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About the Role

Alts is redefining the tailoring industry and seeks a resourceful and relationship-driven Talent Acquisition Manager to support recruiting across its growing network of studios and Central Office. This role focuses on finding, engaging, and hiring exceptional talent, with approximately 65% dedicated to skilled tailoring positions and 35% to Studio Operations and Central Office searches. The position involves working closely with hiring managers and HR, maintaining candidate pipelines, and ensuring a professional candidate experience. The role also serves as the main point of contact between leadership and a small recruiting team, organizing priorities and ensuring smooth process flow.

Responsibilities

Manage full-cycle recruiting for priority tailoring roles.
Source candidates through direct outreach, referrals, networking, social media, industry groups, community engagement, and local market research.
Build and maintain relationships with tailoring professionals, including passive candidates.
Develop connections with trade schools, sewing and fashion programs, tailoring communities, bridal networks, dry cleaners, luxury retailers, and garment-industry organizations.
Test new sourcing channels and share recommendations.
Keep tailoring pipelines organized, current, and ready to support recurring hiring needs.
Manage assigned searches across Studio Operations and Central Office.
Meet with hiring managers to clarify role, candidate profile, interview process, and hiring timeline.
Screen and interview candidates, coordinate next steps, support reference checks, and assist with offer-stage communication.
Maintain clear and timely communication with candidates and internal partners.
Build proactive pipelines for recurring and difficult-to-fill roles.
Maintain accurate candidate and recruiting activity in the ATS and other recruiting tools.
Track hiring progress and flag risks, delays, or changes in the market.
Share practical market insights related to compensation, candidate availability, and sourcing challenges.
Recommend improvements to job postings, sourcing approaches, interview workflows, and candidate communication.
Participate in career fairs, school visits, community events, and industry networking opportunities.
Support recruiting campaigns and referral initiatives.
Coordinate with HR, Learning & Development, and Operations to support a smooth transition from offer acceptance to first day.
Ensure candidate information and required hiring documentation are handed off accurately and on time.
Gather feedback from hiring managers and new hires to improve recruiting quality and candidate experience.
Review early retention and hiring feedback with HR to identify patterns and strengthen future searches.
Serve as the main point of contact between the recruiting team and company leadership.
Translate hiring priorities into a clear and organized workflow for the recruiting team.
Coordinate open roles, timelines, interview steps, and follow-up.
Provide leadership with clear updates on hiring progress, pipeline status, and any delays or support needed.
Help resolve day-to-day recruiting questions and flag larger concerns to HR leadership.

Requirements

4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
Demonstrated success sourcing difficult-to-fill, specialized, or hourly operational talent.
Strong direct-sourcing, networking, and candidate-engagement skills.
Ability to build relationships with passive candidates and community partners.
Strong interviewing, communication, and follow-through skills.
Excellent organization and the ability to manage multiple active searches.
Experience using an ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, and other sourcing tools.
Comfort working independently while collaborating closely with hiring managers and HR.
A proactive, accountable mindset and willingness to suggest solutions when a search is not producing results.
Experience coordinating recruiting workflows, projects, or a small recruiting team.
Experience recruiting within tailoring, fashion, luxury retail, manufacturing, hospitality, skilled trades, or another craftsmanship-driven industry.
Experience recruiting for a multi-location organization.
Experience building relationships with trade schools, vocational programs, or community organizations.
Experience recruiting a mix of operational and office-based roles.

Skills

Direct sourcing
Networking
Candidate engagement
Relationship building
Interviewing
Communication
Follow-through
Organization
ATS usage
LinkedIn Recruiter usage
Job board usage
Sourcing tools
Proactive mindset
Accountability
Problem-solving
Workflow coordination
Project coordination
Team coordination
Talent pipeline management
Market insights analysis
Process improvement recommendations

Location

New York City

Work Type

In Person
Monday–Friday
9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Experience Level

4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience
Experience coordinating recruiting workflows, projects, or a small recruiting team

Salary/Compensations

$70,000–$85,000

About the Company

Alts is redefining the tailoring industry through exceptional craftsmanship, elevated client experiences, and a deep commitment to its people.
Recruiting at Alts is about connecting exceptional people with a company that values craft, care, and growth.
In this role, you will help strengthen one of the most specialized talent communities in our industry while supporting the continued growth of our studios.