Retail Sales Associate (Part Time — Weekends)

Location: This position takes place in person and will work out of our Williamsburg locations — 99 Grand Street (Home & Gift) and/or 319 Graham Avenue (Home & Woman). 

Schedule: 1-2 days a week - some weeks will be only Sundays, some weeks will be both Saturdays & Sundays. We strongly prefer a candidate who offers full availability on weekends so as to provide the most flexibility.

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Responsibilities include:
+ Being an all-star salesperson by offering suggestions/guidance and making sales while conveying a natural ease and authenticity with customers.
+ Conduct sales transactions on POS, accurately ringing up items and packing items with care and attention
+ Customer service through excellent written and verbal communication
+ Maintaining the storefront (organizing, cleaning, dusting, vacuuming, etc).

If the following resonates with you, you might be the perfect fit:
+ You're passionate about aesthetics, particularly home decor and/or clothing.
+ You are outgoing and have a warm, genuine and friendly personality.
+ You're visually inclined with an eye for style and detail.
+ You enjoy being busy and aren't stressed out by a little bit of occasional chaos.
+ You are good at multitasking while maintaining an extreme attention to detail.
+ You prefer working both on your own and/or with a small, tight-knit team where your work matters.
+ You know how to have fun while also taking your work seriously.

Requirements:
+ Prior retail experience, preferably in a boutique setting (applications with no prior retail experience will not be considered).
+ Ability to make sales through engaged interaction and by offering guidance
+ Exceptional communication skills and attention to detail
+ Extremely reliable and high accountability
+ An outgoing, warm, vibrant and friendly 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).

Please note weekends can be VERY busy and intense, so the ideal candidate is confident, has a lot of extroverted energy, enjoys the fast pace and hustle of New York City, can think on their feet and can stay focused amidst many things happening at once. 

To apply: send an email to stacy@leifshop.com with the subject "LEIF - Weekend Sales". 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 us. Links to your Pinterest and/or Instagram account are encouraged to give us a preview into your aesthetic/style.

Cheers!