7+ years of recruiting experience, with 3 years in startups or high-growth environments.
Ability to operate independently as a team of one.
Founder-like mindset with high judgment and ownership mentality.
Proven ability to create compelling outbound messages that elicit responses.
Experienced with recruiting tools like Ashby and LinkedIn and adept at using AI for efficiency.
Responsibilities
Own full-cycle recruiting across various roles.
Collaborate with founders to set hiring goals and develop talent roadmaps.
Design and implement outbound sourcing strategies to engage top talent.
Manage and optimize talent infrastructure including recruiting tools and hiring data.
Advise on team composition and scaling strategies based on growth objectives.
Oversee candidate coordination and continuously refine the hiring process.
Enhance the company's brand through authentic and empathetic candidate interactions.
Benefits
Backed by notable investors including YCombinator and Tribe Capital.
Work alongside a best-in-class, mission-aligned team.
Make a significant impact within a small, growth-oriented team.
Unlimited PTO for enhanced work-life balance.
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage plans.
Paid parental leave to support family needs.
Full Job Description
The Role
Startups win by having great people. We're looking for a Founding Recruiter who'll lead all things recruiting. Not someone who just fills positions, but someone who thinks about what kind of team we need, and how to build it.
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.
This is the kind of role where you'll look back years from now and see your fingerprints on the entire company. This is an opportunity to be the architect behind a high-performing, mission-driven team at one of the fastest-growing ecommerce startups.
This role is full-time and onsite in our SF office.
Qualifications
You can operate as team of one-rolling up your sleeves to source, coordinate, and close. You'll work closely with the CEO and HR Manager, but you'll be the one figuring out what needs to be done and doing it.
You think like a founder: high judgment, bias for action, and ownership mentality.
You write outbound messages that actually get responses and know how to search for the right people in non-obvious places.
You're smart with tools - Ashby, Linkedin, and using AI to automate the repetitive parts.
7+ years of experience in recruiting, with at least 3 years in a startup or high-growth environment.
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
Growth Strategy: Inform founders on team composition and organizational scaling
Talent Operations: Own candidate coordination, recruiting tools, and continuously improve our hiring processes and structures
BrandBuilding: Build out Short Story's brand and values with authenticity, empathy, and clarity in every candidate interaction
What We Value
An obsession with detail - every word, every punctuation mark
Excellent writing skills
Anything is possible mindset
An extremely strong work ethic with commitment to quality and detail
Scrappiness
Why You Should Join Us
Strong backing from investors YCombinator, Tribe Capital
Best-in-class team that is deeply mission-aligned
Have a huge impact on a small team with lots of runway for growth
Competitive salary and equity compensation
Excellent benefits and versatile health, dental, and vision coverage plans
