Retail Party & Event Host
Michaels Stores · Amherst, NH · 4 mo ago
Art & CreativePart-time
Event Coordination
Plan and coordinate multiple events at once including children's birthday parties and other craft classes or events.
Engage with clients of all ages, from 4 to 94+, by creating an environment of fun and creativity.
- Demonstrate and instruct party participants in the completion of craft projects.
- Perform face painting and other activities.
- Facilitate and implement party add-ons such as goody bags, balloons, etc. to company standards.
Customer Service
Help customers shop, locate products, and provide them with solutions.
- Provide fast and friendly checkout experience.
- Communicate events with clients and store team members.
- Complete administrative tasks such as answering emails, making phone calls, and completing paperwork as needed.
- Adjust plans and events based on client’s feedback and needs.
- Create backup or emergency plans to be executed as needed.
- Ensure client satisfaction for scheduled events.
Operational Tasks
- Set up, break down, and clean before and after each event.
- Complete operational tasks including truck unload, merchandise duties, and maintaining store recovery standards as needed to deliver our Brand Promises.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to remain standing for long periods of time.
- Ability to move throughout the store.
- Regular bending, lifting, carrying, reaching, and stretching.
- Lifting heavy boxes and accessing high shelves by ladder or similar equipment.
Public Retail Store Setting
- Work in a public retail store setting taking care of our customers; all public areas are climate controlled.
- Sometimes work in outdoor areas if assigned to retrieve shopping carts or while unloading trucks.
- Frame shop contains glass cutter and heat press.
- Work hours include nights, weekends, and early mornings.
Preferred Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Energetic and enthusiastic personality.
- The ability to handle job stress and interact effectively with others, including guests of all ages and co-workers.
- Experience working with children and children’s events.
- Excellent people skills.
- Good communication skills including written, verbal, and nonverbal communication as well as listening skills.
- Organizational skills, interpersonal skills, and creative problem-solving skills.
- Retail and/or customer service experience required.