Recruit with Hope

Recruit with Hope is a boutique, retained executive search practice dedicated exclusively to the games industry. Founded by Mark Hope, the firm works with studios, publishers, games-tech companies and multinational groups across Europe and worldwide to appoint senior leaders who can shape their teams and businesses. Its searches cover C-suite and studio leadership, including CEOs, studio heads and managing directors, as well as executives in product, technology, creative, commercial, marketing and growth roles.

The firm offers confidential, exclusive searches for individual leadership vacancies, using market mapping, discreet candidate approaches, structured assessment and salary benchmarking. Its process includes a calibrated shortlist, offer and negotiation support, and a replacement guarantee on retained placements. For organisations with recurring leadership needs, Recruit with Hope also provides Leadership RPO: an ongoing retained partnership for portfolio companies, multinational groups and listed businesses, with consistent assessment, portfolio reporting and a continuously maintained market map. Senior candidates can arrange confidential conversations about potential roles, market conditions, compensation and timing.