Youth Arts Educator

Wolfe & Kron Books is hiring an Events Coordinator / Bookseller.

Starting as part-time at $21/hr this position is for someone interested in a long-term career as a bookseller. Candidates must be willing to complete certification trainings through the Professional Booksellers School, paid for by Wolfe & Kron Books. Depending on success of events, the position is intended to develop into a full-time / salary position over the next 1-3yrs.

While all employees are expected to cover shifts at the store as a bookseller, and since the team is small, covering for other employees will at times necessitate this, the primary focus for this position is in the Development, Co-ordination, and Execution of events including:

• Individual author events
• Book release parties
• Craft workshops
• Supper Clubs
• Book Clubs
• Themed multi-author + market events like MerMay or Pirate Day

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify and track books to promote on their release days
• Plan, schedule, and co-ordinate in-person author events, community events, and workshops
• Manage local partner business relationships to host book clubs & author events
• Maintain event postings on the Wolfe & Kron Books website, and local events calendars
• Match customers to books they'll love based on a depth of knowledge across genres
• Open and close the store, and maintain inventory tidiness and shopability throughout the day

QUALIFICATIONS

• Previous retail or hospitality positions with repeat customers
• +3yrs bookselling / book industry experience
• Demonstrated success organizing and executing events both small/intimate large-scale
• Working knowledge of office software, including managing spreadsheets and handling data entry
• Well-developed communication skills, including comfort answering the store phone, calling customers, speaking with business partners, publishers, and authors, and drafting emails / creating templates

REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to lift and carry 50lb boxes of books, climb ladders, and stand for extended periods of time
• Reliable transportation to and from work, and to off-site events
• Availability during store hours including nights, weekends, and holidays
• Punctuality and task management, including self-directed work, are a must
• As a retail store, we do wind up open through many of the major holidays, but close during Sea.Hear.Now. and on both Christmas Eve/Day and New Years Eve/Day.

We are a small (tiny) indie bookstore stocking Collectible, Used + New Titles for readers YA and older, dedicated to centering LGBTQIA2S+ and BIPoC / AAPI authors, with a focus on Speculative Fiction. Our inventory beyond books is tightly curated to platform Queer Makers in the TriState area.

Customers expect hands on treatment and an awareness of / affordances to their needs, be those of physical access, or neurospicy. Our readers look to us not only for book advice, but as a point of connection with the queer community, and a third space of belonging. This is a store where we say hello to every person who walks in the door, where we shape ourselves to make them feel comfortable*, and where we expect to see customers come back over and over.

We are not here merely to please the summer tourists. We are here for our year-round readers, and for those who come to Asbury Park because they are looking to feel seen. The books we stock are not the Beach Reads or Bestsellers found in big-box stores. They are the first books to be banned, or to be quietly removed from the shelves of stores less willing to stand up for a cause.

Our motto after all is: Show some spine. Get shelved.

PLEASE PROVIDE FOR CONSIDERATION

• a Resume / CV
• Cover Letter telling why you should work here
• List of 1-5 books you have read with a 1-2 sentence "shelf talker" for each in the following genres
  • Mystery
  • Horror
  • Memoir/Biography
  • Science Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Narrative Non-Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Romance
  • OTHER

BENEFITS

• Sick time accrual
• PTO accrual
• 30-50% Employee discount (cost + sales tax)
• Access to physical / digital / audio ARCs
• Professional development

EMAIL SUBJECT - ATTN [your name] wants to be your Events Coordinator

*...unless they're determined to make us, or any member of our community uncomfortable, or put us at risk... you know who we mean

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Location : 1814 N Memorial Way, Houston, TX 77007

Asbury Park City Lifestyle is looking for a top-performing sales professional to serve as an Outside Sales Representative.

This position involves:
- Prospecting for new business and setting appointments
- Meeting in person with decision-makers to sell advertising media
- Closing sales and developing our business
- Help build our dynamic and expanding company

Job Responsibilities
As an Outside Sales Representative, you will sell advertising media to prospective clients. Your specific qualifications as an Outside Sales Representative will include:
- Identifying and pursuing businesses most interested in this community
- Making cold calls and doing walk-ins to identify decision-makers
- Overcoming resistance from gatekeepers and scheduling appointments
- Maintaining client relationship management for existing accounts

Requirements
As an Outside Sales Representative, you must be a high-energy, results-driven sales professional with a high degree of integrity and a commitment to generating new business and closing sales. Previous experience that has prepared some of our best Outside Sales Representatives to sell our services includes Advertising Sales, Real Estate Sales, Yellow Pages Sales, and commission-driven positions in general.

Specific qualifications for the Outside Sales Representative include:
- Previous sales experience
- Exceptional and persuasive communication and presentation skills
- Solid organizational skills
- Proven sales closing ability
- Connection to and passion for 07712 and 07753 small businesses a big plus!

Benefits
As an Outside Sales Representative, your income potential for the first year will be $50,000-$80,000. We will provide you with a very aggressive commission scale as well as performance bonuses. We hold weekly conferences to build sales support, training, and sales material and provide daily sales support to assist you in closing sales.

Job Type: Part-time
Expected hours: 20 – 30 per week

Benefits:
Flexible schedule
Paid training

Experience level:
1 year+

Schedule:
Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:
Base pay plus Commission

Ability to Commute:
Asbury Park, NJ (Preferred)

Work Location:  Flexible, 50% remote, 50% on location, must be local to Monmouth County

Please email Christine.tirella@citylifestlye.com with your resume and cover letter.