Morbid Anatomy Museum Seeking Part Time Retail/Visitor Services Associate

Morbid Anatomy is now seeking a part time Retail/Visitor Services Associate. The job will be approximately 20-30 hours a week at $10 an hour. If you are interested, please send a resume and a brief paragraph describing your interest to cristina [at] morbidanatomymuseum.org with "Retail Associate Application" in subject line. 

Responsibilities:
  • Welcoming visitors to the museum
  • Ringing up sales and museum admissions
  • Tidying the space
  • Answering the phone
  • Side projects as directed by the office manager
  • Sales
  • Cleaning
  • Answering visitor questions
  • Customer service
  • Keeping inventory of supplies
  • Updating mailing list
  • Opening and closing the museum and store
  • Working events 
  • Shipping and handling of online orders
Qualifications:
  • Retail/shopkeeping experience
  • Neat and tidy in work space
  • Friendly and outgoing
  • Interested in the Morbid Anatomy Museum and the topics we cover

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