Optician (Part-Time) - Tuscan Village
About the role
Warby Parker is searching for skilled and enthusiastic Opticians to join our growing team of in-house optical all-stars. This role involves helping customers meet all of their eyewear needs, delivering exceptional customer service, and expanding your skill set with career-advancing resources and benefits.
Responsibilities
- Work directly with customers to help meet all of their eyewear needs
- Take and record measurements, adjust and fit eyewear, and execute these details with flawless accuracy
- Check that our finished eyewear meets our optical standards, as well as customer requirements and requests
- Use your expertise to explain prescription terminology and product offerings to customers
- Work with your team to make sure all customers receive exceptional service
- Help customers choose the best frames and lenses based on their prescription needs, face fit, personal style, and lifestyle
- Collaborate with your team to form best practices for sales and customer service that can be implemented throughout the organization
- Represent our brand to help educate others and get them excited about our values and mission
Requirements
- A licensed dispensing optician in states that require a license (or an ABO-certified optician in non-licensing states)
- Passionate about the eyewear and retail industries
- A clear, effective, and professional communicator-you can break down technical terms for customers to easily understand
- Dedicated to going above-and-beyond to make customers (and your teammates!) happy
- An energetic, positive team player who's able to adapt in a fast-paced, ever-changing work environment
- Extremely detail-oriented and capable of juggling a wide range of responsibilities
- Open-minded-you're constantly learning and challenging what you know
- Someone who takes your work very seriously, but not yourself
- Not on the Office of Inspector General's List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE)
Qualifications
The ideal candidate is a lifelong learner who's eager to help Warby Parker grow. Sound a lot like you? Wonderful-read on!
Skills
Our ideal candidate possesses a combination of skills, including:
- Expertise in optics and eyewear
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Passion for customer service and education
- Adaptability and willingness to learn new things
Benefits
In compliance with local and state requirements, Warby Parker offers a comprehensive compensation package that includes a competitive base salary/hourly rate, as well as variable compensation for eligible employees. For applicable postings, the range listed is a good faith estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting. Final compensation is thoughtfully determined by a variety of factors, including the candidate's qualifications, experience, internal equity, and relevant market data.
Some benefits of working at Warby Parker for full-time employees include:
- Health, vision, and dental insurance
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Paid sick leave
- 1 Paid Holidays
- 1 Vacation days per year
- Retail Savings Plan (401(k))
- Parental leave (non-birthing parents included)
- Short-term disability
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Bereavement Support
- Optical Education Reimbursement
- Free eyewear
Some benefits of working at Warby Parker for part-time employees include:
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Free eyewear
- Paid sick leave
Pay
Warby Parker offers a comprehensive compensation package that includes a competitive base salary/hourly rate, as well as variable compensation for eligible employees. For applicable postings, the range listed is a good faith estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting. Final compensation is thoughtfully determined by a variety of factors, including the candidate's qualifications, experience, internal equity, and relevant market data.
Schedule
Warby Parker offers a flexible schedule to accommodate the needs of its employees. Full-time employees accrue 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 26 hours worked, receive 5 paid holidays, and 5-10 vacation days per year (after waiting period, depending on tenure and hours worked). Part-time employees accrue 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked.