Sales Assistant x3

The opportunity

University of the Arts London is looking for a personable individual with retail experience to play a key role in the smooth running of a busy art and design shop.

 

As a Sales Assistant, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the shop, helping to deliver an excellent customer service experience. This will involve:

 

• Serving customers and facilitating sales by drawing on your thorough and comprehensive knowledge of our products
• Overseeing the security of the shop and storage areas, including opening and closing duties
• Receiving deliveries, unloading products and undertaking stocktaking to ensure appropriate stock levels are maintained.
• Ensuring a good standard of cleanliness in the shop at all times
• Reconciling takings and banking monies

 

This is an exciting opportunity to further your retail skills, experience and expertise at a leading arts university.

 

 

Your profile

To succeed in this role, you will need previous experience of working in a busy retail environment, preferably in an art supplies, haberdashery, stationary store or similar.

 

In addition to this, you will have strong communication, organisational and teamwork skills, with the ability to provide a positive and responsive customer service. Strong organisational skills and the ability to use your initiative to resolve day-to-day problems will also be essential.

 

An interest in the arts is desirable, but not essential.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

Application process

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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