American Girl Retail Associate (Seasonal)

2 Weeks ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

The Sales Department Clerk (Retail Associate) at American Girl Retail Chicago will report to the Assistant Department Manager. The role involves providing exceptional sales assistance in a customer-oriented environment. Responsibilities include assisting customers, answering questions, sharing product knowledge, processing transactions, and resolving issues. The associate will also share store information, make suggestions, and help the team achieve company goals. This is a fast-paced role within an experiential retail environment.
Must have:
  • Assist customers promptly and effectively.
  • Assess customer needs and share product knowledge.
  • Process point-of-sale transactions accurately.
  • Resolve customer problems and offer solutions.
  • Communicate merchandise and service needs to management.

Job Details

Company Description

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

The Team: The American Girl Retail team is integral in providing lifetime memories to American Girl fans and their families. Our experiential retail stores provide shopping destinations like no other. This requires Innovation, Collaboration, and Execution from all who are a part of this division. Our in-store experiences range depending on location from Girl and Doll Salons, Full-Service Restaurants, Personal Shopping, Ear Piercing (Girl and Doll), hosting Parties/Celebrations to name a few. Expect a dynamic and fast-paced role where you get to make decisions that impact the team as well as our customers.

Job Description

The Opportunity: The Sales Department Clerk (Retail Associate) is located at AG Retail Chicago and reports directly to the Assistant Department Manager. We are looking for a dynamic individual who has the interpersonal skills to provide prompt, efficient, and exceptional sales assistance within our customer-oriented environment.

What Your Impact Will Be: 

  • Approach, acknowledge and assist customers promptly; handle multiple customers effectively.
  • Assess and meet customer merchandise and service needs by sharing product knowledge, answering questions, and directing customers to merchandise, suggestive upselling, and awareness of product availability.
  • Share information on store events, promotions, and activities with customers.
  • Promptly and accurately process all point-of-sale transactions.
  • Help resolve customer problems and make suggestions/share product knowledge to turn returns into exchanges.
  • Communicate merchandise and service needs to management on timely basis.  
  • Provide assistance to accomplish team and company goals.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

  • Approach, acknowledge and assist customers promptly; handle multiple customers effectively.
  • Assess and meet customer merchandise and service needs by sharing product knowledge, answering questions, and directing customers to merchandise, suggestive upselling, and awareness of product availability.
  • Share information on store events, promotions, and activities with customers.
  • Promptly and accurately process all point-of-sale transactions.
  • Help resolve customer problems and make suggestions/share product knowledge to turn returns into exchanges.
  • Communicate merchandise and service needs to management on timely basis.  
  • Provide assistance to accomplish team and company goals.

Hourly:
The base hourly rate for this position is between $ 17 and $ 19.50.

Additional Information

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Mattel, we are dedicated to an inclusive workplace and a culture of belonging. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

How We Work:

American Girl is subsidiary of Mattel, a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:

  • We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
  • We innovate: At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
  • We execute: We are a performance-driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best-in-class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.

Who We Are:

American Girl is a premium brand for girls and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT, www.mattel.com), a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Monster High, MEGA and Polly Pocket, as well as other popular properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.

Mattel’s award-winning workplace culture has been recognized by Forbes, Fast Company, Newsweek, Great Place to Work, TIME, and more.

Visit us at https://jobs.mattel.com/ and www.instagram.com/MattelCareers.

Mattel is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran and protected veteran status, disability status, and or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.

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We empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.


We treat play as if the future depends on it — because it does. Play is our language, and we speak to our consumers authentically by representing the world as they see and imagine it.


Mattel is a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers through our portfolio of iconic brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Monster High and MEGA, as well as other popular intellectual properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies.

Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies.


Mattel is recognized as a Great Place to Work™ and as one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators.

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