Retail Sales Associate, Part-Time
About the role
The Whitney Museum of American Art seeks an ambitious and experienced Sales Associate to join the Whitney Retail Team in a Part-Time role. The part-time Retail Sales Associates will delight customers with product knowledge and customer service skills while meeting sales goals and developing a loyal onsite and online audience for the Whitney Museum Shop.
Responsibilities
- Provide impeccable customer service by engaging, understanding, and fulfilling customers' needs
- Efficiently and accurately process sales transactions across multiple sales channels and technology platforms
- Responsible for handling cash and credit card transactions, and opening and closing cash drawers
- Actively maintain high standards of merchandise presentation, visually and verbally
- Affiliate in coordinating the breakdown of the retail shop for events; perform inventory counts as scheduled; and perform other related duties as assigned
- Restock of supplies and product; inventory maintenance
- Aid in mail order processing (online and in-store)
- Efficiently and accurately process sales transactions across multiple sales channels and technology platforms
- Sell and provide hospitality services
Requirements
- Strong public-facing customer service skills
- Accurate cash handling skills
- Outgoing and professional attitude
- Previous POS and inventory experience
- Ability to lift and carry moderate merchandise weights
- An interest in arts & culture
- Open availability, especially on weekends
- An appreciation of diverse audiences and work environments is essential
- Bachelor's degree preferred but not required
- Additional languages are a plus
Compensation and Benefits
- Pay rate of $24.00 per hour
- Commuter benefits - parking and mass transit
- Admission to world-renowned museums across the city and nationally
- This position will be covered by UAW Local 2110
About The Whitney
The Whitney Museum of American Art, founded in 1930 by the artist and philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, houses the foremost collection of American art from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. From her vision arose the Whitney Museum of American Art, which has been championing the most innovative art of the United States for 86 years. The core of the Whitney’s mission is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit American art of our time and serve a wide variety of audiences in celebration of the complexity and diversity of art and culture in the United States. Through this mission and a steadfast commitment to artists themselves, the Whitney has long been a powerful force in support of modern and contemporary art and continues to help define what is innovative and influential in American art today.
EEO Statement
The Whitney Museum of American Art is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Museum does not discriminate because of age, sex, religion, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, pregnancy, partnership status, caregiver status, veteran status, gender (including gender identity), sexual orientation, genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, arrest or conviction record to the extent required by applicable law, credit history, domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking victim status, or any other factor prohibited by law. The Museum hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled. The Museum encourages all qualified candidates to apply for vacant positions at all levels.