Recruiting Coordinator, Whatnot
6 Month Contract
$35.00 – $37.00 per hour
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Live stream platform & marketplace
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Live stream platform & marketplace
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$35.00 – $37.00 per hour
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.
Role
Who you are
- Experienced: You have at least 1 year of experience as a Recruiting Coordinator, ideally in a fast-paced or startup environment
- Highly organized: You balance multiple priorities with precision and always follow through on commitments
- Proactive and dependable: You anticipate needs, communicate effectively, and take initiative rather than waiting for direction
- Candidate-obsessed: You care deeply about creating a smooth, human experience for every candidate and hiring partner
- Tech-savvy: You’re comfortable using recruiting tools like Ashby — and you’re curious and resourceful when learning new systems
- Collaborative: You build trust across teams and enjoy being a helpful, reliable partner
- Growth-minded: You welcome feedback, look for ways to improve, and lean into action to make an impact
What the job involves
- This is a contract position with the possibility of conversion
- From fashion, beauty, and electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone
- And we’re just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces, we’re looking for bold, forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas
- Own scheduling logistics across all teams and time zones — ensuring interviews are confirmed accurately and both candidates and interviewers have all necessary details
- Collaborate closely with recruiters and hiring managers to manage complex scheduling, proactively flag conflicts, and communicate updates clearly and promptly
- Leverage Ashby for scheduling, tracking, and analytics — automating workflows where possible to improve efficiency and maintain a consistent candidate experience
- Track and report recruiting metrics to keep the hiring team informed and identify opportunities to optimize the recruiting process
- Drive recruiting enablement, including maintaining documentation, helping with trainings, and fielding ad hoc requests
- Build strong partnerships with recruiters and hiring managers to anticipate scheduling or process challenges and resolve them before they become blockers
- Contribute to team projects and initiatives, taking ownership and driving them to completion with minimal supervision
Our take
The collectable toy market is large, and Whatnot has built a unique social platform that enables sellers to use livestreams to showcase their products and reach more buyers. The company’s focus is on collectable toys, some of which are rare and can cost thousands of dollars. It's also expanded to sports cards, coins, comics and more.
The idea of Whatnot was led by buyer trends. Instagram's live feature became a popular place for selling toys and trading cards, but of course was not set up to facilitate bidding or handling payments after a sale occurs. Whatnot combines live showcasing with follow-up sale capabilities, thus serving the community in a more novel way than established collectibles market players such as eBay.
The company has grown fast. It was established in 2019 and has already expanded from its original category - Funko Pop figurines - to Pokemon cards, pins, sports cards, and many more. There is still plenty of scope for expanding into new categories, as the company aims to establish itself as the go-to for this large niche, which will be facilitated by the strong levels of funding that Whatnot has raised.
Steph
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Insights
54% employee growth in 12 months
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Oct 2025
$225m
SERIES F
Jan 2025
$265m
SERIES E
Total funding: $974.2m
Company benefits
- Wellness: Health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans. We also cover some of the cost for your dependents as well.
- Compensation: Generous compensation, including a competitive base salary and equity. Whatnot offers monthly reimbursement for internet and phone costs, along with a one-time home office set-up allowance. Whatnot offers a pension plan and matches employee contributions of up to 4% of the employee’s base salary.
- Recharge: Whatnot gives you the freedom to take time off as you see fit. And, we take company-wide Winter and Summer breaks so we can recharge. Whatnot provides a monthly allowance for wellness expenses. We know that to take care of our customers, we have to take care of ourselves. Supplemental health and life insurance coverage comes standard at Whatnot. 16 weeks of paid parental leave, and an additional one-month gradual return-to-work period.* Plus an additional childcare allowance, and a lifetime allowance for family planning, including adoption and fertility expenses. *The leave allowances provided by Whatnot may be dictated / informed by your country’s legal requirements,
- Flexibility: As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we’re building the future of online marketplaces –together.
Company values
- Always listen to customers
- Move uncomfortably fast
- Prioritize impact ruthlessly
- Own everything and nothing
- Set crazy goals
- Provide extreme transparency
- Optimize for the upside
- Team over ego
- Figure it out
- Deeply understand why
- Have fun & be kind
Company HQ
Marina del Rey, CA
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Leadership
Grant LaFontaine
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Product Marketing Manager at Google, Project Manager at Facebook. Also co-founded Kit.
Logan Head
(Co-Founder)Experience in Engineering, including at Maker's Row, Factr, and Flight Club. Former Senior Product Manager at GOAT.
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