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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.

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