Sales Associate, Part-Time

3 months ago

New York, United States THE METROPOLITAN OPERA Full time

Salary range $16.00-$17.00 hourly

Sales Associates are responsible for achieving daily sales goals while providing exceptional customer service. Sales Associates assist our guests with gifts and purchases at the Met Opera Shop, online, or via our special order service. They are thoughtful, engaging, knowledgeable and energetic. In addition, to superior selling and exceptional customer service skills, the Key Associate is an ambassador for the Metropolitan Opera and as such, creates a lasting and memorable impression of the opera house.

Primary Responsibilities:

    • Ability to sell across a variety of product categories
    • Understand and execute on up-selling and cross-selling
    • Ability to cultivate high-end customers and patrons, creating sales and membership opportunities
    • Provide excellent, engaging and thoughtful customer service
    • Maintain a thorough knowledge of Met Shop products and promotions
    • Stay informed of merchandise campaigns, promotions and store activities
    • Actively work to maintain visual displays including accurate signs, price tags, and collections
    • Restock and replenish the selling floor
    • Keep the selling area, registers and stock area clean and well maintained
    • Ring on the register, report and handle all required transactions, issue receipts and pack merchandise in the proper manner
    • Stay current with Met Opera productions
    • Adhere to all policies and programs contained in the Employee Handbook
    • Stay informed of store standards, practices and routines and work accordingly
    • Answer phones courteously and promptly
    • As assigned assist in the training of new sales associates
    • Communicate effectively with customers and co-workers
    • Must fulfill scheduled obligations or find a replacement in a timely manner (subject to the approval of the store manager)
    • Perform other retail associate duties as directed including but not limited to receiving merchandise, preparing orders for shipment, performing cycle counts and/or other activities needed to operate the store and web business
Qualification and Skill Requirements:
    • Excellent selling skills
    • Strong math skills - with a knowledge of retail math desired
    • A love of the opera and a strong knowledge of opera composers, performers, works and recordings (preferred but not necessary)
    • Friendly, outgoing, professional personality
    • Prior experience in retail (music, luxury preferred)
    • Excellent customer service skills
    • Excellent communication skills
    • Excellent written skills
    • Ability to work flexible hours
Physical Demands:
    • Selling floor work environment
    • Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.


$16 - $17 an hour

The Metropolitan Opera believes that diversity is critical to our success and growth as a leading performing arts institution and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the communities we serve.

The Metropolitan Opera is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and existing employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, citizenship status, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

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