Primary Purpose:The Senior Associate, Talent Acquisition - Design & Creative is responsible for end-to-end recruiting for design and creative roles across Coach, Kate Spade, and Tapestry. This role blends a strong fashion and design point of view with data-informed recruiting, proactive pipelining, and employer branding, while occasionally supporting creative-adjacent roles as business needs evolve. The position is based in our New York City headquarters (hybrid: 3 days/week in office, Tues-Thurs) and reports to the Director, Talent Acquisition.
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Talent Acquisition to...Talent Identification & Proactive Sourcing- Proactively source and engage talent for design and creative roles and flex across additional departments beyond creative as business needs require
- Leverage knowledge of the fashion and design landscape to identify where emerging talent comes from-brands, studios, schools, and alternative creative pathways
- Build and maintain pipelines across multiple disciplines and brands
Portfolio Review & Creative Judgment- Review design portfolios with a discerning eye, assessing skills and brand alignment.
- Work closely with design leaders to assess brand fit, creative strength, and readiness
Early Career, Schools & Community Partnerships- Identify and map non-traditional fashion and design schools to uncover hidden talent and expand access to underrepresented designers
- Support outreach strategies that allow us to engage talent early in their creative journey
Data, Employer Branding & Design Industry Engagement- Analyze applicant and pipeline data (schools, majors, sourcing channels, conversion trends) to inform strategy
- Support employer branding efforts specific to the design community, highlighting internal and external creative talent
- Partner on content, storytelling, and social platforms that showcase our design culture, programs, and creative community
- Support research and initiatives that elevate and connect designers across Coach and Kate Spade
The accomplished individual will possess...- 3+ years of Talent Acquisition experience, with a strong preference for recruiting within fashion, design, or creative disciplines
- Demonstrated experience reviewing creative portfolios and assessing design talent
- A strong point of view on fashion, design, and creative trends
- Proven ability to proactively source passive candidates and build long-term- pipelines
- Experience partnering with schools, institutions, and/or external organizations to support early career or emerging talent
- Comfort navigating ambiguity in a fast moving, creative environment
- A collaborative, relationship-driven approach with strong judgment and follow- through
- Strong understanding of ATS and sourcing tools
- Advanced Excel skills, including data analysis and pivot tables preferred
- Canva proficiency to support employer branding, presentations, and talent facing content- preferred
Our Competencies for All Employees
Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
Our Competencies for All People ManagersStrategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
Base Pay Range$80,000.00-$90,000.00
Here are some of the benefits that we offer: Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401 (K), Paid Paternity and Maternity leave, Commuter Benefits, Disability insurance and Tuition assistance. Please click here for a complete list of U.S Corporate Compensation & Benefits.
