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Retail Store Associate

Palo Alto, CAOnsitePart TimePosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • WEEKENDS
  • retail experience
  • sales experience
  • ownership-minded
  • positive
  • high-energy
  • resourceful
  • entrepreneurial spirit
  • flexible schedule

Nice to have

  • jewelry
  • ear piercing
  • service business
  • hospitality business
  • early-stage
  • high-growth company

Role summary

Rowan is seeking a part-time Sales Associate for their retail location in Palo Alto, CA. This role involves client-facing responsibilities for ear piercing and jewelry sales, ensuring clients feel safe and celebrated. The associate will also manage day-to-day studio operations, including inventory, cleanliness, and technology systems. The ideal candidate is friendly, organized, sales-minded, accountable, resourceful, and able to work independently. Experience in retail, sales, jewelry, or hospitality is preferred. Availability on weekends is mandatory.

About our Sales Associates As a Sales Associate, you will be the face of Rowan for ear piercing clients and jewelry shoppers who visit our retail location Town & Country Village in Palo Alto, CA. You are friendly, organized, and sales-minded, and our clients remember you for the way you made them feel safe and celebrated during their ear-piercing experience. In addition to your client-facing strengths, you are a highly accountable and resourceful person, and the Rowan team trusts you to manage the day-to-day operations of the piercing studio. This is a part-time role. **Must be available WEEKENDS!!**

What you'll be doing as a Retail Store Associate:

  • Greet ear-piercing clients and shoppers
  • Offer and provide education about Rowan piercing services and jewelry
  • Support needs of ear piercing clients and shoppers
  • Improve store efficiency and processes to ensure seamless client experience
  • Restock jewelry and ear piercing materials
  • Maintain cleanliness and sterility of the studio
  • Perform bi-weekly inventory counts and investigate discrepancies
  • Manage technology and software systems
  • Embody Rowan's culture and values, and work to always create a celebratory atmosphere in the piercing studio

    • Experience we're looking for:

  • Retail experience or sales experience
  • Experience with jewelry, ear piercing, or a service or hospitality business a plus
  • Ability to work independently, ownership-minded
  • Positive and high-energy, resourceful with an entrepreneurial spirit
  • Passionate about earrings and ear piercing
  • Interest in working at an early-stage, high-growth company
  • Willing to work a flexible schedule

    • Part-Time Benefits & Perks

  • Compensation: $18-20 per hour + commission!
  • 401k and Roth IRA Plans 
  • Employee discounts on our amazing products!
    • Ready to apply?
    You'll be redirected to Rowan University's application page.

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