Overview Job Introduction At cardfactory we’re all about helping our customers celebrate life’s special moments, whatever they are. We see ourselves as celebration experts and we need someone like you to help us spread more cheer as we get closer to the festive season. Location: Stane Park Retail Park, Colchester Contracted Hours Available: 8 Fixed-Term Contract: Ending 29th December 2024 Main Responsibilities Spreading festive cheer is so much fun, but it’s also very busy. From now onwards, we’re a lot like elves busily preparing for the big day, 25 th December, and we need more people to join the party. This is where you come in. As a Seasonal Sales Assistant, day to day you’ll be doing things like: Ensur ing that the customer is at the heart of everything you do in store. It\'s the customer promise that all our colleagues work to. Mak ing our customers feel welcomed wowed and won over. That’s the way we do things at cardfactory. Serving customers at the tills, ensuring they found everything they needed in their visit. Recommend ing our amazing product ranges to our customers. We have a lot more than cards to offer so upselling our great gifts and wrap ranges will be a big part of your day, not forgetting about cardfactory.co.uk and gettingpersonal.co.uk as well. Unpack ing and restocking our products. We need to ensure our shelves are well stocked, so our customers have our full product range to select from when they visit store. Help ing with stock take and merchandising our products from time to time. Be ing part of a fantastic team, all passionate about celebrations and spreading more cheer. Tis the season to be jolly after all. The Ideal Candidate Having experience in retail isn\'t essential. We’ll show you how to use the tills and find stock. What we do want is people who are friendly, approachable, and helpful. It can get pretty busy in store, so you’ll need to be comfortable being on your feet, working at a fast pace and OK changing your priorities during each shift. We look for people to work across 1000 stores over the festive season so you might be able to work across a few close-by stores if you are available for more hours. This is optional and we’ll chat to you in your interview more about how this would work. If you think being a celebration expert sounds a great as we do, if you have good communications skills, enjoy talking to people and are looking for some extra cash for Christmas then a Seasonal Sales Assistant role might just be the perfect fit for you. About the Company Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greetings cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland. In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a true Omni-channel retailer. This strategy sees significant investment into our colleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast-paced environment and be part of our exciting journey. In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing. Benefits Pension 15% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online Save As You Earn scheme Financial Wellbeing Support Financial Education Tools Salary Advance Seasonal incentive schemes Retail Management Apprenticeship Programmes with local providers with access to a virtual internal network for learning together Discounted gym membership, mobile phone contracts, and car leasing Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave This is an exciting role with genuine prospects for the right candidate. If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click apply now. For any questions email: vacanciescardfactory.co.uk (we do not accept CVs/Applications via email) We reserve the right to close this vacancy once sufficient suitable applications have been received. We advise applying early to avoid disappointment as applications will be reviewed regularly. No agencies, please. Sportswift Ltd T/A Card Factory