Seasonal Retail Sales Associate, Wildwood Shopping Center

bluemercury • Bethesda, MD

4d • $18 - $25 • Onsite

About The Position

As a Seasonal Bluemercury Beauty Expert, you drive sales and optimize customer service throughout client interactions while building relationships. You advocate for beauty and consistently model a best-in-class service experience by assisting clients and meeting their beauty needs. Awareness of current trends and the ability to connect with others are important to success on the Bluemercury team.

The role involves building personalized client relationships, sharing product expertise across skincare, makeup, haircare, and fragrance, and offering recommendations tailored to clients’ needs, preferences, and skin types. You conduct product demonstrations and provide application tips, communicate product benefits and promotions, encourage repeat business through loyalty programs and events, support inventory management, help maintain an organized and visually appealing store, participate in beauty workshops, and share customer feedback with management.

Requirements

• Proven retail experience, preferably in the beauty industry.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to share knowledge.
• Passion for beauty and staying current with industry trends and products.
• Ability to work flexibly, including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Self-motivation, a current understanding of trends, and support for operational excellence.
• Resourcefulness and ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities.
• 1–2 years of direct experience is required.
• Ability to stand and walk for prolonged periods; frequent use of computers, handheld electronic equipment, and cash registers; reaching, crouching, kneeling, stooping, and color vision; and lifting or moving items weighing up to 25 lbs.
• Ability to work with prolonged exposure to fragrance and home fragrance products.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and respect in interactions with customers and colleagues.

Nice To Haves

• Beauty certification.
• Advanced authority and expertise in a specific brand.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain personalized relationships with customers and create a welcoming, inclusive atmosphere.
• Maintain and share knowledge of beauty products across skincare, makeup, haircare, and fragrance, including current products and trends.
• Recommend products based on clients’ individual needs, preferences, and skin types; conduct demonstrations and provide application tips.
• Drive sales by communicating product benefits and promotions, and encourage repeat business by sharing information about loyalty programs and events.
• Assist with inventory management, product availability, and maintaining an organized, visually appealing store.
• Participate in and occasionally lead in-store beauty workshops.
• Collect customer feedback about products and services and share insights with management.

Benefits

• Commission and bonus opportunities.
• Merchandise discounts and gratis.
• Paid time off (PTO) for full-time hourly employees.
• Medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) coverage.
• Advancement opportunities and mentorship.
• Employee Assistance Program with mental health and financial literacy resources.
• Colleague Resource Groups and give-back/volunteer opportunities.
• Inclusive, challenging, and fun work environment.
• Empowerment to perform impactful work with tangible results.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED