Seasonal Holiday Retail Assistant Manager - Potomac Mills
Cherry Hill Programs · Woodbridge, VA · 1 mo ago
Business DevelopmentFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The description includes "About Us" then "Why You’ll Love Working With Us", "What You’ll Do", "What We’re Looking For", "We Work Together to Win Together". We need to map to headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use for section headings. Use
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info. Include a section only when posting has real specific content for it. Avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". We need to decide which sections have content.
We have:
- About Us: description of company and role. Could map to "About the role" maybe? The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can use those headings if content matches.
We have "Why You’ll Love Working With Us": benefits/perks. That could be Benefits section.
"What You’ll Do": responsibilities.
"What We’re Looking For": requirements/qualifications/skills. It includes Must Haves and Nice to Haves. Could split into Requirements (must haves) and Qualifications/Skills (nice to haves). But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section? But we have headings list; we can choose to include only those with substantive content. Could have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. Possibly also Skills? But we can embed skills within Requirements.
We also have schedule info: "Availability to attend required pre-season training Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and peak retail periods Available to work a minimum of 20 hours a week or as needed". That's schedule info. Could be Schedule section.
Pay: Not mentioned except "Same day pay options for early access to your paycheck" under Why You’ll Love Working With Us. That's a pay-related benefit. Could be included in Benefits or Pay. Since we have a Pay heading, we could create a Pay section with that detail. But we need to avoid filler. It's specific: Same day pay options. So we can include Pay section.
Benefits: we have many perks: flexible scheduling, same day pay, employee referral program, fun environment, opportunities beyond season, exclusive holiday perks (free Santa visit, prints, cards, digital message, Pixie Post). Those are benefits.
Thus we can have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly also Skills? But we can incorporate skills in Requirements.
We must not create empty sections. Ensure each heading has content.
Now we need to format: Use for each heading. Then content: either
for prose or
- for lists.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract.
About Us paragraph: "Cherry Hill Programs brings the magic to every experience by capturing moments that last a lifetime. In partnership with retail locations, tourist attractions, and destinations across North America, Cherry Hill Programs contributes millions of holiday and souvenir experiences for children and families, year after year. As our Assistant Local Manager, you’ll work alongside the Local Manager to help lead the team responsible for creating magical holiday memories for children and families. You’ll support daily photo operations, help motivate and develop the seasonal team, drive sales and service excellence, and ensure every family enjoys a memorable Santa visit, exceptional photo experience, and outstanding guest service from start to finish. Santas’s season is short and spots fill fast- apply now to lock in your schedule!"
We should keep that as prose under About the role.
Why You’ll Love Working With Us bullet points? It's a paragraph with bullet-like lines but not actual list formatting. It says:
"Build valuable leadership experience developing skills in team leadership, staffing and scheduling, coaching, sales performance, problem-solving, and delivering exceptional guest experiences
Flexible scheduling to fit your lifestyle
Same day pay options for early access to your paycheck
Employee Referral Program
A fun, fast-paced environment where you’ll lead a team that helps create memorable experiences for families
Opportunities beyond the season — return for future holiday seasons and explore growth opportunities within our souvenir photography division, where available
Exclusive Holiday Perks for You & Your Family: One free visit with Santa for friends and family including: 10 photo prints 10 free holiday cards from Shutterfly A personalized digital message from Santa, powered by Portable North Pole 3 free months of access to Pixie Post, our digital greeting card platform"
We can turn each line into
- under Benefits.
What You’ll Do: list of duties:
"Promote a positive, collaborative environment while upholding company values and policies
Support opening-day preparations, including hiring completion, inventory, equipment setup/testing, scheduling, training, and opening/closing procedures
Capture photos and help guests choose memorable souvenirs to take home
Photography experience not required
Resolve customer concerns and service issues to support a positive guest experience
Lead by example and reinforce procedures set by senior management
Troubleshoot technical issues and escalate to IT or Local Management as needed
Assist the Local Manager with inventory, scheduling, training, recruiting, and other administrative tasks
Perform other duties as assigned"
We can put under Responsibilities as
- .
