Seasonal Sales Assistant

Entertainer Company; Newport; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% toy discount in Entertainer stores

Fortnightly pay

MyPayNow access to wages

Access to Retail Trust

Virtual GP

Job summary

The Entertainer Newport is hiring a Seasonal Sales Assistant to help customers, stock shelves, and keep the store welcoming during the busy Christmas period.

You will work various shifts, including weekends, with pay explained by age band. The role ends 31 December 2026, with benefits like staff discounts and employee support.”

Qualifications

• Love of toys and enthusiasm for helping customers.
• Friendly, approachable with a can-do attitude.
• Willing to work across weekends and holidays during busy periods.

Responsibilities

• Help customers find perfect toys or gifts.
• Keep shelves stocked and store welcoming for customers.
• Assist with tills and general store duties.
• Be flexible with shifts, including weekends and peak periods.

Skills

Customer service

Enthusiastic personality

Love of toys

Job description

Want to work in a busy toy shop at the best time of year?

At The Entertainer, Newport IOW St James Square, we love to create a special experience for the customers who come through our doors, helping to find the perfect toy or gift, keeping the shelves full and our stores welcoming. At Christmas, this is no different!

With a love of toys, customer service and an enthusiastic personality, you could be the perfect match to join our team as a Seasonal Sales Assistant.

Key Information about this role:

Rates of Pay:

16-20 year olds - £11.15 per hour.

21-year-old plus - £12.71 per hour

Contract end date: 31st December 2026.

Our stores will be open 7 days a week so you will need to be able to support us at the weekends including Sundays.

• A 12-hour per week contract: you may work 4-hour shifts over 3 days, or you might be asked to work two 6-hour shifts.
• An 8-hour per week contract: you will typically be offered 4-hour shifts over 2 days, or perhaps one full day at times.
• A 20-hour per week contract: you may typically be working 4-hour shifts over 5 days.

So, if you are flexible to work various shifts, including evenings and different days of the week, have a great attitude, and friendly personality, we can make the hours you are available – work for you and us, just make sure you give us as much detail as possible in your application form. There may also be an opportunity for you to work extra hours in this role, depending on trade.

With all our Seasonal Sales Assistant contracts you will also be asked to work Christmas Eve, Boxing Day or New Years Eve – they’re some of our busiest days of the year.

How we will reward you:

We have some great benefits for you working as a Seasonal Sales Assistant:

• 20% toy discount in our Entertainer stores
• Fortnightly pay
• Flexible access to your pay via MyPayNow
• Access to the Retail Trust
• Virtual GP

To be a Seasonal Sales Assistant at The Entertainer you must be:

• Reliable and flexible in what hours you can work, there may be the chance of extra hours too if we're busy!
• Approachable and confident to deliver excellent customer service, talking to customers on the shop floor and at the till points.
• Physically fit and able to move stock around the store, working with deliveries and pallets on your own and as a team
• Attentive to detail, keeping the shelves full and handling deliveries.

Holly, Seasonal Sales Assistant from last year says:

“Working for the entertainer is a wonderful and thrilling experience, there is never a day where I am bored or have nothing to do. I enjoy restocking and making sure all the prices are correct for all our customers, however, I do like seeing kids get excited about seeing their favourite toys in stock brings me back to when I was younger and enjoyed those same toys, for me this is very rewarding and love seeing the excited and thrilled looks on their faces. On the weekends when it is especially busy, I like to replenish and make myself available for everybody, whether that’s to grab an item off the top shelf or to recommend a toy or bestseller for Christmas, I love being a Seasonal Sales Assistant as I feel that those little jobs like restocking can make a big difference to a customer coming in to our store for the first time.”