Sales Associate

About the job

Wanted: one charming human to help us survive — no, thrive — through the most wonderful, gloriously chaotic time of the year.

209 Main is a boutique furniture store for people who refuse to have a boring living room. We sell inspiration pieces, whole houses of furniture for the brave, and gifts that make you look unique and thoughtful. The holidays are our favorite time of year, and our clients are some of the nicest people you'll ever help.

Your holiday to-do list

• Welcome guests, read the room (literally), and help them find The One — sofa, lamp or last-minute gift
• Gently talk people into the velvet chair. They'll thank you later.
• Style displays so good that customers ask to buy the whole vignette (they can)
• Wrap gifts with the precision of a surgeon and the flair of a pastry chef
• Make our Instagram almost as gorgeous as the store itself
• Turn on the charm at our holiday events

You'll fit right in if you've ever

• Created content — and reshot it eleven times for the lighting
• Designed or styled a space — and rearranged a friend's mantel uninvited
• Merchandised retail — and silently judged a store's displays while shopping
• Sold something — and made the customer feel like it was their idea

Can't check all four? Relax. Taste, warmth and a working sense of humor matter more than a perfect résumé.

The fine print: 20+ hours a week, November through early January, and available on Saturdays when needed.

The perks

• A workplace that smells better than wherever you're reading this
• Wonderful clientele and a small team that takes helping them in their hunt seriously
• Employee discount — consider yourself warned
• Temp to possible permanent: some holiday flings turn into something real

To apply: Send a resume (or a few charming sentences), your holiday availability, and your Instagram or photos of a space you've styled, if you have them. Hello@209main.com.

209 Main is an equal opportunity employer.