Tom Pelini

Recruiter

London, England, United Kingdom15 yrs experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in global talent acquisition in gaming industry.
  • Successfully tripled headcount for major game development projects.
  • Proven track record in diverse recruitment across multiple disciplines.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Gaming Recruitment Specialist with extensive experience in talent acquisition and management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitingTalent Management

Other Skills

Events PlanningRecruitment WorkflowsGlobal Talent AcquisitionLeadershipOnboardingTranslationSocial MediaStore ManagementRetailTrend AnalysisVisual MerchandisingPayrollFashionStylingMerchandising

About

Senior Recruiter @Larian Studios. Working across our 7 locations in Europe, North America and Asia. I've been recruiting within the Gaming industry for the better part of a decade now and got the chance to collaborate with 30+ studios from all over the world (including Studio MDHR, Compulsion Games, Asobo Studio, Playground Games, Thought Pennies, Neon Giant, Eidos Montreal and more). Proven track record of success in recruiting for: - Programming (Engine, Tools, AI, Gameplay, Graphics/Rendering, UI, Systems Architecture and Core Tech) - Animation (Cinematics, Keyframe, Gameplay, Character/Creature, IK, MoBu experts, Rigging, Technical Animation) - Art (Environment, VFX, Character, Weapons, Hard-Surface, Foliage, Vehicle, Terrain, Texture, Marketing, Promo) - Design (Level, Systems, Quest, Mission, 3Cs, Narrative, UI/UX, World, Encounter, Combat) - Production (Project Manager, Coordinators, Associate Producers, SP, EP, Head of Production, Dev Directors) - DevOps (Build, Full-Stack) - Web Development (Frontend, Backend, Web Design)

Experience

15 yrs
Total Experience
2 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 7 mos
Current Experience

Larian studios

Senior Recruiter

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos · Guildford, England, United Kingdom

  • Hiring across various disciplines depending on Larian's hiring needs (ranging from DevOps, Programming, Leadership, Art, Tech Art, Tech Anim / Rigging, Web Development, Production and more)
  • Hiring for all 7 of our studios around the world (Quebec City, Dublin, Barcelona, Warsaw, Kuala Lumpur, Guildford and Gent)
  • Supporting the team on various other fields including Events Planning and Recruitment Workflows refinements
  • Attending game dev events and awards shows globally (Gamescom, GIC Poznan, GDS Prague, Develop Brighton, Digital Dragons and more) representing Larian
  • Rolling Natural 1s like there's no tomorrow
Talent AcquisitionRecruitingEvents PlanningRecruitment Workflows

Asobo studio

Talent Lead

Jun 2023Mar 2024 · 9 mos · London, England, United Kingdom · Remote

Talent ManagementGlobal Talent AcquisitionTalent Acquisition

Twin suns corp

Talent Partner

Dec 2021Mar 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Co-managed the whole Recruitment Function (team of 3)
  • Hired over 15 top-tier Senior/Lead profiles
  • Strong focus on DEI
  • Focus on Engineering, Audio and Design
Talent ManagementGlobal Talent Acquisition

Studiotypes

3 roles

Associate Recruitment Director (Game Dev)

Aug 2021Aug 2024 · 3 yrs

Principal/Lead Recruiter (Game Dev)

Promoted

Oct 2018Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

LeadershipTalent ManagementOnboarding

Studio Recruiter (Game Dev)

Sep 2017Sep 2018 · 1 yr

  • Working across all Game Dev related disciplines
Talent Management

Spearhead games

Talent Lead

May 2021Dec 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Solo management of the recruitment function for the studio
  • Tripled the studio's size for the development of Unforetold: Witchstone
  • Direct collaboration with CEO / Founders
  • Hiring in all disciplines
Talent Management

Compulsion games

Talent Partner

Nov 2019Sep 2024 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Co-managed the recruitment function (Team of 2) for the whole studio's growth since the Xbox acquisition
  • We tripled the headcount of the studio and hired ~70 devs for the development of South of Midnight
  • Hiring in all disciplines (Art, Anim, Tech Art/VFX, Engineering, Production, Community Mgmt, Design and more)
Talent ManagementGlobal Talent AcquisitionTalent Acquisition

Studiomdhr

Talent Partner

Jan 2018Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • The sole external Talent Partner to Studio MDHR, the acclaimed indie studio behind Cuphead.
Talent Management

Retail human resources plc

Account Executive

Aug 2016Sep 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo · London, United Kingdom

  • 360° recruiter/account manager
  • BD/sourcing/managing 7 major accounts
Talent Management

Gap inc./ banana republic

Assistant Store Manager

Oct 2015Sep 2016 · 11 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • 3000 SQ FEET
  • £ 2+ M T/O
  • 20+ HEADCOUNT
  • Kensington and Chelsea area.
  • Key responsibilities :
  • HR / Recruitment
  • Payroll
  • Weekly trade reports to Regional Director
  • Scheduling/Rota for whole team including mgmt
  • Loss Prevention compliance (Store passed first audit with a positive 90% score)
  • Health and Safety compliance
  • Team potential development, new talent pipeline.
  • Customer Experience Survey information roll-out to Europe fleet.
Talent Management

Allsaints retail ltd

3 roles

Multi-Site Floor Manager

Dec 2012Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Dual Site (womenswear + menswear) management, Managing two teams simultaneously
  • Huge emphasis on effective communication.
  • 5100 SQ FEET
  • £6M TURNOVER
  • 40+ HEADCOUNT
  • Managing Recruitment
  • KPI Analysis and improvement
  • HR matters
  • Wage Cost
  • Payroll
  • Visual Merchandising
  • To lead and train on H&S matters.
  • Reporting to Store manager, ASM and Area Manager.

Supervisor

Mar 2012Dec 2012 · 9 mos

  • To assist Floor Manager in daily duties including scheduling, floor-planning, running the shop floor, security checks and to attend visits from Area Managers and major stakeholders.
  • Responsible for Opening and Closing of the store.
  • Responsible for Recruitment, especially during peak times such as Christmas, where I successfully recruited more than 25 members of staff, carefully selected amongst 190 candidates, all personally interviewed.

Sales Supervisor

Oct 2011Mar 2013 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Managing the Recruitment for the whole store during peak times (Christmas/Olympics)
  • Managing of till-areas, creating a separate schedule for this area with personalised rotations.
  • Managing replenishment of stationary and IT equipment.
  • To make sure operations were smooth and efficient especially during peak trade times of the year.
  • Banking operations, to lead them and to train people on them.
  • Successfully till-trained more than 80 members of staff.

Hollister co.

Shop Floor Impact

Aug 2011Nov 2011 · 3 mos · Westfield Stratford City

  • Transfer from A&F.

Hmcf cultural collective

Collaborator

Jan 2011Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bologna Area, Italy

  • Music section
  • Reviewing new releases and older ones among classics and forgotten records.

Abercrombie & fitch

Shop-floor Impact

Jan 2011Aug 2011 · 7 mos · Mayfair

  • Maintaining the shop, exceeding customers' requests with excellent customer service and dedication.
  • in charge of Replenishment throughout the day

Education

Liceo Classico Manzoni (Private Institution)

Diploma of Classical Studies (Latin

Jan 2007Jan 2010

Liceo Classico Minghetti

Diploma of Classical Studies — Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature

Jan 2005Jan 2007

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