What We’re Looking For: Must Haves and Nice to Haves.
Must Haves list:
"Must be at least 18 years of age
Strong communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills
Must be comfortable in a cash handling/ sales transaction position
Ability to lead a team, work independently, and make sound decisions
Availability to attend required pre-season training
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and peak retail periods
Available to work a minimum of 20 hours a week or as needed
Ability to lift and carry equipment up to 10-25 pounds and stand for prolonged periods of time"
Nice to Haves:
"Previous leadership or management experience in retail, hospitality, customer service, or a similar environment
High school diploma or equivalent
Experience managing teams or operations across multiple locations
Demonstrated success driving sales, guest experience, and operational results
Experience with scheduling, training, coaching, and developing team members"
We could combine Must Haves as Requirements, Nice to Haves as Skills/Qualifications. But we have headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. Could assign Must Haves to Requirements, Nice Haves to Skills (or Qualifications). To avoid thin sections, we could combine Nice Haves into Skills section. Or we could have Requirements (must haves) and Skills (nice haves). Qualifications maybe not needed. Let's decide: We'll have Requirements (must haves) and Skills (nice haves). That's two sections.
We also have Schedule info: Already covered in Must Haves (flexible schedule, min 20 hours). But we also have a separate Schedule section maybe for schedule details like "Availability to attend required pre-season training Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and peak retail periods Available to work a minimum of 20 hours a week or as needed". That's already in Must Haves. Could still create Schedule section with that info, but would duplicate. Better to keep schedule info under Requirements or maybe under Schedule section to avoid duplication? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. If we put schedule info only under Requirements, it's still preserved. If we also create Schedule section, we would duplicate content (which is allowed? It says do not repeat job title as heading, but not about duplicating content. However, better to avoid duplication. We'll put schedule info under Requirements (or maybe under Schedule). Since we have a Schedule heading, we could move schedule-specific bullets there and keep Requirements focused on other must-haves (age, communication, cash handling, leadership ability, lift). But then we would split Must Haves across two sections. That's okay as long as we preserve all info. Let's do: Requirements: age, communication/organization/time management/problem-solving, cash handling comfort, ability to lead team, work independently, make decisions. Skills: maybe leadership experience etc. Schedule: flexible schedule, pre-season training, min 20 hours, lift/carry? Actually lift is physical requirement, could be under Requirements. Let's think.
Better: Keep Requirements as all must haves (including schedule and physical). Then we don't need a separate Schedule section. But we have a Schedule heading available; we could still create Schedule section with the schedule details, but then we would have duplicate content. The instruction didn't forbid duplication, but we should avoid unnecessary duplication. It says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So having both Requirements and Schedule might be thin if we split. Better to keep Requirements as the only section for must-haves, and not create Schedule section unless we have schedule-specific content not already covered. Since schedule details are part of must-haves, we can keep them there.
Pay: we have "Same day pay options for early access to your paycheck". That's a pay benefit. Could be under Benefits or Pay. Since we have Pay heading, we can make Pay section with that detail. Benefits section can have other perks.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay.
We need to ensure each heading has substantive content.
Now format.
We'll output:
About the role
... (the About Us paragraph)
Responsibilities
- ... each duty
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Strong communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills
- Must be comfortable in a cash handling/ sales transaction position
- Ability to lead a team, work independently, and make sound decisions
- Availability to attend required pre-season training
- Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and peak retail periods
- Available to work a minimum of 20 hours a week or as needed
- Ability to lift and carry equipment up to 10-25 pounds and stand for prolonged periods of time
Benefits
- Build valuable leadership experience developing skills in team leadership, staffing and scheduling, coaching, sales performance, problem-solving, and delivering exceptional guest experiences
- Flexible scheduling to fit your lifestyle
- Employee Referral Program
- A fun, fast-paced environment where you’ll lead a team that helps create memorable experiences for families
- Opportunities beyond the season — return for future holiday seasons and explore growth opportunities within our souvenir photography division, where available
- Exclusive Holiday Perks for You & Your Family: One free visit with Santa for friends and family including: 10 photo prints 10 free holiday cards from Shutterfly A personalized digital message from Santa, powered by Portable North Pole 3 free months of access to Pixie Post, our digital greeting card platform
Pay
Same day pay options for early access to your paycheck
We omitted "Same day pay options" from Benefits list to avoid duplication. Good.
