Event Retail Manager Role
Are you highly organised and love events? This could be the freelance opportunity for you!
As the Event Retail Manager, you will be responsible for managing all aspects of our festival-based retail operations. You will play a crucial role in creating a well-managed and efficiently run retail environment (Wildkind Stores) across our 3 festival weekends for Camp Kindling & Camp Wildfire.
Key Information
Rate: £150/day
Dates: 15 days onsite for build/break/live events, plus 5 - 10 days pre-prep during late July / early Aug
Must be available for the following dates:
Wed 14th - Mon 19th Aug
Fri 23rd - Mon 26th Aug
Fri 30th - Tue 3rd Sept
Location:
Live event days: A beautiful heritage pine forest near Sevenoaks, Kent
Pre-prep: Some work remote, ideally some at our office in Brixton
Application Deadline: Midnight 15th July
Food/Accom: 2 meals provided from crew catering per onsite working day. If staying onsite, you will need to bring your own tent / live in vehicle.
Your responsibilities
- Pre-event prep of stock at Wildkind office in Brixton
- Setting up the 2-3 Wildkind Stores inc. decor and stock allocation during event build
- Wildkind Stores Manager during live event weekends, ensuring things are running smoothly, serving customers, re-stocking, keeping things tidy
- Managing Retail Assistants inc. briefing, rota management and onsite management.
- Responsible for daily secure closing and lock up of the Wildkind Stores
- Stock take, pack down and clear labelling at end of all events
- Sharing customer feedback on products, product range, pricing, new product ideas etc.
- Note: There is a lot of physical lifting involved with this role
Your skills & experience
- Highly organised, evidence of working to deadlines
- Comprehensive use of spreadsheets
- Experience working in face-to-face roles with customers inc. dealing with difficult customers
- Some experience of project management, ideally within an events, hospitality or retail environment
- Comfortable briefing and managing a team of 6 - 10 Assistants
- Flexible, adaptable and calm under pressure
Desirable skills & experience
- Driving Licence and comfortable driving (highly preferable)
- Some experience working in a retail / shop environment
- Experience of working with Square / POS software
- Rota management
How to apply
Send a brief cover letter with an overview of some of your relevant experience based on the above requirements, accompanied by a cv.
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