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Sourcing Specialist

Oakland, CA 94661

Posted: 03/30/2026 Employment Type: Permanent Job Category: Product Development Job Number: BN252153330

Job Description

SOURCING SPECIALIST
Department: Recruiting
Reports To: Recruiter or Account Director
Location: Remote / Hybrid
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Applicant Tracking System (ATS) / Tools: Avionté, LinkedIn

Role Summary
The Sourcing Specialist is responsible for proactively identifying, engaging, and building strong candidate pipelines that Recruiters and Account Directors leverage to submit qualified talent to clients. This role focuses on pipeline development, market research, outreach, and data accuracy. Success is measured by the quality, relevance, and usability of pipelines that directly support recruiter screens and client submissions.

Key Responsibilities
  • Proactively source candidates for active, upcoming, and evergreen roles across fashion, apparel, beauty, lifestyle, and consumer industries.
  • Work with Recruiters and Account Directors to understand ‘brands’ and roles within the industries Emerging Blue supports.
  • Familiarize with Emerging Blue current and previous brand partners. 
  • Build and maintain high-quality candidate pipelines that Recruiters and Account Directors can screen and submit to clients.
  • Execute targeted outreach campaigns to engage passive and active talent.
  • Review resumes and profiles to assess alignment with role requirements.
  • Partner closely with Recruiters and Account Directors to understand search priorities and ideal candidate profiles.
  • Provide pipeline updates, sourcing insights, and market feedback to recruiting teams.
  • Support sourcing efforts for business development and prospective clients.
  • Identify and test new sourcing channels and strategies.
  • Maintain accurate pipeline and status updates within Talent Acquisition (TA) tools such as Avionté, LinkedIn, and other sourcing or recruiting platforms.
  • Uphold data integrity, organization, and responsiveness standards.
  • Support administrative tasks as assigned by members of the team, to include posting open positions in Avionte. 
Key Performance Indicators
  • Pipeline quality, relevance, and volume
  • Pipeline of candidates that lead to Recruiter screening conversions
  • Recruiter and Account Director satisfaction with candidate quality
  • Time-to-source for active searches
  • Accuracy and cleanliness of data within Avionté
  • Displaying a working knowledge of brand alignment and candidates background

Hourly Pay Range: $18-$20/hr. 

Open to both full-time and part-time candidates

Meet Your Recruiter

Britt Noyes

Britt has over 8 years of retail management experience. People are her passion and she has invested her time and focus on finding, developing, and supporting those in the fashion retail arena.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

Emerging Blue is committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion with all hiring and employment practices. Our goal is go to create an inclusive environment in which all candidates and employees are treated with respect.

We partner with our clients to create diverse candidate pools, promote equality, and help build positive and inclusive company cultures.

Emerging Blue prohibits discrimination and all forms of applicant and employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, or status in any group protected by state or local law

 

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