Check we didn't miss any substantive info: The "Why You’ll Love Working With Us" also included "Build valuable leadership experience..." etc. We captured those as benefits. Also "Flexible scheduling to fit your lifestyle" we included as benefit (though also in Requirements). That's duplication but okay? It's a benefit and also a requirement. Might be okay but could be considered duplication. However, we could remove flexible scheduling from Benefits to avoid duplication, but it's a benefit as well. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info. Include a section only when posting has real specific content for it. Avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". We need to decide which sections have content. We have: - About Us: description of company and role. Could map to "About the role" maybe? The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can use those headings if content matches.
We have "Why You’ll Love Working With Us": benefits/perks. That could be Benefits section.
"What You’ll Do": responsibilities.
"What We’re Looking For": requirements/qualifications/skills. It includes Must Haves and Nice to Haves. Could split into Requirements (must haves) and Qualifications/Skills (nice to haves). But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section? But we have headings list; we can choose to include only those with substantive content. Could have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. Possibly also Skills? But we can embed skills within Requirements.
We also have schedule info: "Availability to attend required pre-season training Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and peak retail periods Available to work a minimum of 20 hours a week or as needed". That's schedule info. Could be Schedule section.
Pay: Not mentioned except "Same day pay options for early access to your paycheck" under Why You’ll Love Working With Us. That's a pay-related benefit. Could be included in Benefits or Pay. Since we have a Pay heading, we could create a Pay section with that detail. But we need to avoid filler. It's specific: Same day pay options. So we can include Pay section.
Benefits: we have many perks: flexible scheduling, same day pay, employee referral program, fun environment, opportunities beyond season, exclusive holiday perks (free Santa visit, prints, cards, digital message, Pixie Post). Those are benefits.
Thus we can have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly also Skills? But we can incorporate skills in Requirements.
We must not create empty sections. Ensure each heading has content.
Now we need to format: Use for each heading. Then content: either
for prose or
- for lists. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract. About Us paragraph: "Cherry Hill Programs brings the magic to every experience by capturing moments that last a lifetime. In partnership with retail locations, tourist attractions, and destinations across North America, Cherry Hill Programs contributes millions of holiday and souvenir experiences for children and families, year after year. As our Assistant Local Manager, you’ll work alongside the Local Manager to help lead the team responsible for creating magical holiday memories for children and families. You’ll support daily photo operations, help motivate and develop the seasonal team, drive sales and service excellence, and ensure every family enjoys a memorable Santa visit, exceptional photo experience, and outstanding guest service from start to finish. Santas’s season is short and spots fill fast- apply now to lock in your schedule!" We should keep that as prose under About the role. Why You’ll Love Working With Us bullet points? It's a paragraph with bullet-like lines but not actual list formatting. It says: "Build valuable leadership experience developing skills in team leadership, staffing and scheduling, coaching, sales performance, problem-solving, and delivering exceptional guest experiences Flexible scheduling to fit your lifestyle Same day pay options for early access to your paycheck Employee Referral Program A fun, fast-paced environment where you’ll lead a team that helps create memorable experiences for families Opportunities beyond the season — return for future holiday seasons and explore growth opportunities within our souvenir photography division, where available Exclusive Holiday Perks for You & Your Family: One free visit with Santa for friends and family including: 10 photo prints 10 free holiday cards from Shutterfly A personalized digital message from Santa, powered by Portable North Pole 3 free months of access to Pixie Post, our digital greeting card platform" We can turn each line into
- under Benefits.
What You’ll Do: list of duties:
"Promote a positive, collaborative environment while upholding company values and policies
Support opening-day preparations, including hiring completion, inventory, equipment setup/testing, scheduling, training, and opening/closing procedures
Capture photos and help guests choose memorable souvenirs to take home
Photography experience not required
Resolve customer concerns and service issues to support a positive guest experience
Lead by example and reinforce procedures set by senior management
Troubleshoot technical issues and escalate to IT or Local Management as needed
Assist the Local Manager with inventory, scheduling, training, recruiting, and other administrative tasks
Perform other duties as assigned"
We can put under Responsibilities as
- .
What We’re Looking For: Must Haves and Nice to Haves.
Must Haves list:
"Must be at least 18 years of age
Strong communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills
Must be comfortable in a cash handling/ sales transaction position
Ability to lead a team, work independently, and make sound decisions
Availability to attend required pre-season training
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and peak retail periods
Available to work a minimum of 20 hours a week or as needed
Ability to lift and carry equipment up to 10-25 pounds and stand for prolonged periods of time"
Nice to Haves:
"Previous leadership or management experience in retail, hospitality, customer service, or a similar environment
High school diploma or equivalent
Experience managing teams or operations across multiple locations
Demonstrated success driving sales, guest experience, and operational results
Experience with scheduling, training, coaching, and developing team members"
We could combine Must Haves as Requirements, Nice to Haves as Skills/Qualifications. But we have headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. Could assign Must Haves to Requirements, Nice Haves to Skills (or Qualifications). To avoid thin sections, we could combine Nice Haves into Skills section. Or we could have Requirements (must haves) and Skills (nice haves). Qualifications maybe not needed. Let's decide: We'll have Requirements (must haves) and Skills (nice haves). That's two sections.
We also have Schedule info: Already covered in Must Haves (flexible schedule, min 20 hours). But we also have a separate Schedule section maybe for schedule details like "Availability to attend required pre-season training Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and peak retail periods Available to work a minimum of 20 hours a week or as needed". That's already in Must Haves. Could still create Schedule section with that info, but would duplicate. Better to keep schedule info under Requirements or maybe under Schedule section to avoid duplication? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. If we put schedule info only under Requirements, it's still preserved. If we also create Schedule section, we would duplicate content (which is allowed? It says do not repeat job title as heading, but not about duplicating content. However, better to avoid duplication. We'll put schedule info under Requirements (or maybe under Schedule). Since we have a Schedule heading, we could move schedule-specific bullets there and keep Requirements focused on other must-haves (age, communication, cash handling, leadership ability, lift). But then we would split Must Haves across two sections. That's okay as long as we preserve all info. Let's do: Requirements: age, communication/organization/time management/problem-solving, cash handling comfort, ability to lead team, work independently, make decisions. Skills: maybe leadership experience etc. Schedule: flexible schedule, pre-season training, min 20 hours, lift/carry? Actually lift is physical requirement, could be under Requirements. Let's think.
Better: Keep Requirements as all must haves (including schedule and physical). Then we don't need a separate Schedule section. But we have a Schedule heading available; we could still create Schedule section with the schedule details, but then we would have duplicate content. The instruction didn't forbid duplication, but we should avoid unnecessary duplication. It says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So having both Requirements and Schedule might be thin if we split. Better to keep Requirements as the only section for must-haves, and not create Schedule section unless we have schedule-specific content not already covered. Since schedule details are part of must-haves, we can keep them there.
Pay: we have "Same day pay options for early access to your paycheck". That's a pay benefit. Could be under Benefits or Pay. Since we have Pay heading, we can make Pay section with that detail. Benefits section can have other perks.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay.
We need to ensure each heading has substantive content.
Now format.
