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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

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

Andrea Denton
Andrea has a degree in French from Kings College and has been recruiting games programmers for Datascope for nine years. She heads up all games recruitment.
andrea@datascope.co.uk

Simon Wessely
Simon has a degree in Computer Games Design from Teesside. Following 18 months in post production with Framestore, he now recruits games designers.
simon@datascope.co.uk

Matt Rock
Matt studied Illustration at Loughborough University. Since then he has illustrated, animated and graphic designed for 4 years before joinging Datascope to recruit games artists and animators.
matt@datascope.co.uk

Lucy Phillips
Lucy has an MA from Glasgow University and has worked for Datascope for four years recruiting games designers before taking a materninty leave to be with her little boy Rudi. She's now back at Datascope recruting game programmers.
lucy@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).

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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.

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