Concessions Sales Associate (Part-Time)
- Employer
- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Location
- Washington, DC
- Closing date
- Mar 10, 2020
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- Industry
- Nonprofit
- Function
- Sales
- Hours
- Part Time
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
Job Details
The Retail Operations team at the Kennedy Center is responsible for ensuring an excellent guest experience by providing superb customer service to worldwide clientele. We are seeking a friendly, outgoing individual who loves to interact with people to join our team as a Concessions Sales Associate!
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manning refreshment carts
- Selling performance merchandise at kiosks
- Assisting with artist signings
Key Qualifications:
- You have a high school diploma or GED
- You have a flexible schedule and would be available to work weekends, evenings, and holidays
- You are comfortable using the latest technology, including iPads and Square Payments Processing, and have cash handling experience
- You love to interact with customers and have a naturally friendly and outgoing personality
- You are able to remain calm and collected in a busy, fast-paced environment
- You are comfortable making quick decisions independently and require little to no supervision
- You are reliable and able to manage inventory and performance merchandise
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate in-person. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel in order to perform essential tasks. The employee is required to stand, walk, bend, stoop, crouch, and reach with hands and arms. This position frequently lifts, carries, or otherwise moves and positions objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
Work Environment:
This position will be working in an environment that will be both slow and fast-paced with conditions such as low-to-high noise levels, varying heights and slopes, temperature fluctuations, and occasional limited lighting (ranging from dim to dark), including exterior and evening events, activities, and performances.
Pay: $14.00 per hour
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a world premiere performing arts organization and our nation's cultural center. Diversity is a critical component of our mission, vision, and values. Our staff exhibits a wide variety of perspectives and experiences which enable us to foster and strengthen an environment of diversity and inclusion.
Company
The Kennedy Center is America's living memorial to President Kennedy and the nation's busiest arts facility. The Center presents and produces a variety of theater, musicals, dance and ballet, orchestral, chamber, jazz, popular, world, and folk music, and multimedia performances for all ages. We are the nation’s beacon for the performing arts, engaging artists and audiences around the world to share, inspire, and celebrate the cultural heritage by which a great society is defined and remembered.
The Center serves as a catalyst among American arts organizations, eager to explore new directions and inspire audiences locally and worldwide. Whether through our NSO In Your Neighborhood initiatives, our expansion of Hip Hop programming, or the carefully curated programs intended to reflect the rich diversity of our culture, we are committed to reaching new audiences through innovative programs.
Through numerous free events, our national impact in arts education, and the diverse array of programs, art forms, and guest artists on our stages, we pride ourselves in reflecting and making a difference in our community and world today. The Kennedy Center is an institution and gathering place where all are welcome. Our expanded programming palette and the ongoing development of our new building expansion, called The REACH, are indicators of a growing, thriving organization. We have named this new extension of our campus The REACH for the words that inspire us: Renew, Experience, Activate, Create, and Honor.
- Website
- http://www.kennedy-center.org/
- Location
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2700 F Street, NW
Washington
DC
20566
US
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