Part Time Birthday Event Coordinator and Balloon Specialist-1

Michaels Stores; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 23,598 - 27,552; Full time

Job summary

Michaels Stores in Bellevue, WA is seeking a dedicated Event Coordinator to plan and manage children’s parties and craft events. Responsibilities include engaging with clients, instructing craft projects, ensuring satisfaction, and performing retail tasks. The ideal candidate will have excellent people skills and experience with children. This role requires standing for long periods and performing various physical tasks. Compensation ranges from $17.13 to $20.00 per hour. Michaels is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to inclusivity.

Qualifications

• Ability to handle job stress and interact effectively with others, including guests of all ages.
• Experience working with children and children's events.
• Retail and/or customer service experience required.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate multiple events including children’s birthday parties.
• Engage with clients of all ages, creating an environment of fun and creativity.
• Demonstrate and instruct participants in completion of craft projects.
• Ensure client satisfaction and uphold cleanliness and safety standards.

Skills

Energetic personality

Excellent people skills

Organizational skills

Creative problem-solving

Good communication skills

Job description

Event Coordination

• Plan and coordinate multiple events at once including children’s birthday parties and other craft classes or events.
• Engage with clients of all ages, from 4 to 94+, by creating an environment of fun and creativity.
• Demonstrate and instruct party participants in the completion of craft projects, perform face painting and other activities.
• Facilitate and implement party add‑ons such as goody bags, balloons, etc. to company standards.
• Communicate events with clients and store team members.
• Complete administrative tasks such as answering emails, making phone calls, and completing paperwork as needed.
• Adjust plans and events based on client’s feedback and needs.
• Create backup or emergency plans to be executed as needed.
• Ensure client satisfaction for scheduled events.
• Uphold the company’s cleanliness and safety standards. Set up, break down, and clean before and after each event.

Customer Experience

• Help customers shop, locate products, and provide them with solutions.
• Provide fast and friendly checkout experience.
• Engage customers on benefits of Rewards program and Private Label Credit Cards and complete enrollments.
• Educate customer on Voice of Customer (VOC) survey.
• Assist with Omni‑channel processes, including Buy Online Pickup in Store (BOPIS) and Ship From Store (SFS).
• Participate in the truck unload, stocking and planogram (POG) processes.
• Complete merchandise recovery and maintenance.
• Perform Store in Stock Optimization (SISO) and AD set duties as assigned.
• Support shrink and safety programs.
• Adhere to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Company programs to ensure compliance with applicable laws and requirements; execute Company policies and standards.
• Interact with others in an accepting and respectful manner; remain positive and respectful, even in difficult situations; promote commitment to the organization’s vision and values; project a positive image and serve as a role model for other Team Members.
• Cross‑trained in Custom Framing selling and production.
• Participate in daily store cleanliness activities including sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, and maintaining cleanliness of restrooms.

Preferred Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Energetic and enthusiastic personality.
• Ability to handle job stress and interact effectively with others, including guests of all ages and co‑workers.
• Excellent people skills.
• Experience working with children and children’s events.
• Good communication skills including written, verbal, and non‑verbal communication as well as listening skills.
• Organizational skills, interpersonal skills, and creative problem‑solving skills.
• Retail and/or customer service experience required.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to remain standing for long periods of time.
• Ability to move throughout the store.
• Regular bending, lifting, carrying, reaching, and stretching.
• Lifting heavy boxes and accessing high shelves by ladder or similar equipment.
• If you need help performing these essential functions of your job, please contact your supervisor so that we may engage in the interactive process with you to determine if a reasonable accommodation is available.
• Public retail store setting taking care of our customers; all public areas are climate controlled; some stock rooms may not be climate controlled; some outdoor work if assigned to retrieve shopping carts or while unloading trucks; Frame shop contains glass cutter and heat press; work hours include nights, weekends, and early mornings.

Base Pay Range: $17.13 – $20.00

Applicants in the U.S. must satisfy federal, state, and local legal requirements of the job.

Michaels is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are here for all Team Members and all customers to create, innovate and be better together.

Michaels is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with this commitment, Michaels will assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if a reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the job, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Customer Care at 1‑800‑642‑4235 (1800‑MICHAEL).