Party and Event Host

Michaels Stores•Poughkeepsie, AR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position involves planning, coordinating, and facilitating events, including kids' birthday parties, within a Michaels store to ensure a fun and engaging experience for guests. The host is also responsible for delivering friendly customer service, assisting customers with shopping, ensuring fast and friendly checkout, and completing operational tasks such as truck unload, merchandise duties, and maintaining store recovery standards. The role requires engaging with clients of all ages, demonstrating craft projects, performing face painting, and managing party add-ons. Administrative tasks like emails, phone calls, and paperwork are also part of the job, along with adjusting plans based on feedback and ensuring client satisfaction. The host must uphold cleanliness and safety standards, set up and clean before and after events, and support various store operations including Omni channel processes, stock optimization, and shrink/safety programs. Cross-training in Custom Framing selling and production is also expected, along with daily store cleanliness activities.

Requirements

Ability to handle job stress and interact effectively with others, including guests of all ages and co-workers.
Excellent people skills.
Experience working with children and children’s events.
Good communication skills including written, verbal, and nonverbal communication as well as listening skills.
Organizational skills.
Interpersonal skills.
Creative problem-solving skills.
Retail and/or customer service experience required.
Ability to remain standing for long periods of time.
Ability to move throughout the store.
Regular bending, lifting, carrying, reaching, and stretching.
Lifting heavy boxes and accessing high shelves by ladder or similar equipment.

Nice To Haves

Energetic and enthusiastic personality.

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate, and facilitate events (including kids birthday parties) within a Michaels store.
Provide a stress-free, fun, and engaging experience for guests.
Deliver friendly customer service by helping customers shop at our store and find what they’re looking for.
Ensure all customers receive a fast and friendly checkout experience.
Complete operational tasks including truck unload, merchandise duties, and maintaining store recovery standards as needed to deliver our Brand Promises.
Plan and coordinate multiple events at once including children’s birthday parties and other craft classes or events.
Engage with clients of all ages, from 4 to 94+, by creating an environment of fun and creativity.
Demonstrate and instruct party participants in the completion of craft projects, perform face painting and other activities.
Facilitate and implement party add-ons such as goody bags, balloons, etc. to company standards.
Communicate events with clients and store team members.
Complete administrative tasks such as answering emails, making phone calls, and completing paperwork as needed.
Adjust plans and events based on client’s feedback and needs.
Create backup or emergency plans to be executed as needed.
Ensure client satisfaction for scheduled events.
Uphold the company’s cleanliness and safety standards.
Set up, break down, and clean before and after each event.
Help customers shop, locate products, and provide them with solutions.
Provide fast and friendly check out experience.
Engage customers on benefits of Rewards program and Private Label Credit Cards and complete enrollments.
Educate customer on Voice of Customer (VOC) survey.
Assist with Omni channel processes, including Buy Online Pickup in Store (BOPIS) and Ship From Store (SFS).
Participate in the truck un-load, stocking and planogram (POGs) processes.
Complete merchandise recovery and maintenance.
Perform Store in Stock Optimization (SISO) and AD set duties as assigned.
Support shrink and safety programs.
Adhere to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Company programs to ensure compliance with applicable laws and requirements; execute Company policies and standards.
Interact with others in an accepting and respectful manner; remain positive and respectful, even in difficult situations; promote commitment to the organization’s vision and values; project a positive image and serve as a role model for other Team Members.
Cross trained in Custom Framing selling and production.
Participate in daily store cleanliness activities including (but not limited to) sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, and maintaining cleanliness of restrooms.
Other duties as assigned.