Senior Associate Talent Acquisition Design and Creative

We believe that difference sparks brilliance so we welcome people and ideas from everywhere to join us in stretching what’s possible.
At Tapestry being true to yourself is core to who we are. When each of us brings our individuality to our collective ambition our creativity is unleashed. This global house of brands – Coach and Kate Spade New York – was built by unconventional entrepreneurs and unexpected solutions so when we say we believe in dreams we mean we believe in making them happen. We’re always on a journey to becoming our best but you can count on this: Here your voice is valued your ambitions are supported and your work is recognized.
A member of the Tapestry family we are part of a global house of brands that has unwavering optimism and is committed to being innovative and wholly inclusive. Visit Our People page to learn more about Tapestry's commitment to equity inclusion and diversity. 

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 Managers
Strategic 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.                                                                                                    
 

Tapestry Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment hiring promotion compensation transfer training discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age sex sexual orientation gender identity genetic characteristics race color creed religion ethnicity national origin alienage citizenship disability marital status military status pregnancy or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Tapestry Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or [email protected]

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Base Pay Range

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.

What We Do

A tapestry is made of many threads woven into one story. So are we. Our global house of brands unites the magic of Coach and Kate Spade New York. By intertwining different people and ideas we push ourselves in our work pull out the unexpected in what we create and expand the bounds of possibility. Our brands were created by dreamers who were determined to turn ideas into icons and with passion made it happen. We’ve grown by finding people similarly dedicated to the dream all over the world. We hold ourselves to high standards in every material process and person that plays a part in our work and we embrace difference by design because diverse perspectives are at the heart of creativity. We find brilliance in the intersections—of beauty and function of heritage and innovation of accessibility and aspiration—which is how we break through with magic and logic in our culture and our craft. The result is that we stand taller together. Tapestry elevates the best in our people and brands. We use our collective strengths to move our customers and empower our communities to make the fashion industry sustainable and to build a house that’s equitable inclusive and diverse. Individually our brands are iconic. Together we can stretch what’s possible.

Why Work With Us

We believe that difference sparks brilliance so we welcome people and ideas from everywhere to join us in stretching what’s possible. At Tapestry being true to yourself is core to who we are. When each of us brings our individuality to our collective ambition our creativity is unleashed.

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