What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales Associate position at The Jewish Museum?
Sales Associate
The Sales Associate is an ambassador of the Jewish Museum who provides guests with a positive museum and shopping experience. Candidates should truly enjoy proactively interacting with people and have a welcoming, engaging personality. Candidates must be flexible enough to provide both individualized attention for high-end purchases and fast-paced sales during times of increased crowds and holiday shoppers. This position requires availability on Sundays, some major holidays (such as Christmas, New Year's Day, July 4, and others), and some evenings.
Department : Shop Reports to : Manager, Retail FLSA Status : Non-Exempt Schedule : Part-Time, 4-day with benefits
Responsibilities :
- Engage with guests and contribute to a positive museum experience
- Provide exceptional customer service to all guests
- Proactively approach guests and assist with their merchandise selection, including presenting merchandise and effectively communicating product features and stories
- Continually learn about new and existing products to better sell a range of clients
- Execute accurate computer-generated point of sale transactions, including capturing guest information for future communications
- Sell Museum Memberships
- Gift wrap and bag customer purchases
- Replenish inventory in shop from stockroom
- Assist with maintaining organization and appearance of shop
- Process phone orders; assist with processing web and other special orders
- Responsible for opening or closing the shop as needed
- Participate in annual year-end inventory in June
- Help with special events as needed
- Interaction with vendors for special orders as needed
- Ability to assume lead of sales team on the selling floor in the absence of Lead Sales Associate (i.e. : during their breaks, vacation, and sick days)
Requirements :
Salary Range for Position : $38,000 - $40,000
Send Resume with Cover Letter To :
Director, Human Resources
The Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10128
212.423.3232 jobs@thejm.org
The Jewish Museum is committed to diversifying its staff and encourages individuals of all abilities and ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds to apply for this position. The Museum is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic prohibited by applicable law.
This is a unionized position with covered employees represented by Local 2110, UAW, AFL-CIO.
The Jewish Museum is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Salary : $38,000 - $40,000