We'll output:
About the role
... (the About Us paragraph)
Responsibilities
- ... each duty
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Strong communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills
- Must be comfortable in a cash handling/ sales transaction position
- Ability to lead a team, work independently, and make sound decisions
- Availability to attend required pre-season training
- Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and peak retail periods
- Available to work a minimum of 20 hours a week or as needed
- Ability to lift and carry equipment up to 10-25 pounds and stand for prolonged periods of time
Benefits
- Build valuable leadership experience developing skills in team leadership, staffing and scheduling, coaching, sales performance, problem-solving, and delivering exceptional guest experiences
- Flexible scheduling to fit your lifestyle
- Employee Referral Program
- A fun, fast-paced environment where you’ll lead a team that helps create memorable experiences for families
- Opportunities beyond the season — return for future holiday seasons and explore growth opportunities within our souvenir photography division, where available
- Exclusive Holiday Perks for You & Your Family: One free visit with Santa for friends and family including: 10 photo prints 10 free holiday cards from Shutterfly A personalized digital message from Santa, powered by Portable North Pole 3 free months of access to Pixie Post, our digital greeting card platform
Pay
Same day pay options for early access to your paycheck
We omitted "Same day pay options" from Benefits list to avoid duplication. Good. Check we didn't miss any substantive info: The "Why You’ll Love Working With Us" also included "Build valuable leadership experience..." etc. We captured those as benefits. Also "Flexible scheduling to fit your lifestyle" we included as benefit (though also in Requirements). That's duplication but okay? It's a benefit and also a requirement. Might be okay but could be considered duplication. However, we could remove flexible scheduling from Benefits to avoid duplication, but it's a benefit as well. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin
- .
What We’re Looking For: Must Haves and Nice to Haves.
Must Haves list:
"Must be at least 18 years of age
Strong communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills
Must be comfortable in a cash handling/ sales transaction position
Ability to lead a team, work independently, and make sound decisions
Availability to attend required pre-season training
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and peak retail periods
Available to work a minimum of 20 hours a week or as needed
Ability to lift and carry equipment up to 10-25 pounds and stand for prolonged periods of time"
Nice to Haves:
"Previous leadership or management experience in retail, hospitality, customer service, or a similar environment
High school diploma or equivalent
Experience managing teams or operations across multiple locations
Demonstrated success driving sales, guest experience, and operational results
Experience with scheduling, training, coaching, and developing team members"
We could combine Must Haves as Requirements, Nice to Haves as Skills/Qualifications. But we have headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. Could assign Must Haves to Requirements, Nice Haves to Skills (or Qualifications). To avoid thin sections, we could combine Nice Haves into Skills section. Or we could have Requirements (must haves) and Skills (nice haves). Qualifications maybe not needed. Let's decide: We'll have Requirements (must haves) and Skills (nice haves). That's two sections.
We also have Schedule info: Already covered in Must Haves (flexible schedule, min 20 hours). But we also have a separate Schedule section maybe for schedule details like "Availability to attend required pre-season training Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and peak retail periods Available to work a minimum of 20 hours a week or as needed". That's already in Must Haves. Could still create Schedule section with that info, but would duplicate. Better to keep schedule info under Requirements or maybe under Schedule section to avoid duplication? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. If we put schedule info only under Requirements, it's still preserved. If we also create Schedule section, we would duplicate content (which is allowed? It says do not repeat job title as heading, but not about duplicating content. However, better to avoid duplication. We'll put schedule info under Requirements (or maybe under Schedule). Since we have a Schedule heading, we could move schedule-specific bullets there and keep Requirements focused on other must-haves (age, communication, cash handling, leadership ability, lift). But then we would split Must Haves across two sections. That's okay as long as we preserve all info. Let's do: Requirements: age, communication/organization/time management/problem-solving, cash handling comfort, ability to lead team, work independently, make decisions. Skills: maybe leadership experience etc. Schedule: flexible schedule, pre-season training, min 20 hours, lift/carry? Actually lift is physical requirement, could be under Requirements. Let's think.
Better: Keep Requirements as all must haves (including schedule and physical). Then we don't need a separate Schedule section. But we have a Schedule heading available; we could still create Schedule section with the schedule details, but then we would have duplicate content. The instruction didn't forbid duplication, but we should avoid unnecessary duplication. It says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So having both Requirements and Schedule might be thin if we split. Better to keep Requirements as the only section for must-haves, and not create Schedule section unless we have schedule-specific content not already covered. Since schedule details are part of must-haves, we can keep them there.
Pay: we have "Same day pay options for early access to your paycheck". That's a pay benefit. Could be under Benefits or Pay. Since we have Pay heading, we can make Pay section with that detail. Benefits section can have other perks.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay.
We need to ensure each heading has substantive content.
Now format.
We'll output: