Retail Sales Associate - Seattle Aquarium Gift Shop

Event Network, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

Seattle Aquarium Gift Shop is seeking a friendly Sales Associate for a part-time seasonal role. You will help guests shop, assist with daily store operations, and provide a memorable shopping experience in a marine-themed setting.

The ideal candidate enjoys interacting with people of all ages, can work weekends and evenings, and brings prior retail or cash-handling experience. Join our enthusiastic team and help guests discover unique souvenirs while delivering excellent service.

Qualifications

• Able to work a flexible schedule, weekends, and evenings.
• Naturally enjoy interacting with people of all ages.
• Able to proactively intercept, engage, and demonstrate product to customers and able to effectively communicate product features.
• Be welcoming, positive, engaging, and friendly towards our customers, team members, and venue staff.
• Previous retail, cash-handling, merchandising skills, and customer service experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional guest service as you assist in day-to-day store operations
• Ensure that guests have the best shopping experience ever
• Engage with guests and create an entertaining, fun, exciting and memorable experience

Skills

Customer service

People skills

Retail experience

Cash handling

Merchandising

Job description

THE POSITION

Imagine yourself helping our guests create memorable experiences…Now imagine yourself in a fun and rewarding Seasonal Sales Associate role at our Seattle Aquarium Gift Shop!

Our people make us pretty great!Our friendly and enthusiastic team are committed to go to extraordinary lengths to create fun and surprise as they interact with guests to deliver the ultimate shopping experience.

As SALES ASSOCIATE (Part-time Seasonal), you will:

• Provide exceptional guest service as you assist in day-to-day store operations
• Ensure that guests have the best shopping experience ever
• Engage with guests and create an entertaining, fun, exciting and memorable experience

Qualifications:

• Able to work a flexible schedule, weekends, and evenings
• Naturally enjoy interacting with people of all ages
• Able to proactively intercept, engage, and demonstrate product to customers and able to effectively communicate product features
• Be welcoming, positive, engaging, and friendly towards our customers, team members, and venue staff
• Previous retail, cash-handling, merchandising skills, and customer service experience is a plus

Physical Demands

– The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the Sales Associate is frequently required to stand; walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The Sales Associate must frequently lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.