Jordan Carver

COO

Los Angeles, California, United States9 yrs 2 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in talent strategy for early-stage startups.
Proven track record in scaling teams in gaming industry.
Strong network in creative, tech, and AI sectors.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in the gaming and tech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

RecruitingBusiness StrategyTalent AcquisitionProgram ManagementGame Development

Other Skills

Competitive AnalysisMarket ResearchStartupsStrategic Data AnalysisGlobal Talent AcquisitionLeadershipManagementData Ecosystem ManagementInterview TrainingTeam BuildingStrategic PlanningPublic SpeakingProject ManagementMarketingMicrosoft Excel

About

// Support founders in early-stage --> growth-stage talent strategy // Help hungry, ambitious leaders begin their founding journey // "Have you met so-and-so..." Send me a message if you want to work at or start a company across creative x tech x AI. >> My email is: jcarver+talent@a16z.com <<

Experience

9 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 11 mos

Current Experience

Andreessen horowitz

Talent Partner

May 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

Helping a16z Speedrun founders grow their teams.
Growing a talent network of people interested in working at early-stage companies at the intersection of creative x tech x AI.

Competitive AnalysisMarket ResearchBusiness StrategyStartupsStrategic Data AnalysisProgram Management+4

Talent sdk

COO

Sep 2021 – May 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Remote

Riot games

3 roles

Manager, Talent Acquisition Operations

Promoted

Dec 2020 – Sep 2021 · 9 mos

I was accountable for the following programs and functions across Riot's recruiting org:
Launched Riot’s Internal Mobility function
Talent Acquisition’s data ecosystem
Senior Leadership Interview (SLI) program (similar to Amazon Bar Raisers)
Recruiter onboarding & playbook
Interviewer training & revamp
Craft interview kit development structure

Talent AcquisitionProgram ManagementData Ecosystem ManagementInterview Training

Recruiting Manager- League of Legends, TFT, Wild Rift

Promoted

Apr 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

Highlights:
Supported hiring for League of Legends during its growth beyond 100M MAUs and its 10-year anniversary milestone
Led recruiting orgs for Teamfight Tactics (shipped 2019) and Wild Rift (shipped globally 2020)
Helped Riot scale from ~2,000 to 4,500+ employees globally

RecruitingGame DevelopmentTeam Building

Recruiter

Feb 2017 – Apr 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Soraalaser

GTM Consultant

Nov 2015 – Feb 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos · Goleta, CA

Partnered with Kyocera SLD Laser (previously SoraaLaser) on GTM and marketing efforts for Nobel prize winning technology (Shuji Nakamura - Physics - 2014).

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