About the Role
Join our seasonal team to promote the joy of learning in our stores during our Big Back to School Sale! As part of our retail team, you will provide customers with an unforgettable experience in a fast-paced environment, showcasing people skills and developing operational expertise. We aim to provide unbeatable service with amazing product knowledge.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to achieving store and team goals while fostering customer loyalty
- Ensure every customer feels welcome and valued
- Stay updated on product features and benefits to provide informed recommendations to customers
- Handle customer concerns with empathy and efficiency, escalating complex issues to management when necessary
- Maintain overall store cleanliness, ensuring all areas, including the sales floor, stockroom, and common areas are tidy and presentable
- Ensure shelves are well-stocked and inventory is accurately tracked
- Process transactions accurately and efficiently
- Assist with merchandising and store displays
- Participate in training programs and staff meetings
- Help onboard new employees by sharing knowledge and offering support
- Seek feedback to improve and grow within your role
Requirements
- Previous retail experience preferred
- Experience in customer outreach and driving customer loyalty through brand awareness initiatives preferred
- Must be available to work through September 26, with potential extension
- Must be available for a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends
- Ability to work varied hours and days, including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed
- Occasionally required to climb a ladder
- Must be able to frequently lift and/or move 50 pounds
- Frequent bending, stooping, and kneeling is required
- Routine standing for duration of shift (up to 8 hours)
Skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Familiarity with cash register/POS systems is a plus
- People skills
- Operational expertise
- Product knowledge
Work Type
- Seasonal
- Part-time
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive compensation based on skills and experience
Benefits
- Generous employee discount
About the Company
- Lakeshore creates innovative learning materials and world-class guest experiences for teachers, parents, and children.
- Established in 1954, Lakeshore has grown into a global community with e-commerce, catalogs, over 50 stores, a national sales force, and international offices.
- The company is building an infrastructure for scalability, embracing data-driven decision-making, and using technology to improve efficiency.
- Lakeshore invests in a diverse team of inquisitive top talent who fuel passions, curiosity, take risks, and embrace growth opportunities.
- Lakeshore values diversity and inclusion, striving to create a community representative of the teachers, families, and children served.
- The company is committed to creating products that instill wonder and foster a true love of learning.
Equal Opportunity
- People are selected based on skill, merit, and talent, not based on race, color, creed, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, marital status, domestic partnership status, military status, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, alienage, AIDS or AIDS-related complex status, genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, status as a victim of domestic violence, physical or mental disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- Lakeshore is an E-Verify employer, confirming employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.
