Temporary Associate

Job Title:

Temporary Seasonal Sales Associate

Since its launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade New York has always been colorful, bold, and optimistic. Today, it is a global lifestyle brand that designs extraordinary things for the everyday, delivering seasonal collections of handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, home décor, and more.

Kate Spade New York is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands committed to stretching what’s possible, innovation, and inclusivity.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in retail to create a memorable customer experience, drive sales, and represent our brand with enthusiasm and knowledge.

• Achieves individual sales goals
• Develops strong product knowledge across all categories
• Responsible for ensuring exemplary customer service by delivering the ultimate Kate Spade experience
• Able to develop a personal connection with guests through effective selling skills

• Understand and communicate the Kate Spade New York brand aesthetic, philosophy, and lifestyle
• Build strong relationships with clients as a brand ambassador
• Adhere to all company policies and procedures with honesty and integrity

• Strong communication skills
• Proven ability and contribution to an elevated selling culture
• Elevated sense of personal style

• Available to work store schedule, as needed, including evenings and weekends
• Stand for extended periods of time
• Able to safely lift boxes up to 50 pounds
• Comfortable climbing ladders

• Courage
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  Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and actionable positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity
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  Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus
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  Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first‑hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity
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  Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results
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  Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom‑line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy
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  Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high‑tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly
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  Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

• Strategic Agility
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  Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others
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  Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes…