Stylist - Retail Sales Associate

Banana Republic; Alberta; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fashion retailer in Alberta is seeking a Brand Associate to engage with customers and enhance their shopping experience. This role involves providing excellent customer service, demonstrating product knowledge, and supporting store operations. Ideal candidates will have a background in luxury fashion and strong communication skills. Employees enjoy quality benefits like discounts on merchandise, paid time off, and a variety of insurance plans.

Benefits

50% off regular-priced merchandise

Competitive Paid Time Off

Medical, dental, vision and life insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Qualifications

• Ability to connect with customers and build brand loyalty.
• Knowledge of fashion trends and designer brands.
• Ability to lift up to 30lb with or without accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers to understand their styling needs.
• Create experiences that drive sales while focusing on customer satisfaction.
• Support various areas of the store as required.

Skills

Styling experience in luxury fashion

Effective communication

Passionate about hospitality and fashion

Team player

Job description

About Banana Republic Banana Republic was founded with an explorer’s spirit and a desire to venture to new places, beyond the boundaries of the everyday. Our clothing is designed for a life with no boundaries. We travel near and far in search of the finest materials and fabric innovations to infuse style with substance, because we believe that what you wear should open a world of possibilities. And the people that make up Banana Republic share the same qualities as our brand: curious, connected, undaunted by boundaries. Sound like you? Join us for the adventure of what’s next.

About The Role

As a Brand Associate, you’re an integral part of our team and bring our brand to life for our customers. You’re responsible for engaging and connecting with our customers by providing excellent customer service resulting in brand loyalty. You’re an expert in product and use your knowledge and experience to educate, inform, inspire and wardrobe the customer. Through collaboration with your leadership team, you’ll deliver a best-in-class customer experience using an omni-channel approach.

What You’ll Do

• Take inspiration from credible and relevant fashion references, including current style icons and influencers, and translate that inspiration into action by solving customer styling needs
• Connect and engage with customers authentically to understand their styling needs
• Serve as a Brand storyteller to create experiences that drive sales and achieve store goals, with the customer as the primary focus
• Demonstrate values and behaviors consistent with our Words to Live By
• Assist in creating an inclusive environment where our customers and employees feel a sense of belonging
• Support sales floor, fitting room, cash wrap, back of house, as required

Who You Are

• Styling experience in luxury fashion and/or strong knowledge of trends and designer brands with the ability to translate that knowledge into solving customer styling needs
• Effective communicator with experience in creating meaningful connections with customers that build brand loyalty
• Flexible and adaptable to work shifts that meet the needs of the business; flexible and/or consistent scheduling may be available
• Ability to maneuver around the salesfloor, stockroom, and office and lift up to 30lb, with or without a reasonable accommodation
• Passionate about hospitality, fashion and styling
• Comfortable engaging with customers
• Team player
• Champion of Gap Inc. culture
• Curious with a “can do” attitude

Benefits at Banana Republic

• Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and Athleta, 30% off at Outlet, and 10% off markdowns at Gap, Banana Republic and Outlet.
• Competitive Paid Time Off plans.
• Company match for donations and volunteer time
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Virtual health care 24/7
• Maternity/Parental Top Up
• See more of the benefits we offer.

Gap Inc. is an equal‑opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long‑held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.