People and Culture Placement (Gaming) Middlesbrough 2024

As a global gaming company, we’ve helped millions to fight their way through fearsome mobs in Minecraft Dungeons, battle each other and the environment in Rust Console Edition and most recently worked with Bethesda Game Studios to craft new adventures for Vault Dwellers around the world in Fallout 76.

Most recently, we worked with Rockstar Games to bring the beloved western experience Red Dead Redemption and its horror companion Undead Nightmare together for the first time on the Nintendo Switch and modern PlayStation systems.

We’re looking for an Undergraduate People and Culture Placement to join our award winning team in Middlesbrough (UK), home to the beautiful North Yorkshire coastline and countryside. We can offer up £1300 to cover the cost of UK relocation expenses (this excludes personal expenses such as rent etc.)

This opportunity offers a year-long industry placement between September 2024 - August 2025 with a salary of £22,000 for a 2nd year university student

Please note, we’re unable to sponsor a visa for this role.

Would you enjoy?

• Working for an organisation where you can make a valuable contribution
• Working in a diverse and future focused industry
• Working for a people focused company, who values and strives to put employees at the centre of it’s business
• Working in a team that is passionate about all things people and culture

What you'll be doing

• People and Culture administration: work on the generation of bespoke letters and presentations, maintaining organisational charts, employee files, support with meetings and employee relations activity, as required.
• Employee Relations: support the People team with employee relation cases and note taking
• Employee Learning & Development support
• Workplace Experience / Operations support
• Project work: support with ad-hoc project work
• Updating internal People records (e.g. recording sickness and other absences)
• Preparing People documents, such as employment contracts and other offer documentation
• Participate in People projects (e.g. help organise a talent attraction event or team building activity)
• Keep up-to-date with the latest People trends and best practice
• Support the revision of company policies and ensure legal compliance
• Support the creation of regular reports and presentations around People metrics
• Support answering employee queries
• People administration for starters leavers, transfers, parental leave as well as monitoring of probation periods ensuring action and production of documentation within specified time frames
• Support the Recruitment team and hiring teams with attraction and selection activities and administration
• Provide support across the People and Culture and Workplace Experience teams
• Maintain Employee Files in line with the Data Protection Act
• Ensure good knowledge of company policies and procedures
• Support the employee life cycle, and work with others to develop and launch new initiatives to enhance our workplace experience

What we're looking for

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
• A flexible approach to work, with an ability to manage multiple tasks
• Strong team player approach with the ability to network
• Ability to work autonomously
• Proactivity, with a keen eye for improved efficiency
• Good ethical judgement along with the ability to keep sensitive information confidential
• Ability to accurately follow instructions

What does selection look like?

If your application is shortlisted, you’ll be invited to complete a timed online assessment stage followed by a competency-based interview with the People and Workplace Experience hiring team.

We will send the outcome of your application via email so be sure to keep an eye on your spam/junk inbox folder just in case.

What to expect

• Start your day any time between 8:00am and 10:00am
• 35 working hours per week with a flexible 1 hour lunch break
• 29 days of holiday leave (20 days leave + 8 bank holidays + your birthday!)
• 8+ days discretionary annual leave during the end of year holiday break
• 1 day off if you’re moving house
• Access to mental health support via Plumm (includes 4 free video counselling sessions per month)
• Potential for annual performance bonuses and end of year bonuses
• Fast decision-making to allow you to thrive
• Cutting edge tools and workflows so you can focus on creativity
• State of the art studio facilities (VR setup, games room, book library, high spec kitchen area and more)
• Free juice, hot drinks, and fruit
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee referral bonus (up to £2000!)
• Opportunity to attend and speak at global events as a Double Eleven Ambassador (voluntary)
• Many free parties to celebrate the summer sun, winter season and game milestones
• In-studio wellbeing programmes and support
• Opportunity to contribute to our internal Employee Diversity and Equality Network
• Free game codes, game swag and merchandise
• Free on site parking
• Team charity events
• Sponsored studio activities such as football, game jams etc. (and new suggestions are always welcome)
• Opportunity to join our monthly, family-friendly “Bus Tour” where we visit fun and interesting places across the North East
• Previous activities have included ice skating, crazy golf, rock climbing and a visit to Forbidden Corner