Seasonal Retail Sales Associate, San Francisco Union Square
About The Position
As a Seasonal Retail Selling Colleague, you blend results-driven selling with genuine hospitality to create memorable holiday shopping experiences. You learn about customers’ needs, make personalized recommendations, and connect them with appropriate products and services. Through product knowledge, customer engagement, and smart selling behaviors, you work toward sales goals, build trust, and inspire customer loyalty. The role also involves keeping the shopping space clean, organized, and inviting. Seasonal colleagues are typically scheduled for 10–20 hours per week, depending on business needs and colleague availability.
Requirements
- Flexible availability to work days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality.
- Ability to understand and communicate effectively with customers, coworkers, and supervisors.
- Ability to read and understand employment policies and safety rules and procedures in English.
- Willingness to meet daily sales goal challenges.
- Enjoyment of meeting people, learning about them, and sharing information.
- Resourcefulness and eagerness to start a new venture, with adaptability to changing priorities.
- Ability to work independently and contribute to team dynamics.
- Ability to use electronic devices.
- Ability to talk, lift, move constantly, stand, and reach with arms and hands.
- Ability to stand for at least two consecutive hours; lift at least 25 pounds; stoop, kneel, crouch, climb ladders, and reach, including above eye level.
- Close vision, color vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment.
- Frequent use of computers and other technology, including handheld equipment and cash registers, and ability to process register transactions.
Responsibilities
- Welcome customers and create friendly, personal conversations that help build customer relationships.
- Understand customer needs and offer personalized product and service recommendations.
- Work toward daily sales goals through customer engagement and effective selling behaviors.
- Review sales goals, new arrivals, top-selling items, trends, and promotions to prepare for customer interactions.
- Keep the sales floor clean, organized, and ready for customers.
- Merchandise new receipts; process damages, testers, and selected merchandise for return to vendors; update signs and pricing; and support merchandise moves as needed.
- Share the benefits of the Loyalty program, ensure customers have what they need, and thank them sincerely at the end of each interaction.
- Support colleagues through honest, caring, and collaborative teamwork.
- Learn from colleagues, improve performance, and contribute to individual and store results.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and benefits.
- Comprehensive health and wellness coverage.
- 401(k) match.
- Paid time off.
- Eight paid holidays.
- Continuous learning and leadership development.
- Colleague Resource Groups.
- Volunteer opportunities.
- Merchandise discounts.
- Performance-based incentives.
- Annual merit review.
- Employee Assistance Program with mental health counseling and legal and financial advice.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
