Description:
Responsibilities:
- Operate the cash register
- Make cash, check, and credit card sales
- Assist customers with information
- Increase sales through product knowledge, instigating customer contact and rapport, using selling techniques to motivate larger total dollar sales, and insuring customer's satisfaction and return
- Take special orders and route mailing requests to manager
- Keep a point of sale inventory and alert manager to need for special requests, reorders
- Restock, assist in merchandising and display, and cleaning and straightening of shelves
- Accurately close out, count money, make sales reports, and deposits at end of day
- Assists in training of all other bookstore and gift shop sales staff
- Acts as supervisor when manager is unavailable
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
- Good communications and interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of art/art history
- Highly motivated self-starter with the ability to work with minimum supervision
- Ability to perform light lifting, climb ladder and physically able to stand for long periods
Education and Experience:
- Some college
- One or more years experience in sales
- Courses in art or art history desirable