Temporary Sales Associate

RISD - Rhode Island School of Design; United States; Presencial; USD 17 000 - 25 000; Tempo parcial

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Store discount 20%

RIPTA transportation to work

Museum admission

Resumo da oferta

The RISD Store at Rhode Island School of Design is seeking temporary sales associates to assist students and visitors. The role offers a flexible schedule of 16–35 hours per week, with weekend availability required.

You will help deliver a welcoming shopping experience and support the RISD community with product knowledge. Responsibilities include ringing sales, handling cash, stocking shelves, labeling items, and maintaining tidy work areas.

Qualificações

• High school diploma is required.
• Retail experience is preferred, with strong telephone and personal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and multicultural competencies for diverse constituents.

Responsabilidades

• Provide quality customer service by assisting customers and answering product questions in a courteous, helpful, and knowledgeable manner.
• Operate cash register, ring up sales, receive payment, and make change accurately.
• Stock merchandise and keep work areas organized; retrieve stock from storeroom as needed.
• Apply labels and price tags on merchandise and shelving units.
• Maintain clean shelves, counters, and work areas; assist with pre-cut materials as needed.
• Open to cross-training in RISD Retail departments to provide support as required.

Conhecimentos

Customer service

Cash handling

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Multicultural competence

Formação académica

High school diploma

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Summary

The RISD Store seeks temporary sales associates to provide assistance to students. The workweek consists of a schedule of 16-35 hours per week. Interested applicants must be willing to work a flexible schedule including weekends. The mission of the RISD stores is to support the creative pursuits of our students and customers through a unique, inspiring, and informative shopping experience.

Benefits

• 20% store discount
• RIPTA Transportation to and from work
• Free admission to the Museum

Essential Functions

• Provide quality customer service by waiting on customers and answering product-related questions in a courteous, helpful, and knowledgeable manner.
• Perform detailed work in an accurate manner by using a cash register to ring up sales, receive payment and make change.
• Stock work areas with merchandise, as necessary, by retrieving stock from the storeroom.
• Apply labels and price tags on merchandise and shelving units.
• Clean shelves, counters, tables, and work areas.
• Pre-cut materials, as needed.

Available for cross-training in all RISD Retail departments to provide assistance, as required.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Experience

• High school diploma.
• Applicants must have previous retail experience, strong telephone, and personal communications skills.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills and hold multicultural competencies appropriate for working with a diverse range of constituents.
• Ability to cross-train in other RISD Auxiliary Services departments such as the Mail Room.
• Proven ability to interact with members of the community representing diverse backgrounds and interests.

Valued but not Required Skills and Experience

• Art and design background preferred with knowledge of art supply application and contemporary art and design history.
• Computer experience preferred.

Union

Union

No Work Schedule/Duration of Assignment

• 16-35 hours per week.
• Nights and weekend shifts may be required.
• Mondays and Wednesdays from 11 am to 7 pm.

Employment Status

Temporary, Part-Time Grade N/A

The successful candidate will be required to meet our pre-employment background screening requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer

RISD recognizes inclusion and belonging as fundamental to its learning and working community and integral to an art and design education. We welcome candidates whose experience has prepared them to contribute to this community and to our commitment to excellence. RISD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

Rhode Island School of Design is a nonprofit college and museum founded in 1877 in Providence, RI — one of the first art and design schools in the US. Our students engage in rigorous, studio-based learning and liberal arts studies. By cultivating expansive and elastic thinking, RISD equips artists, designers and scholars to generate and challenge the ideas that shape our world. Find out much more about RISD at risd.edu/about.