info for candidates : about datascope
About the company, the recruiters and how to find us
Datascope Recruitment, the UK's number one consultancy for the games industry, is based in central London and was founded in 1991. Our consultants are industry experienced in their specialist areas. The service covers programmers, artists, designers, developers, sales, marketing and PR staff at all levels. We have more consultants, more current jobs and are the best connected agency in the games industry. A lot of positions are exclusive to Datascope so by contacting us candidates will have access to the best selection of jobs available at any one time.
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The Consultants
Our consultants are all experts in their fields:Julien Hofer
The founder of the company. This ex-mathematician has spent time working as a programmer and now specialises in the recruitment and search and selection of senior management in games development.
julien@datascope.co.uk
Malsara Walpitagama
Malsara Walpitagama has a business degree, three years' sales and marketing experience in the interactive industry. She was also been the longest serving member of the Datascope team having been here for over 12 years! She looked after Account Management roles and Search engine optimisation specialists for the interactive media sector. Having got married recently she has left Datascope in order to pursue other interests. However, we look forward to her return in 2008, albeit in a different role.
malsara@datascope.co.uk
Katy Hedayati
Katy now handles Malsara's work - Account Management roles and Search engine optimisation specialists for the interactive media sector.
katy@datascope.co.uk
David Rowden
David has in excess of twenty years' recruitment experience and joined Datascope over ten years ago to establish a presence in Interactive Media. David currently recruits creative and content staff at all levels, through to Senior Management.
david@datascope.co.uk
Simon Wessely
Simon is our newest consultant and works with David. He comes from a production background.
simon@datascope.co.uk
Matt Rock
Matt studied Illustration at Loughborough University. Since then he has illustrated, animated and graphic designed for 4 years. He now assists Claire in the placement of games artists and animators.
matt@datascope.co.uk
Andrea Denton
Andrea has a degree in French from Kings College and has been recruiting games programmers for Datascope for seven years. She heads up all games recruitment.
andrea@datascope.co.uk
Barry O'Hara
Barry has a BA in English and Digital Publishing. He assists Andrea with Programming vacancies.
barry@datascope.co.uk
Lucy Phillips
Lucy is responsible for the recruitment of games, level and audio designers. She has an MA from Glasgow University and over seven
years’ PA and office management experience. She is currently on maternity leave and her work is being handled by Ben.
lucy@datascope.co.uk
Ben Garrison
With a degree in German and International Business, Ben has recently moved from our US office on secondment to join the London team and to cover Lucy's absence. He focusses on recruitment of games, level and audio designers.
ben@datascope.co.uk
Debbie Daley
Debbie has extensive experience in games recruitment (as a client) having joined Criterion Software in an Office Administrator position in 1994 - and ending her time there in the position of HR Manager in 2005. She now handles producers and development management roles.
debbie@datascope.co.uk
Geoff Barley
Geoff handles sales, marketing and PR roles for the games industry. He has more than 6 years' recruitment experience and prior to that gained a Sports Science and Business degree from Southampton.
geoff@datascope.co.uk
Elektra Fisher
Elektra is Office Manager and PA to Julien. She has extensive experience in this capacity, and, also, has a science and engineering background, having studied towards a BSc at Queen Mary College, London.
elektra@datascope.co.uk
Shirley Gaynor
Shirley is Candidate Resourcer for Games. She is responsible for ensuring that Datascope's opportunities are widely advertised and that candidates receive a good quality service.
shirley@datascope.co.uk
Glenn Kirschner
Our accountant, Glenn qualified as a Chartered Accountant in South Africa and has been working as a finance manager for over twenty years.
glenn@datascope.co.uk
Yelena Spector
Yelena, a fluent Russian speaker with a degree in Marketing, now works in our Chicago office recruiting games programmers, producers, artists and designers.
yelena@datascopeUSA.com
How to find us
Our address is 109-110 Bolsover St, London W1W 5NT. Oxford Circus, Great Portland Street, Regents Park, Goodge Street and Warren Street tube stations are all within walking distance.
A Location Map is available (from Streetmap.co.uk - following the link will open the map in a new window).
Our Policies and Procedures
Equal Opportunities Policy
Datascope Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and employment agency. We are committed to taking positive action in order to promote such equality of opportunity and our recruitment procedures are based on the requirements of the job, irrespective of race, colour, ethnic or national origins, gender, marital status, sexuality, disability or age. Within this policy, Datascope Recruitment includes all staff and candidates (whether full time, part time or temporary) and any person who acts as an agent on behalf of Datascope Recruitment in employment matters. All staff are made aware of the provisions of this policy.Privacy / Data Protection Policy
Datascope Recruitment is totally committed to the privacy of all those who supply any personal data through this web site. We are required to comply with the regulations detailed in the Data Protection Acts of 1984 and 1998 that ensure any data provided to us is processed with due care and attention. Datascope Recruitment uses this personal data to aid in the recruitment process and will not disclose this data to prospective employers and clients without prior approval.Non-UK Candidates / Work Permits
Our candidates are asked to supply us with details of their nationality and work permit status.Please send website comments or suggestions to webmaster@datascope.co.uk
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