Temporary Associate - Part Time
kate spade new york · Waterloo, NY · Yesterday
OTHR$15–$19.5/hrPart-time
About the role
Kate Spade New York is a global lifestyle brand known for colorful, bold, and optimistic design. The Stylist will serve as a trusted advisor, helping customers discover and express their personal style while showcasing how Kate Spade products fit into their everyday lives.
Responsibilities
- Customer Engagement & Styling
- Greet guests warmly and confidently, demonstrating strong product knowledge.
- 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 exploration of new styles.
- Guide customers through purchase decisions and ensure a seamless checkout experience.
- Reinforce and celebrate customer choices, inviting them to return.
- Sales & Business Acumen
- 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 lift at least 25 lbs regularly (up to 50 lbs occasionally), to climb, bend, kneel, and maneuver sales floor and stockroom.
Competencies
- Courage: Provides direct, actionable feedback; addresses issues promptly and directly.
- Creativity: Generates original ideas and makes connections among unrelated concepts.
- Customer Focus: Dedicated to meeting internal and external customer expectations; builds trust and respect.
- Dealing with Ambiguity: Effectively copes with change and uncertainty; acts without needing the full picture.
- Drive for Results: Consistently exceeds goals; pushes self and others for bottom-line results.
- Interpersonal Savvy: Builds constructive relationships across all levels; uses diplomacy and tact.
- Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly in new situations; analyzes successes and failures for improvement.
Schedule
Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet business needs, including nights, weekends, busy season, and high-traffic retail days (including public holidays).
Pay
Base Pay Range: $15.00 – $19.50 (compliant with applicable minimum wage laws).
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid paternity and maternity leave
- Commuter benefits
- Disability insurance
- Tuition assistance