SharkMob

Location: Malmö / London
Sector: Gaming / AAA Development
Funding: Tencent-backed
Stage: Scale-up

Hyper-niche gaming hires. Sharkmob was scaling fast across Europe but struggled to fill highly specialised game development roles. Agencies repeatedly failed to deliver. In Motion stepped in to execute directly, filling critical roles and unlocking delivery momentum.

The Situation

• Sharkmob required deeply specialised hires in game design, gameplay engineering, and live ops

• Agencies failed to deliver niche technical talent at speed

• Internal hiring teams were overstretched and facing capacity constraints

• Delivery deadlines were at risk without senior talent in place

IEngagement

• Brought in to support high-scarcity hiring across Malmö and London

• Embedded directly alongside internal teams, no agency model

• Mapped and engaged top-tier gaming talent across Europe

• Delivered candidates others couldn’t reach, hands-on and execution-first

• Partnered closely with hiring leads to accelerate interview and onboarding cycles

Results

• Successfully placed multiple senior engineers and designers in high-scarcity areas

• Re-established hiring velocity where agencies had stalled

• Significantly reduced time-to-hire for specialist roles

• Enabled critical team milestones to be met on time