SEASONAL Sales Associate

About the role

We are looking for enthusiastic, energetic, friendly, and hard-working Seasonal Summer Sales Associates. The role focuses on providing exemplary selling and customer service to improve store productivity and profitability. Associates will provide product recommendations, build customer relationships, and serve as role models for best retail practices. The position runs from May 1, 2026, to August 31, 2026, and is seasonal with potential for rehire in future seasons.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a warm, inviting, and easy-to-navigate shopping environment.
• Build and share expertise on products, promotions, services, and brand rewards programs tailored to customer needs.
• Assist customers in finding the perfect card and gift solutions for their needs.
• Share stories and communities of caring to reinforce brand values.
• Handle store operations, including product replenishment, merchandising, ringing sales, processing shipments, managing inventory, fulfilling online orders, and curbside deliveries.
• Deliver an exceptional shopping experience that leaves customers inspired and eager to return.
• Work as a team to meet store sales goals by ensuring customers leave with everything they need—and a few extras.
• Uphold all company policies and practices.
• Perform housekeeping duties, including maintaining the backroom, front of store, and restrooms.
• Complete other duties or special projects as assigned.

Requirements

• If under 18, must meet work permit requirements (if applicable).
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and events.
• Proof of eligibility to work legally in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One or more years of experience in retail, sales, or customer service.

Skills & Abilities

• Strong customer-focused engagement and consultative selling skills.
• Effective communication with customers and employees.
• Sense of urgency, flexibility, and adaptability to change.
• Ability to receive and act on feedback.
• Proficiency with computers and technology.
• Desire and ability to learn the business.

Working Conditions & Physical Demands

• Continuously stand, walk, push, pull, lift, and carry up to 10 pounds.
• Frequently bend at the waist, climb ladders, kneel, squat, lift up to 40 pounds, and reach overhead.
• Occasionally balance on uneven surfaces and lift up to 50 pounds.
• Rarely drive or travel, lift up to 75 pounds, or sit for extended periods.
• Continuously communicate with customers, co-workers, and vendors in person or by phone, requiring speaking, hearing, and sight.
• Exposure to dust, cleaning agents, truck exhaust, inadequate lighting, noise, scents (e.g., candles, lotions), outdoor work, and heights in the stockroom or on the sales floor.

Schedule

This is a seasonal, hourly, non-exempt position under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Associates typically work 6 to 20 hours per week, not exceeding an average of 28 hours per week, from May 1, 2026, to August 31, 2026.