At Lotka&Co, we form long-term partnerships with C-suite level leaders to help them strategically build their teams at innovative companies across the fashion + apparel, consumer, digital, technology landscape. We serve as consultative partners, finding the right candidates for C-Suite, VP, Director level roles, and beyond, providing guidance to help companies meet their DEI, culture, and sustainability goals.
From Fortune 500 companies adidas, Google, VF (The North Face, Timberland,) to founder-led organizations such as Foxtrot, Burton, Specialized, M.M.LaFleur, and Roxanne Assoulin and innovative startups like MAKE, our goal is simple. We connect big ideas and business needs with the talent to inspire, create and deliver results.
Organization Website: https://lotkaandco.com/
Organization Address: 50 Bayard Street
Contact Name: Lauren Lotka
Contact Phone: (630) 291-8800
Contact Email: lauren@lotkaandco.com
INTERNSHIP INFORMATION
Dates of Internship: summer into fall
Industry: Arts/Arts Management, Communications, Environment/Sustainability, Fashion Business, Marketing, Social Media
Preferred Academic Level: No preference
Description of Internship: Talent Operations Intern
At Lotka&Co, we form long-term partnerships with C-suite level leaders to help them strategically build their teams at innovative companies across the fashion + apparel, consumer, digital, technology landscape. We serve as consultative partners, finding the right candidates for C-Suite, VP, Director level roles, and beyond, providing guidance to help companies meet their DEI, culture, and sustainability goals.
From Fortune 500 companies adidas, Google, VF (The North Face, Timberland,) to founder-led organizations such as Foxtrot, Burton, Specialized, M.M.LaFleur, and Roxanne Assoulin and innovative startups like MAKE, our goal is simple. We connect big ideas and business needs with the talent to inspire, create and deliver results.
THE CHALLENGE
Building winning teams has never been more important or more challenging.
Traditional staffing + recruiting firms provide transactional, one dimensional support making them ill prepared to meet the needs of modern, thoughtful and progressive organizations in the world today.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Achieving transformational goals is our top priority. Our team solves real problems and drives toward big opportunities by working as talent partners + team builders, as well as thought partners + collaborators to deliver the best talent possible with a future-forward talent strategy.
You will have the opportunity to get an inside view of our clients organizational goals and challenges; help support talent strategy work and build global teams with some of the most sought after talent globally.
For anyone seeking to learn how the best companies today are tackling their organizational and business challenges, Lotka&Co is at the heart of this work and plays a vital role in creating opportunity inside / outside their organizations.
What You’ll Do
Our Talent Operations Intern will support the CEO as we find great talent and foster meaningful relationships with leaders and hiring managers, providing a valuable partnership experience for everyone involved, every step of the way. Our day to day includes focus on talent acquisition, client management, and project management.
Talent Acquisition
Support leadership on full-cycle executive + senior search projects.
Research competitive landscape for each open role, help create strategy for sourcing, and identify qualified candidates.
Incorporate target demographics into sourcing strategy. We aim to close the gender and racial gap and want to keep this top of mind in our work.
Support leadership on initial phone screens and write up candidate notes and summaries. Gain insight into each candidates’ career ambitions + goals and how they align with current or future opportunities.
Send candidates follow up messages with additional details about opportunities and stay in touch throughout the process to ensure a positive candidate experience.
Project Management + Client Management
Manage expectations around talent targets/timelines to keep everyone aligned.
Oversee calendars and timelines, scheduling meetings to stay on track.
Ensure consistent communication and swift responses to team and talent.
Coordinate with colleagues about any similar job openings to ensure the right candidates are matched with the right opportunities.
Support on social media, posting about client and candidate activity via LinkedIn and Instagram channels to connect opportunities to our network.
What You’ll Need
Desire to learn about recruiting for fast-growing, forward-thinking companies.
Extremely organized, ability to prioritize, maintain timelines.
Passion for finding solutions to complex talent challenges.
Strong written and verbal communication skills + interpersonal skills. Comfortable communicating via phone, zoom / Google Meet, and email.
Creates organization and structure in dynamic, ever-evolving environments.
Takes initiative to ask questions and drive towards clarity when facing ambiguity or incomplete information.
Proactive with ability to self-advocate, communicate needs, and manage upwards.
Collaborates effectively and builds strong professional relationships across different levels, work styles, and perspectives.
Bonus points for experience working in talent, recruiting, or internally with companies in tech, fashion, or consumer products.
Desired Skills: Extremely organized, ability to prioritize, maintain timelines.
Passion for finding solutions to complex talent challenges.
Strong written and verbal communication skills + interpersonal skills. Comfortable communicating via phone, zoom / Google Meet, and email.
Creates organization and structure in dynamic, ever-evolving environments.
Takes initiative to ask questions and drive towards clarity when facing ambiguity or incomplete information.
Proactive with ability to self-advocate, communicate needs, and manage upwards.
Collaborates effectively and builds strong professional relationships across different levels, work styles, and perspectives.
Bonus points for experience working in talent, recruiting, or internally with companies in tech, fashion, or consumer products.
