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Museum Retail Associate Jobs in New York City Metropolitan Area at Adecco
Title: Museum Retail Associate
Company: Adecco
Location: New York City Metropolitan Area
My well known NYC based fine arts client is looking for a RETAIL SPECIALIST to work PART TIME ONSITE (about 28 hours a week, must have weekend and night availability and be flexible) 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!
Role can pay $25/hr with some membership selling bonus incentives.
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
