Sales Assistant

FOOTASYLUM; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discount

Brand training

Career progression

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Footasylum is seeking a Sales Assistant (Part-Time) in Milton Keynes to engage customers, style full outfits, and drive sales in a fast-paced store environment.

You will be involved in learning our product, culture, and brand storytelling, while delivering excellent service. The role requires flexibility across evenings and weekends with rotating shifts, and offers a clear path for progression within Footasylum.

Qualifications

• Outgoing, confident, and approachable - you love starting conversations and building connections.
• Obsessed with trainers and streetwear fashion and curious to learn more.
• Flexible for evenings/weekends and thrives in a fast‑paced, high‑energy environment.
• Team player with a growth mindset - open to feedback and eager to develop.

Responsibilities

• Style the full fit: build complete looks with kicks, layers, accessories, and care kits.
• Know the product and culture: learn silhouettes, fabrics, tech, weather durability, and care.
• Host the hype: lead launch days, exclusive drops, styling sessions, and in-store activations.
• Chase the win: drive sales, hit KPIs, build baskets, and celebrate team wins.
• Keep it premium: visuals, stock, and store presentation on point.

Skills

Outgoing personality

Communication

Flexibility

Trends in streetwear

Job description

Sales Assistant (Part-Time)

Location: Milton Keynes

Contract: 8+ hours per week

Flexibility: Monday - Sunday (rotating shifts)

Pay: £8.00 - £12.71 per hour + 30% staff discount

Footasylum is a leading UK-based retailer specialising in streetwear and sportswear, committed to delivering innovative and trend‑setting products to our customers, with a strong focus on digital transformation and data‑driven decision‑making.

About You

We are looking for someone who embodies the Footasylum values – Community, Collaborate and Challenge.

You will be familiar with sport and streetwear fashion.

• Outgoing, confident, and approachable - you love starting conversations and building connections.
• Obsessed with trainers and streetwear fashion and curious to learn more.
• Flexible for evenings/weekends and thrives in a fast‑paced, high‑energy environment.
• Team player with a growth mindset - open to feedback and eager to develop.

What You’ll Do

• Style the full fit
  Ask smart questions, read the vibe, and build complete looks - kicks, layers, accessories, care kits. No half fits here.
• Know the product, know the culture
  Learn every silhouette, the tech behind the performance, fabrics, weather durability, and care. From heritage drops to new heat - you’ll be trained to be a FOOTASYLUM Brand Ambassador.
• Host the hype
  Own launch days, exclusive drops, styling sessions, and in‑store activations. If it’s happening, you’re leading the energy.
• Chase the win
  Drive sales, hit KPIs, build baskets, and celebrate team wins. Progress > perfection.
• Keep it premium
  Visuals on point. Stock locked in. The store always looking fresh, clean, and ready for the next fit check.

What You’ll Get

Pay transparency: £8.00 – £12.71 per hour

30% staff discount across Footasylum & Sevenstore

Structured training in product expertise, styling, and demo‑labs

Clear career pathways from Sales Assistant to Supervisor

Wellbeing support and an inclusive culture where individuality is celebrated

Company Tagline

Defy Ordinary.

Company Values

Diversity

We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are providing services to our colleagues and customers. We know that this will help us build a great service, which our customers will love. This is great news for our business. Diversity for us is also, importantly, about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and want to be inspired by each other and our different experiences.

Equal Opportunities

Footasylum is an equal opportunities employer. Please let us know if there any reasonable adjustments that need to be made, prior to you making an application or attending an interview.

Recruitment process

• Quick online application (no CV) - make your application stand out with brand-specific video questions.
• Group 'Retail' experience - show us your product passion and service skills in a group interview setting.
• Offer within 72 hours
• Start Dates: Induction & Training starts asap.

You must bring along your Right to Work documentation to the interview in order for us to progress with your application!

Under 18 working restrictions

If you are under 18, you will not be able to work past 10pm. Some of our stores have extended opening hours over the festive period.