Sales Associate Part time job description

  Sales Associate Responsibilities

· Customer service: Answer questions, recommend products, and resolve complaints professionally.

· Selling and merchandising: Procure, display, and sell a wide variety of comic books, graphic novels, and collectibles in a visually appealing manner.

· Inventory management: Order new stock, track sales, restock shelves, maintain knowledge & accurate back issue records.

· Store organization: Keep the retail space clean, well-organized, and visually appealing for customers. Check in, process and merchandise incoming orders.

· Event hosting: Assist in the organization and execution of comic book signings, TCG release parties (One Piece, Pokémon, MTG, etc), and themed gatherings.

· Promotions and marketing: Assist in the execution and generation of in-store and online promotions to attract new customers and boost sales.

· Rules Compliance: Follow health, safety, and store policy regulations. 

· E-commerce tasks: Assist in the processing of online orders by updating inventory, tracking sales, and managing listings for digital sales.

· Cleaning & Maintenance: Daily sweeping, vacuuming, shoveling snow, garbage removal, dusting, and other cleaning duties that may arise.

· Trend Recognition and Prediction: Be able to distinguish and predict trends between micro (store level) and macro (industry wide) in comic book purchasing behavior.

- STARTING HOURLY PAY IS $20.00. 

Base Qualifications, Skills and Qualities

· Be a fan, critic, and objective about the value of comic books. Be highly aware of trends in the comic book (new/vintage market), Manga, Pokémon, Sports Cards, Magic, (TCG) spaces.

· Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

· Ability to work independently and as part of a team. There will be daily, weekly, monthly tasks to do and to prioritize every day. 

· Attention to detail in merchandising and inventory.

· Customer service orientation and problem-solving skills.

· Have work experience in retail, preferably in a comic book or hobby store.

· Be able bodied to lift heavy boxes up to 100lbs up and down stairs.

· Have at least 5 years’ experience in customer and staff community-oriented retail environments.

· College or university degrees are not required but are recommended and will be weighed based on how they enhance your work history.

Preferred Skills and Qualities

· Demonstrate the ability to bring positive (perhaps exponential) business development growth in retail.

· Have experience setting up, running, and completing WhatNot stream selling lifecycles.

· Have active network connections to writers, artists, editors, and potentially others in the comic book world across Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse, ID, etc.

· Have experience organizing and running as a vendor location in comic conventions whether its NYCC, SDCC, Emerald City Comic Con, and others.

· Have experience grading raw comics, trading cards, and submitting them to CGC.