Head of Talent Development

About Important Looking Pirates

Important Looking Pirates (ILP) is a multiple VES and Emmy award-winning studio and have created animation and visual effects for some of the greatest storytellers. Founded by artists in 2007, ILP was established with the vision of becoming one of the top international suppliers of VFX in terms of quality, professionalism, and service. With amazing projects such as Shogun, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Fallout , The Mandalorian , Westworld and Star Wars: The Last Jedi in ILP’s portfolio, we can proudly say that we are one of the most successful studios in the world.

At ILP, we have assembled one of the best visual effects teams in the business, with talents from all corners of the world. All our artists, technicians and support personnel are driven by passion for what they do and always strive to push the limits of what can be accomplished.

Talent Development sits at the center of how we continue to grow as a company – supporting our Pirates, strengthening our culture, improving how we work together, and helping the studio navigate change and long-term growth.

About the position

As Head of Talent Development you are responsible for defining and executing a unified talent strategy in line with the company’s vision and values, ensuring that the organization has the right people, with the right skills, to meet long-term business goals.

We’re looking for someone who combines strong people leadership with strategic thinking. Someone who understands the complexity of the creative industry and believes that honest conversations, trust, collaboration, and clear structures are essential in building a healthy and ambitious organization.

You lead the Talent Development Team (including HR & Recruitment), overseeing the successful implementation of people strategies. You define and improve workflows and processes to manage and quality-control the team’s daily operations as well as all aspects of the employee life cycle and the overall people development and feedback culture.

You closely collaborate with the Head of VFX advising and supporting on strategic issues and helping them lead their team and deal with HR matters.

You cooperate with other Heads of Department and executives roles in driving long term efforts to improve talent processes according to ILP's vision and goals. You report directly to the CEO.

Your work will include

• Responsible for the Talent Development team’s leadership, management and development.

• Partake in creating both short and long term talent management and people development strategies to reach business goals.

• Responsible for successful implementation of talent strategies, ensuring alignment with company vision, values and goals as well as clear communication of them.

• Accountable for compliance with labour laws and regulations as well as company policies

• Supporting senior roles i.e. Head of VFX with talent development workflows and HR processes
  

You need the following

• Experience from creative environments with high expectations

• Proven track record of leading teams as well as up-skilling leaders

• Experience coaching senior managers in alignment with company business strategy

• VFX industry experience is not essential but it would be highly regarded