Jordan Mazer

Head of Talent

Los Angeles, California, United States18 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in talent acquisition for high-growth startups.
Led HR strategy during critical organizational changes.
Proven track record of successful engineering recruitment.

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

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionTeam ManagementHr OperationsHr TechnologyHr StrategyCrisis ManagementInterviewingRecruitingTeam LeadershipTechnical Recruiting

Other Skills

Team BuildingHR AnalyticsVendor ManagementCOVID Response ManagementEmployment BrandingRecruiting StrategySourcingKey Account DevelopmentResume WritingResume MiningCareer CounselingLead GenerationMentoringProject ManagementInternational Relocations

About

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Experience

18 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Andreessen horowitz

Head of Talent, speedrun

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States · Hybrid

Helping speedrun + game fund founders build their teams.

Talent AcquisitionTeam BuildingRecruitingTeam Management

Riot games

5 roles

Sr. Director, Global HR Shared Services

Nov 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

I was accountable for delivering the following for all of Riot's teams and operations throughout the world:
HR Operations (transactions, data management, onboarding, offboarding, etc.)
HR Technology & Systems
HR Analytics
Contingent Workforce Staffing / Vendor Management
In-HR budget, program and initiative planning & tracking (internal PMO)
The goal for our team: be the concierge for Rioters so they can focus on what they do best: making games.

HR OperationsHR TechnologyHR AnalyticsVendor Management

Director, HR

Aug 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

Led HR team global re-org strategy process
Led HR team annual planning / budget process
Acted as overall execution lead for Riot's domestic-US COVID-response efforts (compliance, contact tracing, return to work efforts, etc.)

HR StrategyCOVID Response ManagementCrisis Management

Director, Talent Acquisition

Promoted

May 2018 – Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos

I was responsible for the Talent Acquisition teams that staffed all of Riot's game and non-game product groups...
Led a team that produced >1000 annual hires
Managed employment brand efforts
Restructured Riot's interviewing / hiring approach in the post-Kotaku aftermath
Delivered Riot's first accurate headcount forecasts

Talent AcquisitionEmployment BrandingInterviewing

Recruiting Manager

May 2016 – May 2018 · 2 yrs

- Led the recruiting teams that hired all of Riot's engineers

RecruitingTeam Leadership

Sr. Technical Recruiter

May 2015 – May 2016 · 1 yr

I was responsible for hiring all Engineering talent for fledgling/R&D products at Riot.

Technical Recruiting

Scopely

2 roles

Lead Recruiter

Dec 2014 – May 2015 · 5 mos

Helped take Scopely from ~15 ---> ~125. Owned reporting, strategy, execution, overall recruiting goals, and stakeholder management for engineering, publishing and shared services headcount growth.

Recruiting StrategyRecruiting