What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cake Decorator position at Dewey s Bakery Inc?
Dewey's Bakery, Inc.
JOB TITLE: Part-Time Cake Decorator
Schedule flexibility needed, weekends and holidays are a must.- Mandatory must work 15-30 hours a week
- Must have a cake design portfolio.
Summary:
Dewey’s Bakery is an established company since 1930. Dewey’s Bakery has had the privilege of offering customers deliciously sweet and savory treats that reflect the local flavors we love. Our products are baked with care, and our passion is creating moments that bring people together to slow down, celebrate life and enjoy the moment.
Our decorators are essential to creating the ultimate customer experience. Decorators are tasked with designing and decorating cakes, cupcakes, cake squares, and ice cream cakes as requested by customers for special occasions, such as birthdays, weddings, baby showers, anniversaries, etc. To be a successful decorator, we ask that employees stay abreast with the latest styles, techniques, and trends.
Individuals will work a variety of hours, including weekends and all holiday eves/weeks.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Design and decorate cakes according to customers specifications/requests
- Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully within a small team: knowing how to work independently while maintaining an overall effort for teamwork for common daily goals/orders
- Decorating regular bakery items according to the long-standing traditional Dewey’s Bakery standards and designs.
- Having knowledge of different kinds of icing like buttercream, royal icing and fondant
- Create an ever-changing display of the latest cake trends via fake styrofoam display cakes
- Assists with other store duties as assigned; such as taking inventory of baking items, cleaning and sanitizing all work areas, decorating equipment for daily, weekly, monthly requirements.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Proven decorating experience – i.e. portfolios will be requested and reviewed
- A minimum of 2 years of previous cake decorating experience
- The ability to follow written and verbal instructions in English
- Ability to use various cake decorating instruments and tools
- Ability to work as part of the team
- Detail oriented, artistic and creative personality
- Effective communication skills
- High level of customer service skills
- Ability to perform the essential job functions listed above
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee 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 employee is:
- Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls.
- Frequently required to talk or hear; reach with hands or arms; and read instructions on a computer monitor and/or printed on paper.
- Regularly required to stand, kneel or stoop
- Frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.
- Occasionally required to view items at an extremely close range and must be able to adjust and readjust focus.
