Description:
The Portland Art Museum (referred to as Museum) invites applications for the position of Gift Shop Sales Associate. This role will be assisting shop customers with merchandise information and purchases.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Welcomes and assists shop customers with merchandise information and purchases.
- Promotes an exceptional customer experience that incorporates the Museum’s ongoing visitor engagement and equity and inclusion work. Centers welcoming all regardless of race, gender or physical barriers.
- Suggests and sells Museum memberships.
- Pulls orders and assists with packaging and mailing of ecommerce sales.
- Operates the electronic cash register and reconciles the cash drawer.
- Creates and maintains shop displays.
- Helps ticket merchandise.
- Rotate stock and fill in from back stock.
- Notify management of high demand items for replenishment.
- Have knowledge on museum current exhibits and how they relate to merchandise.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- No supervisory responsibilities.
Institutional Responsibilities
- Support the Museum’s mission, vision and core values of creativity, connection, equity, learning, accessibility and accountability.
- Contribute to and support the PAM strategic plan, annual priorities, and institutional initiatives such as diversity, equity, inclusion and access.
- Contribute to a positive organizational culture based on mutual respect, a spirit of collegiality, cooperation, and openness to many perspectives.
- Participate in a culture of ongoing learning, collaboration, innovation, creativity, and community engagement.
- Promote equity and inclusion goals and have a “people first” mindset.