About the Role
This Federal Work Study position supports current students by enabling the sale and display of their products and artwork to the public. It aims to enhance students' educational programs and vocational goals by providing retail customer service experience and improving organization and management skills.
Responsibilities
- Welcome customers and answer queries
- Maintain in-stock and presentable condition in retail stores
- Assist with stock management
- Remain knowledgeable on products and discuss available options
- Process POS purchases
- Assist with e-commerce purchases and customer service
- Assist with e-commerce website management (content and product updates)
- Assist with e-commerce product presentation (photoshoot, styling, lookbook, etc.)
- Assist with generating, editing, publishing, and sharing engaging social media content
- Report and suggest ways to improve sales
- Open and close retail stores
Requirements
- Basic understanding of retail principles and customer service
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Willing to learn retail and ecommerce operations, and marketing
- Interested in fashion, social media, design, arts and etc.
- Active on or interested in social media, and retail / customer service experience (plus)
Location
- 625 Polk & The Cannery, 2801 Leavenworth St
Work Type
- Part-time
- Federal Work Study
Salary/Compensations
- $19.61 per hour
Benefits
- Paid sick leave
About the Company
- Academy of Art University offers a rewarding employment experience for those who excel in a dynamic environment and who can consistently deliver high-caliber customer service.
- We thrive on ingenuity and pursue ideas every day that lead to extraordinary opportunities for tomorrow.
Equal Opportunity
- Academy of Art University is an equal opportunity employer.
- All applicants will be considered regardless of age, Aids or HIV positive status, marital status, domestic partnership, medical condition or genetic characteristics, race or national origin, pregnancy, religion, sex, gender identity, gender or sexual orientation, name change, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran status or other status protected by federal, state, local or other law.
- Academy of Art University will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
- Equal access to the hiring process, services, and employment is available to all persons.
- Applicants requiring accommodations to the application and/or interview process should contact the Human Resources Department at recruitment@academyart.edu.
