Part time Store Associate (Temporary)

Milwaukee Art Museum; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 18,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

The Milwaukee Art Museum is seeking a Part-time, non-exempt Museum Store Associate to assist customers, handle sales transactions, and keep the store floor organized. You will greet shoppers, discuss merchandise, operate a computerized cash register, wrap purchases, and support light store maintenance while contributing to a welcoming museum experience.

Prior retail or customer service experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• High School education required.
• Minimum retail experience preferred.
• Experience with cash registers is a plus.
• Interest in art and museum environments beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Operate a computerized cash register and calculator; previous experience preferred.
• Greet customers, discuss merchandise and conduct transactions.
• Wrap and package purchases and provide information about merchandise and artists.
• Restock and merchandise products on the sales floor; assist with store maintenance and cleaning.
• Open/close the store and reconcile registers and receipts.
• Assist with museum events and special projects as needed.

Skills

Customer service

Cash handling

Art knowledge

Communication

Education

High School

Job description

Description

Job: Part time Non-exempt, Temporary

Supervisor: Museum Store Manager

Union Minimum Rate: $15.61/hr

General Purpose: Assist customers, conduct sales transactions, display merchandise, and assist in the daily maintenance of the store and its auxiliary areas

Duties & Responsibilities

• Operate a computerized cash register and calculator. Previous experience preferred.
• Greet and approach customers, discuss merchandise, and conduct transactions.
• Pleasant, professional manner, neat appearance.
• Experience in retail sales, customer service, or related skills and experience preferred.
• Knowledge and/or interest in art.
• Conduct and complete computerized register transactions, including sales, returns, gift certificates, interdepartmental transfers, etc.
• Wrap and package purchases.
• Provide appropriate information about merchandise and artist/manufacturer where appropriate using knowledge of product and other available information.
• Open and/or close the store, reconcile the register and receipts.
• Assist with light cleaning: dusting, sweeping, organizing merchandise.
• Assist customer with information about museum events.
• Restock and merchandise product on the sales floor.
• Assist with organization and maintenance of storage areas.
• Assist staff with special projects: i.e. inventory, special orders, clearance sales, exhibit store set up, receiving projects and museum events.

Requirements

Education/Experience Requirements: High School, Minimum retail experience

License or Certification Requirements: None

Physical Requirements

• Move fixtures, products and equipment weighing up to 20 lbs without assistance
• Frequently move about store
• Reach high and low shelves
• Reach customer service area
• Discern and distinguish price tags and product information
• Interact and communicate with customers and Museum staff
• Use computer and productivity machinery such as cash register and calculator

Temperament

Excellent interpersonal skills, systematic, meticulous, reliable, patient, self-starter and works well under pressure. Manages time efficiently, analyze and solve problems independently and if necessary, collaboratively. Ability to be flexible and embrace changes within this position due to departmental priorities. Ability to work with a wide variety of people to achieve the goals of the Museum.

DEAI Statement

The Milwaukee Art Museum is an equal opportunity employer. The Museum recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

We are committed to recruiting, developing, compensating, and retaining professional staff that reflect our community. We aspire to be a diverse workplace where talented people want to come, stay, and do their best work.

We stand committed to the work ahead, informed by our community, which we will support with our best thinking, our deepest empathy, and the courage to embody the convictions shared in our Strategic Direction.

Milwaukee Art Museum is an EOE/M/W/Vets/Disability Employer.