Retail Sales and Information Associate

Gateway Visitor Center

Gateway Visitor Center in Georgetown, CO

$18 an hour - Part-time, Full-time

Benefits

  • Health insurance

  • Life insurance

  • Temporary dissability

  • Opportunities for advancement

  • Paid training

  • Free fitness center access

Full job description

The Gateway Visitor Center is looking for upbeat and friendly customer-forward people to join the sales and information team in Georgetown Colorado. We are a non-profit Visitor Center with a gift shop that sees over 456,000 visitors per year. The visitor Center serves as a welcome stop for I-70 travelers, and the gift shop revenue goes towards supporting our organization's mission to foster the arts, historic preservation, and affordable housing in our community.

 If you have the desire to jump into a dynamic, fast-paced environment and have a friendly service-driven attitude then we would love to have you as part of our dedicated and diverse team.

 As a Sales and Information Associate, you will enjoy:

  • Bi-Weekly Pay

  • Full-Time or Part-Time

  • Benefits for full time employees including health and life insurance

  • $18.00 per hour with additional opportunities for supplemental commission

  • Opportunities for growth and advancement

  • Working With a diverse group of fun, motivated, and dedicated people

  • A variety of tasks

  • Paid Training

 Your key responsibilities:

Offering purchase suggestions as well as providing information about Georgetown and local attractions, greeting visitors, and attending to guests at the register and throughout the store. You will be interacting with a large variety of visitors daily, all while working to create a fun, welcoming, and friendly atmosphere for our guests and co-workers.

The job is ideal for someone who is:

  • Happy to connect with and interact with guests

  • Achievement-oriented -- enjoys taking on challenges, even if they might fail

  • Dependable -- more reliable than spontaneous

  • People-oriented -- enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects

  • Adaptable/flexible -- enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction

  • Detail-oriented -- would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture

  • Independent -- enjoys working with little direction and

  • Innovative -- prefers working in unconventional ways or on tasks that require creativity

The job is:

  • Open to applicants under 18 years old, provided it is legally allowed for the job and location

  • Open to applicants who do not have a college diploma

  • Open to applicants who do not have a high school diploma/GED

  • A “Fair Chance” job (you or the employer follow Fair Chance hiring practices when performing background checks)

  • We highly value our people and are all actively working together to create a safe, inclusive, dynamic and ultimately enriching working environment. We wholeheartedly welcome anyone anyone willing learn, grow, take on responsibility and become a part of that process to apply!

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And has:

  • Retail and customer service experience

  • Sales associate or cashiering experience

  • Language skills- Although not a requirement, experience with languages other than English can be a great asset in creating a welcoming environment for many of our guests.

  • Working knowledge of Clear Creek County Colorado

Physical requirements:

  • Ability to stand and/or walk for up to 8 hours

  • Lift and/or carry up to 20 pounds from ground to overhead up to 30 minutes in a shift

  • Occasionally lift and/or carry up to 30 pounds from ground to waist level

  • Push/pull with arms up to a force of 20 pounds

  • Grasp, reach and manipulate objects with hands. This handwork requires eye-hand coordination, and may require climbing a small step ladder to stow and retrieve materials.