Retail Specialist

My well known NYC based fine arts client is looking for a RETAIL SPECIALIST to work PART TIME ONSITE in their museum gift shop - really exciting opportunity and MUST have experience working retail for a museum, history or fine arts establishment, or luxury fashion brand!

We will have more details and schedules in the near future once we connect further with our client but would love to start talking with some available and qualified talent so you can be on our go to list of Retail Specialists (to call for this role and also as retail and sample sale roles come up throughout the year with our fashion clients!)

If this is you or someone you know please message me directly or apply here directly!

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

• Greet or acknowledge all customers entering the shop, approaching sales location, or on the phone. Learns customer’s shopping purpose
• Engage customer in museum and/or sales oriented conversations sells to customer, up-sells to customer. Close sales by using knowledge of product and procedures helpful to customer
• Process payment at register using current selling script; follow current cash, check, and credit procedures
• Provide coverage of selling floor when not on register; answer customer questions, escort customers to merchandise, perform shop maintenance in area adjacent to selling counter, participate in loss prevention efforts
• Observe schedule, maintain good attendance and punctuality
• Assist with maintenance of shop and stock by cleaning, straightening, requisitioning merchandise, ticketing, restocking, as needed
• Participate in annual inventory process
• Other related duties to contribute to team effort

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2 years of relevant work experience
• Previous cash handling POS experience
• Sales oriented
• Outgoing, good interpersonal and communication skills required
• Ability to learn requirements of the job such as register functions, product information, museum collections and relatedness, location of merchandise, etc.
• Knowledge of art history, museums, and NYC cultural institutions
• Enjoys working in a fast paced, high-volume environment

COMPENSATION RANGE:

• Pay Rate: $25/hour