Merchandise Seller, SummerStage, Central Park
POSITION SUMMARY
The Merchandise Seller for SummerStage, Central Park, is responsible for operating all sale operations for official SummerStage merchandise and artist merchandise. This is a part-time, hourly, event position reporting to the Assistant General Manager (AGM) of SummerStage, Central Park.
Compensation: $20/hour
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Merchandise Seller will:
- Setup and maintain the merchandise sales booth
- Inventory all SummerStage merchandise (count in and out)
- Supervise all merchandise sales at the venue and oversee all financial transactions
- Reconcile all cash and credit card sales and create deposit slips under the supervision of AGM
- Inventory all applicable performing artists’ merchandise (count in and out) and reconcile sales transactions with artists’ management under the supervision of AGM
- Provide overall assistance to production team as needed
- Act as ambassador for the organization, answering questions for visitors about the Festival and CPF
QUALIFICATIONS
- A minimum two (2) years of experience in retail sales and/or customer service experience required
- Experience with merchandising sales at concerts and/or performing arts venues preferred
- Basic accounting skills required
- High school diploma or equivalent required, some college a plus
- Experience working VIP areas and running guestlist a plus
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Google Apps required, knowledge of atVenu a plus
- Extremely dependable punctual, detail-oriented, and organized
- Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability and willingness to work late nights and weekend
- Ability and willingness to work outdoors in all types of weather
- Ability and willingness to work evening and weekend hours
- Ability and willingness to lift up to 25lbs, work within tight spaces, move quickly, and stand for long periods of time.
APPLICATION PROCESS DETAILS
The SummerStage season runs from May - October. Applications are reviewed pre-season (April – May) until positions are filled. Additional applications are reviewed as-needed as positions open during the season.
ABOUT CITY PARKS FOUNDATION
At City Parks Foundation (CPF), we are dedicated to invigorating and transforming New York City parks into dynamic, vibrant centers of urban life through arts, environmental education, sports, and community building programs for all New Yorkers. Our ethos is simple: we believe thriving parks mean thriving communities.
Community engagement includes Partnerships for Parks, a public-private program of City Parks Foundation and NYC Parks, which supports and champions a growing network of community leaders who care and advocate for the transformation of our neighborhood parks and the Parks and Open Space Partners-NYC coalition of conservancies and alliances. We also administer the NYC Green Fund, a regranting program for parks and open space nonprofits and grassroots organizations.
We produce SummerStage, the iconic free, outdoor performing arts festival in NYC, presenting world-class artists from across the globe and our own neighborhoods on our mainstage in Central Park and in local parks in all five boroughs, and our Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre and roving PuppetMobile present marionette puppet theater throughout New York City.
We connect youngsters to nature in the urban environment through progressive, experiential teaching. Using parks as classrooms, we provide learning experiences and hands-on activities in urban forests, coastal areas, and gardens.
Free golf, tennis, track & field, soccer, and fitness programs bring high-quality instruction and equipment into areas where few organized athletic opportunities exist. We offer leveled training, year-round scholarship coaching, and special pro events.