Sales Associate, Home & Woman - Part Time, 4 days/week (Fri-Mon)

Location : LEIF Home & Woman — 319 Graham Avenue, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn Schedule : 4 days per week on average (approx. 32 hrs per week),schedule is Fri-Mon, must have full and continuous availability on Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon. Compensation : $21/hr Other benefits: 30% employee discount We are looking for someone with prior retail experience (preferably in a boutique or fashion setting), strong sales skills and an outgoing, energetic, upbeat presence with outstanding people skills. You will demonstrate a positive attitude and exceptional product knowledge while embodying our laidback but professional, authentic and engaged style of customer service. _______ About us : Established in 2011, LEIF is an independent lifestyle boutique with a strong e-commerce and brick & mortar presence. We're a small (less than 10), tight-knit all women team. Our specialty is creating a truly unique retail experience: in our expertly curated collection you'll find an assortment of products that you're unlikely to find at any other store. We aim to invoke a feeling of joyful discovery in our assortment (with a range of price points from accessible to aspirational) the main criteria of which is: an aesthetically pleasing product that brings joy or comfort to the everyday. All in a welcoming, authentic and warm environment that doesn't ever feel exclusive or pretentious — a store filled with beautiful things (which you likely haven't seen in a bunch of other shops) where the people are nice to you! We think you'll like our style. Responsibilities include :

• Being an all-star salesperson and conveying a natural ease and authenticity while engaging with customers.
• Demonstrate an authentically friendly yet elevated level of sales and service through communication, product knowledge, body language & morale
• Maintain the welcoming, inviting feel of our brand by greeting and thanking every customer
• Conduct sales transactions on POS, accurately ringing up items and packing with care and attention
• Receiving new inventory and managing existing inventory
• Providing and assisting with customer service as needed via in-person interactions, phone and email, while offering expert product knowledge
• Monitoring e-comm sales, carefully packing items and shipping out online orders
• Shop upkeep, visual merchandising, organizing stock in back of house
• Maintaining the storefront (cleaning, dusting, vacuuming, etc)
• Working closely with owner and the rest of the team to streamline the business and grow sales

....and much more! This is a role that requires a genuine love of retail, people and customer service and supporting the needs of the shop and our team as they arise. If the following resonates with you, you might be the perfect fit :

• You prefer to work for independent/small businesses and on a small team
• You don't mind (or even prefer) working on your own and are able to self manage when needed
• You're passionate about aesthetics, particularly clothing and home decor
• You are outgoing with exceptional people skills and have a warm, genuine and friendly personality (you're either an extrovert, or an introvert who can put on a good show of being an extrovert while you're at work).
• You're visually inclined with an eye for style and detail.
• You consider yourself highly detail oriented

Requirements :

• Full weekend availability
• Prior retail experience strongly preferred
• Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal) and attention to detail
• Extremely reliable and high accountability
• An outgoing, warm, vibrant andengaging personality with an authentic, natural ease with people
• Self starter who takes initiative
• Ability to multitask and perform well under pressure
• Organized, efficient and aesthetically/visually inclined (gift wrapping, merchandising).

To apply: send an email to View email address on click.appcast.io with the subject "LEIF - PT Sales / Home & Woman". Please include your resume and a cover letter to give us a feel for your personality and why you think you'd be a good fit for LEIF. Links to your Pinterest and/or Instagram account are a plus for us and give us a great idea of who you are and if you're a good fit. Cheers! #J-18808-Ljbffr Leif Inc