Hotel Hospitality Desk Associate

Midtown Athletic Club; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Complimentary club membership

Discounts on products/services

Access to professional development

Job summary

Midtown Athletic Club is seeking a Hospitality Desk Associate. In this role, you'll be the first point of contact for members and guests, ensuring every interaction is positive.

A perfect candidate is passionate about helping others and takes pride in delivering thoughtful customer service. Responsibilities include greeting visitors, assisting with memberships and services, and maintaining a welcoming front desk area.

Qualifications

• Availability to work a flexible schedule including evenings, weekends, and some holidays.
• Demonstrate strong customer service skills and enjoy serving others.
• Working knowledge of customer service standards.

Responsibilities

• Greet everyone who enters the club with a warm welcome.
• Assist members with program registration and payment processing.
• Identify potential friction points and help find solutions.

Skills

Customer service skills

Professionalism

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Time management

Job description

Midtown is looking for a Hospitality Desk Associate who will be the first point of contact for every interaction with our members and guests. The Position Midtown believes in putting the customer at the center of every decision that we make. Our Hospitality Associates set the tone for the experience of each member and guests through warm greetings, genuine goodbyes, resolving questions or issues accurately and quickly and creating memorable, lasting moments during each visit. A Midtown Hospitality Associate plays a key role in delivering on our promise to inspire others to transform their lives. Welcome to some of the most important work you will ever do.

You will love this job if:

• You love inspiring a sense of community and providing personal attention
• You find immense joy in welcoming individuals who enter the club in a warm and pleasant manner
• You consistently strive to create a lasting first impression
• You thrive in creating memorable moments for members and guests
• You are passionate about helping others
• You are well-engaged in policies and procedures and will be able to communicate them in a positive way to members Receive coaching with optimism and implement recommendations

As Hospitality Associate, you will:

• Greet everyone who enters the club with a warm welcome
• Seek to understand how you can help make someone’s experience special
• Demonstrate sound judgment, professionalism, and optimism
• Assist members with program registration, payment processing, and scheduling services
• Handle check-ins, addressing questions and resolving issues appropriately
• Identify potential friction points for customer and help find solutions
• Participate in service recovery
• Maintain cleanliness of front desk areas to contribute to an exceptional facility experience
• Contact housekeeping and maintenance departments when a problem is reported
• Answer queries regarding club services and facilities
• Implement processes and procedures to ensure consistent delivery of service
• Complete transactions for paid services or goods
• Complete tasks or projects as assigned such as calling members with birthday greetings

Experience and Requirements

• Availability to work a flexible schedule (including evenings, weekends, and some holidays)
• Demonstrate strong customer service skills and enjoy serving others
• Working knowledge of customer services standards
• Work gracefully and quickly under pressure
• Great personality that naturally connect with a wide variety of people
• Keen memory and delightful sense of humor
• Quickly make calculations when handling money
• Work well in a collaborative team environment
• Highly organized and efficient
• Excellent communication skills

Compensation $21/hour

This job description is intended to describe the general requirements for the position. It is not a complete statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Other duties not listed here may be assigned as necessary to ensure the proper operations of the department.

MIDTOWN is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Our Company

We work at Midtown to inspire people to transform their lives—and we do our job well. Our members stay longer than any other major athletic club chain in North America because we are committed to providing resort-like environments, personal attention, and strong communities at every one of our clubs. We believe all three of those pillars start with attracting and growing rock star talent at every level of our organization.

Who We Want

We’re looking for people that share our core values: kind individuals who want to win together, see things as the glass half full, are passionate about helping others, and strive to always be better than yesterday.

Associate Benefits

• Complimentary club membership
• Discounts on Midtown products and services
• Access to hundreds of free courses for professional development
• Health insurance for eligible full-time associates (30+ hours a week)
• And more