Floral Designer

Floral Designer

Portsmouth, NH
30-35 hours/week

Wild Valentine is an artisan flower shop and neighborhood café in Portsmouth's South End. We offer garden-style flower arrangements, locally sourced coffee and a thoughtful assortment of food items. We are an enthusiastic team dedicated to providing our customers with an exceptional experience in a joyful environment. We aim to create a floral-filled community gathering space where creativity thrives, curiosity is encouraged, and there’s always a reason to celebrate.

Currently, we’re looking to add to our floral and retail team. The position requires 4 days per week to start with an opportunity to expand to a full-time schedule in the spring. Our ideal candidate is reliable, driven, positive, detail-oriented, and will strive to make customers and teammates feel welcome. Ideally, you're looking for a place to plant roots and build a career… we’re a small but mighty team with big plans and we can’t wait to share our vision with you!

If you’re a passionate, glass-half-full kind of person who believes in the magic of flowers and loved good coffee, we would love to meet you!

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional service through customer engagement
• Receive customer orders with fine attention to detail ensuring they are recorded, scheduled and executed correctly
• Design flower arrangements according to brand standards
• Maintain complete knowledge of flower and retail offerings and educate guests on products as needed
• Receive and restock flowers, houseplants, retail merchandise and supplies
• Maintain clean work area, retail floor and backstock space
• Perform daily flower deliveries in personal vehicle (with mileage reimbursement) or company van
• Complete open and close checklists and other miscellaneous tasks each day
• Step in to assist Café Team with taking and fulfilling guest orders, cleaning and other tasks, as needed throughout the day
• Maintain a clean, safe and inviting environment for both customers and teammates

Qualifications

• Experience in retail or floral industry preferred, with a strong background in and emphasis on customer service
• Exhibit strong communication skills that allow you to engage with guests authentically
• Able to remain focused yet flexible in a fast-paced, highly social environment
• Must be able to lift heavy objects (up to 50lbs.)
• Ability to stand, walk, bend and lift for up to 10 /- hours per shift
• Able to perform repeat motions with hands and wrists
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Willing to adapt easily and innovate to push the brand forward
• Demonstrate excellent basic math skills and high level of comfort handling money and operating a point-of-sale system
• Must be willing and able to work morning, afternoon, and weekend shifts, plus be available on/around big holidays including Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, week of Thanksgiving and week of Christmas
• Demonstrate flexibility in scheduling, assisting as needed to ensure all shifts are appropriately staffed

Wild Valentine is committed to creating a safe and clean space for our team to work and an environment that is joyful and collaborative. We strive to develop individuals based on their particular goals and are always looking to the future, so that as we evolve, we can open new doors for our team members. Individuals who are excited to challenge themselves and grow along with us will find great opportunities with Wild Valentine!

Perks

• Free Wild Valentine swag
• Free daily shift meals
• Discounts on food, beverages and retail items off-shift
• Discount on fresh flowers

To Apply

Send us a note with your resume and cover letter and let us know your go-to coffee order. We can't wait to meet you!

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Tips

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: One location

Salary : $26,900 - $34,000