HR & Recruiting Coordinator

Short Story is an award winning, technology powered retailer dedicated to petite women 5'4" and under. Our mission is to create a seamless shopping experience for millions of petite women so they can dress with effortless confidence.

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 leading investors who share our vision of building the world's next great consumer brand.

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.

• 💡 Think Differently. We get a thrill from finding better solutions others haven't seen.

We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented HR & Recruiting Coordinator to join our team at our South San Francisco fulfillment center. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role on our warehouse floor.

You will run high-volume hourly recruiting and support day-to-day HR operations, partnering closely with the Warehouse Manager, People Operations, and the Director of HR.

• High-Volume Sourcing: Manage the pipeline for warehouse roles (associates, returns specialists, temporary support) using our ATS, and keep candidate records accurate and current.

• Screen & Conduct in-person screens to assess reliability, attitude, and fit, and coordinate interviews for the Warehouse Manager.

• Scheduling: Coordinate interviews onsite and keep the process moving with short lag times.

• Onboarding & Orientation: Lead weekly day-one orientations, set new hires up in our systems, deliver basic safety orientation, and welcome each new team member warmly.

• Timekeeping & Attendance: Maintain accurate daily hourly timekeeping and attendance records and support break-schedule administration.

• Records & documentation: Maintain organized, current employee files and standard workplace records as part of routine HR operations.

• First-line employee support: Serve as a friendly, accessible point of contact for frontline staff on everyday HR questions (benefits, PTO, paychecks, policies).

• Floor presence: Spend active time on the warehouse floor, close to the team you support.

• Experience: 3-4 years of experience in HR administration, recruiting, or operations support in a warehouse, fulfillment, retail, or hospitality environment.

• Location: 100% on-site at our South San Francisco warehouse.

• Language: English and Spanish required

• Attention to detail: You take pride in clean records, organized files, and tasks that stay on track.

• Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills.

• Discipline: You hold a standard. You are comfortable saying no to a candidate who does not clear the bar, and you do not soften criteria under pressure to fill a shift.

• Adaptability: A roll-up-your-sleeves startup mindset. You move easily from screening candidates to organizing records to walking the floor.