Short Story

Short Story

Founding Recruiter

San Francisco · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
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About the role

  • You'll work directly with the CEO to find the best people to join us across Operations, Styling, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Client Experience, and more.
  • The best talent people don't just follow a process-they invent it.
  • You'll decide what "good" means, how we find those people, and how we close them.

Responsibilities

  • Full Cycle Recruiting: Own the full-cycle recruiting across roles
  • Talent Strategy: Work with founders and hiring managers to set hiring goals, scope new roles and develop talent roadmaps
  • Sourcing: Build and run outbound sourcing strategies to reach top talent
  • Manage Talent Infrastructure: Including Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, and hiring data
  • Talent Operations: Own candidate coordination, recruiting tools, and continuously improve our hiring processes and structures
  • Brand Building: Build out Short Story's brand and values with authenticity, empathy, and clarity in every candidate interaction
  • Our mission is to create a seamless shopping experience for millions of petite women so they can dress with effortless confidence.
  • Build out Short Story's brand and values with authenticity, empathy, and clarity in every candidate interaction

Requirements

  • You can operate as team of one-rolling up your sleeves to source, coordinate, and close.
  • 7+ years of experience in recruiting, with at least 3 years in a startup or high-growth environment.

Benefits

  • As a fast-growing startup, we're revolutionizing retail with a data-driven learning system that leverages customer feedback to create tailored products.
  • We've been recognized by top publications like Forbes, Fortune and are backed by top investors who share our vision of building the world's next great consumer brand.
  • Competitive salary and equity compensation
  • Excellent benefits and versatile health, dental, and vision coverage plans
  • Paid parental leave

Company info

  • Short Story is an award winning, technology-powered retailer dedicated to petite women 5'4" and under.
  • We're building a company with intention and purpose.
  • Our culture thrives on data insights, exceptional commitment to fit, and the urgency to move quickly on what matters.
  • ✨ Transform Lives.
  • We're customer-first.
  • Everything we create exists to give her confidence.
  • ⚡️ Demand Excellence.
  • We deliver only our best work, in Fit and Finish.
  • We obsess about details others overlook.
  • 💪 Embrace Challenges.
  • We see obstacles as opportunities to invent better solutions.

This listing is sourced directly from Short Story's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.