HR & Office Manager at Kinn Studio

Los Angeles, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

16 Oct, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

18 Jul, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

People Operations, Office Management, Benefits Administration, Onboarding, Offboarding, Recruitment Logistics, Payroll Support, Vendor Management, Compliance, Employee Relations, Event Planning, Procurement

Industry

Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry

Description

HR & Office Manager About Kinn Kinn is a fast-growing fine jewelry brand with our HQ and fulfillment in Downtown LA and flagship stores in Culver City and NYC’s West Village. We’re a small, high-performing team that cares deeply about craft, culture, and taking care of our people. About the Role We’re looking for an HR & Office Manager to be the operational heartbeat of our people function. You’ll own the day-to-day of the employee lifecycle—hiring logistics, onboarding, benefits, offboarding—while keeping our office running and our culture thriving. This is a hands-on, do-it-yourself role: you’re as comfortable posting a job and coordinating interviews as you are ordering the birthday cake and pulling together a slide for our all-hands meeting. You’ll have an external HR partner to lean on for complex or high-stakes matters, so you can focus on execution, organization, and people. What You’ll Do People Operations Run hiring logistics end to end: turn manager notes into polished job posts, post and manage roles in our ATS (JazzHR), screen and coordinate candidates, schedule interviews, and keep hiring managers looped in Own onboarding—from offer paperwork to first-week setup—so every new hire feels welcomed and set up to succeed Manage offboarding, including exit surveys, final paperwork, and required state documents (CA & NY) Keep employee records accurate and current in our HRIS (Gusto), benefits platform (EASE); and google drive. Administer benefits day to day: enroll and remove employees, field employee questions, and coordinate with our brokers during open enrollment Support payroll in partnership with our payroll lead, and help run our performance review cycles in Gusto Culture & Communications Keep our culture rituals humming: monthly team celebration email, birthdays and anniversaries, work anniversaries and gift vouchers, and new-hire shout-outs Build a monthly all-hands slide and represent HR at team meetings Plan team events, celebrations, and engagement initiatives that reinforce what makes Kinn, Kinn Office & Facilities Manage office vendors, supplies, equipment, and facilities issues—including repairs, deliveries, and building management Serve as point of contact for office-related vendor contracts, renewals, and payments Coordinate office logistics for team events, meetings, and visitors Business Administration & Compliance (with support) Own procurement for supplies, software, and services; keep a tidy vendor/contract database with on-time renewals Coordinate insurance renewals and administration—General Liability, Workers’ Comp, Cargo, EPLI, and Flood—working with our insurance broker on deadlines and documentation Manage business license renewals, DBA registrations, fictitious business name filings, and other state-level administrative compliance Keep handbook, policies, and required trainings current and on schedule Serve as first point of contact for employee questions and escalating complex employee relations, leave (including parental/medical), and multi-state compliance to our external HR partner Who You Are 3–5 years across HR/people operations and/or office management, ideally at a startup or consumer/retail brand A natural organizer who builds simple systems and never drops a ball High EQ and discretion with sensitive information Proactive and self-directed—you like being the in-person go-to who keeps the office running Comfortable being both strategic-lite and very tactical; you like the doing Working knowledge of HR basics and benefits administration (you don’t need to be a compliance expert—that’s what our HR partner is for) Genuinely enjoy making a workplace feel good to be part of Nice to Have Experience with Gusto, JazzHR, or similar tools Multi-state (CA/NY) exposure A love of retail, design, or consumer brands

Responsibilities

Manage the end-to-end employee lifecycle including hiring, onboarding, and benefits administration. Oversee daily office operations, facility management, and company culture initiatives.