Industry Vertical Executive Search Solutions

Games / R&D & Publishing Executive Search

We deliver mission-critical C-suite & technical leaders for global interactive game development, cross-platform game operation, and global digital entertainment publishing businesses.
Games / R&D & Publishing

Interactive games and digital entertainment build global digital media ecosystems, covering AAA games, mobile entertainment, metaverse immersive scenes and cross-border content distribution. Evolving game engine tech and stricter cross-border content compliance create shortages of senior technical, creative and leadership talents for engine development, interactive art, live-service operation and international publishing. Traditional recruitment fails to attract top passive creators and engineers, delaying game projects and overseas content expansion.

FORESTOWN delivers global senior talent consulting for Games R&D & Publishing, supporting AAA studios, cross-border publishers, engine tech suppliers and metaverse content developers. Our global network of game engineering and digital content experts provides full-cycle services: entertainment talent mapping, creative & technical appraisal, cross-border compliance audits and full onboarding, accelerating studio team assembly and improving project-based talent matching.

As a credible cross-border digital entertainment talent partner, we leverage deep gaming industry insights and global media channels to help studios and publishing groups build elite creative, technical and commercial teams and ease widespread high-end gaming talent shortages. Our bespoke executive talent solutions match clients’ global content distribution layouts and cross-platform iteration roadmaps, fostering compliant, high-quality growth of the worldwide interactive entertainment industry.

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Industry Landscape

Booming global high-value interactive Games R&D and cross-border publishing industrial track

Rapid iteration in 3A console games, real-time rendering engines, metaverse scenarios and cross-region live-service game operations

Intense competition for game client R&D, artistic creation, publishing commercial operation and IP incubation executives

Need for leaders with cross-border media compliance, large studio team governance and global entertainment IP strategic alignment

Our Expertise

Subsectors We Cover

1. Console, PC & Mobile Commercial Game Full-Lifecycle R&D
2. Game Engine, Real-Time Rendering, Physics & Interactive Simulation Systems
3. Cross-Border Game Publishing, Channel Distribution & Localization Operation
4. Game Art, Narrative Design, Character IP & Interactive Scenario Creation
5. Live Service Game Operations, Player Analytics & In-Game Commercial Monetization
6. Metaverse Immersive Games, XR Interactive Entertainment & Digital Content Compliance

Key Roles We Place

1. CEO, COO, CTO, CFO, Chief Creative Officer (CCO), Chief Publishing Officer
2. VP of Game R&D, Engine Architecture, Technical Art & Core System Design
3. VP of Studio Operations, Production Pipeline & Cross-Functional Project Management
4. VP of Global Game Publishing, IP Licensing & Strategic Business Development
5. Senior Director of Game Compliance, Product Monetization & Cross-border Localization
6. Overseas Game Studio & Cross-Regional Digital Entertainment Platform Leadership

Our advantage

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74 Across 74 countries

Forestown is a professional company of global high-end talent search and enterprise consulting services. It has its own strong knowledge base and global talent knowledge network, and its business covers 74 countries such as America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

5000 global partner client

Forestown serves 5000 customers in 74 countries, and more than 1000 customers have established long-term and stable human resources strategic partnerships to help domestic enterprises introduce overseas talents, and at the same time recommend domestic talents to develop overseas.

10 working languages

Forestown consultant team comes from different industries and high cultural backgrounds from all over the world. 45% of professional consultants can work bilingually. The language types involve: Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish 10 languages.

Exclusive Talent Pool

Forestown has independently developed and operates an advanced Pipeline Management System within China’s executive search sector. To date, the platform has assembled nearly ten million mid-to-senior industry professionals spanning management, marketing, investment, technology, finance, human resources and other disciplines, covering talent at Manager, Director and General Manager levels.

Senior Advisory Team

Forestown employs a cohort of professional consultants with annual placement value exceeding one million RMB, alongside top-tier specialists boasting placement volumes surpassing ten million RMB. We successfully deliver over one thousand executive search assignments each year. Our consulting team comprises professionals from diverse industries and multicultural backgrounds worldwide, holding academic qualifications ranging from bachelor’s to doctoral degrees.

24 Hour Service

The consultant teams of the three branches of the Forestown can cross time zones, and the three time zones can continuously serve customers 24 hours a day, and fully guarantee the speed and quality of service results.

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Our Executive Search Process

Brief & Industry Analysis

Target Mapping & Talent Intelligence

Assessment & Technical Validation

Shortlist & Stakeholder Alignment

Onboarding & Retention Support

Success Stories

Executive Game Producer Hire for a Global Interactive Entertainment Group

Executive Game Producer Hire for a Global Interactive Entertainment Group

Client Industry Games / Game R&D & Publishing Challenge Client faced critical gaps in hiring a senior production executive with deep 3A-level game full-cycle R&D and global game market publishing expertise, with fierce industry competition for top tier passive game core management talents. Solution We executed a retained, cross-border executive search, leveraging our global entertainment and gaming C-level network to screen and recruit high-calibre passive industry professionals. Result Successfully placed the ideal candidate in 9.6 weeks, aligning with the client’s high-quality overseas game product launch and IP incubation roadmap, with a retention rate of 100% post-onboarding.

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