Sales & Education Advisor - Garden City/Long Island, New York (Freelance)

About the role

We are seeking an experienced beauty advisor passionate about the clean color category and safe, performance-driven ingredients. This role is open to candidates located in the Garden City/Long Island, NY metropolitan area and reports into the Sales, Artistry & Education Account Executive, NY Metro.

Responsibilities

• Drive and exceed sales goals as determined by ILIA through store visits for support, events, and relationship building.
• Cook up a store visit schedule with the manager and strategize plans to achieve sales goals and execute corporate initiatives.
• Create a monthly calendar to support focus doors and to achieve sales goals.
• Show superior selling skills with proven ability to set and achieve sales goals.
• Show effective and engaging training skills that deliver consistent sales results.
• Show proven ability to build relationships, drive sales, and provide outstanding customer service.
• Partner with store and brand field leadership team to ensure new store openings are executed.
• Educate store teams on hero products to increase the BA's ability to recommend products to clients and drives retail sales.
• Develop brand advocates in stores by training them on key selling and service behaviors that drive sales, build relationships with clients, and grow loyalty.
• Track and monitor event sales impact.
• Initiate innovative ways to impact sales and drive retail results.
• Train all retail associates, inter-sell associates, and freelancers on all brand products and the appropriate selling skills needed to achieve sales goals.
• Activate store visit calendar, and recap store successes, opportunities, and action plan post-visit in T-Sheets.
• Provide detailed weekly recap of business opportunities, callouts, and celebrations.
• Communicate with manager regularly via status call.
• Prepare updates as directed.
• Communicate with store leadership in collaboration with the manager regarding brand opportunities.
• Communicate stock concerns to the manager and retailer partners as needed to support business.

Requirements

• Reliable form of transportation
• 2+ years of beauty industry experience as a professional make-up artist or brand ambassador
• Currently live in the territory listed in the job posting
• Exceptional time management and communication skills
• Ability to work on your feet for 6-8 hours
• Ability to lift at least 30 lbs

What can help you really stand out:

• 1+ years Sephora training and selling experience with established relationships
• Passion in the Clean Beauty Category