Founding Recruiter

The role

The Founding Recruiter will lead all recruiting efforts and work directly with the CEO. You will find talent across Operations, Styling, Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Client Experience.

What you will do

• Own the full-cycle recruiting across roles
• Work with founders and hiring managers to set hiring goals, scope new roles and develop talent roadmaps
• Build and run outbound sourcing strategies to reach top talent
• Manage talent infrastructure including Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, and hiring data
• Inform founders on team composition and organizational scaling
• Own candidate coordination, recruiting tools, and continuously improve hiring processes and structures
• Build out Short Story's brand and values with authenticity, empathy, and clarity

Required qualifications

• Operate as team of one to source, coordinate, and close
• High judgment, bias for action, and ownership mentality
• Write outbound messages that get responses
• Know how to search for people in non-obvious places
• Smart with tools such as Ashby, Linkedin, and using AI
• 7+ years of experience in recruiting
• At least 3 years in a startup or high-growth environment
• Obsession with detail
• Excellent writing skills
• Anything is possible mindset
• Extremely strong work ethic with commitment to quality and detail
• Scrappiness

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity compensation
• Excellent benefits
• Versatile health, dental, and vision coverage plans
• Paid parental leave
• Unlimited PTO

About the company

Short Story is a technology powered retailer dedicated to petite women 5'4" and under. It is a fast-growing startup backed by investors including YCombinator and Tribe Capital.