they love through games, from anywhere in the world. The company believes you know when and where you do your best work. It is fully remote by design and operates as WFA: Work From Anywhere. There are no imposed hours and no limits on time off. The team is driven by performance, experiments often, and cares about impact, not titles.

What We Offer

• Compensation: Pay based on qualifications, experience, and fit for the role. An allowance to purchase your own device or equipment and variable compensation through an annual bonus program.
• Growth: An environment with the trust and freedom to try, fail, learn fast, and make a real impact while accelerating your career, where anyone with a great idea can pitch it directly to management.
• WFA: Work from anywhere in the world, travel when and where you like, get paid in your currency of choice, and enjoy flexible hours and unlimited paid time off.
• Community: Work with an energetic, fast learning, supportive, and diverse team across six continents and 30+ countries who share and support new ideas and get things done.