Seasonal Support Stylist

About the Role

Since its launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade New York has always been colorful, bold, and optimistic. Today, it is a global lifestyle brand that designs extraordinary things for the everyday, delivering seasonal collections of handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, home décor, and more. Known for its rich heritage and unique brand DNA, Kate Spade New York offers a distinctive point of view and celebrates communities of women around the globe who live their perfectly imperfect lifestyles. Kate Spade New York is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands committed to stretching what’s possible. A member of the Tapestry family, we are part of a global house of brands that has unwavering optimism and is committed to being innovative and wholly inclusive.

Responsibilities

• Greet guests warmly and confidently, demonstrating strong product knowledge.
• Actively listen and ask insightful follow-up questions to understand customer needs.
• Provide styling advice, suggest add-ons, and create complete looks.
• Use creativity to showcase multiple ways to wear products and encourage customers to explore new styles.
• Guide customers through purchase decisions and ensure a seamless checkout experience.
• Reinforce and celebrate customer choices, inviting them to return.
• Drive results through strong customer connections and storytelling.
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of the brand and product attributes across all categories.
• Maintain operational excellence, including stockroom organization and POS transactions.
• Give and receive feedback in an honest, constructive manner.

Requirements

• Professional selling skills with exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities.
• Prior experience in a retail environment.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and work collaboratively in a team setting.
• Social media awareness and willingness to learn omni/virtual selling techniques.
• English proficiency (or local language proficiency per market).
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business, including nights, weekends, busy season, and high-traffic retail days (including public holidays).
• Ability to lift at least 25 lbs. regularly (up to 50 lbs. occasionally), to climb, bend, kneel, and maneuver sales floor and stockroom.

Qualifications

Our Competencies for All Employees:

• Courage: Provides direct and actionable feedback, addresses issues promptly, and takes necessary actions.
• Creativity: Generates unique ideas, connects unrelated concepts, and contributes original thoughts.
• Customer Focus: Dedicated to meeting customer expectations, uses feedback for improvements, and builds strong relationships.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Adapts to change, makes decisions with incomplete information, and handles uncertainty effectively.
• Drive for Results: Consistently exceeds goals, focuses on outcomes, and pushes self and others for success.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Builds rapport with diverse individuals, manages relationships diplomatically, and diffuses tension.
• Learning on the Fly: Quickly learns from new challenges, analyzes successes and failures, and embraces unfamiliar tasks.

Our Competencies for All People Managers:

• Strategic Agility: Anticipates future trends, develops strategies, and articulates visions.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging tasks, holds development discussions, and builds compelling development plans.
• Building Effective Teams: Fosters team morale, encourages open dialogue, and creates a sense of belonging.

Pay

Base Pay Range: $15.00-$19.50. Tapestry will comply with minimum wage requirements and any other applicable pay laws based on city, county, and state regulations.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(K)
• Paid Paternity and Maternity leave
• Commuter Benefits
• Disability insurance
• Tuition assistance

Kate Spade is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All employment decisions are based on qualifications without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.

Tapestry, Inc. provides reasonable accommodations for disabilities or religious beliefs. For accommodation requests, contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or employeerelations@tapestry.com.