Kate Spade Sales Associate (Stylist)
Kate Spade hiring Part-time Sales Associate III (Stylist) in Napa, CA — customer-facing retail role at Napa Premium Outlets, $15–$19.50/hr.
Overview
Kate Spade New York is a global lifestyle brand known for its colorful, optimistic aesthetic across handbags, ready-to-wear, accessories and home. The brand is part of the Tapestry portfolio, a global house of fashion brands; it emphasizes creativity, inclusive customer experiences and contemporary, accessible luxury.
Role & Responsibilities
- Greet and engage guests, build rapport and deliver personalised styling advice to create complete looks across categories.
- Drive sales through consultative selling, storytelling and recommending add-ons to increase basket value.
- Demonstrate thorough product knowledge across handbags, apparel, footwear and accessories to guide customer decisions.
- Execute point-of-sale transactions and ensure a seamless, efficient checkout experience.
- Maintain operational excellence: organise the sales floor and stockroom, manage inventory and support visual standards.
- Use creativity to showcase multiple ways to wear products and promote omni-channel or virtual selling when applicable.
- Provide constructive feedback and collaborate with team members to meet store objectives.
Qualifications
- Professional selling skills with exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities.
- Prior retail experience; luxury or brand retail experience preferred.
- Flexible availability to work nights, weekends, holidays and peak retail periods.
- English proficiency (or local language proficiency as required by market).
- Physical ability to lift regularly up to 25 lbs and occasionally up to 50 lbs; ability to climb, bend and manoeuvre the sales floor and stockroom.
Skills
Experience
Prior experience in a retail environment is required. Demonstrated success in customer-facing sales, styling or personal-shopping roles — especially within branded or lifestyle retail — is highly advantageous.
Workplace
This position is based in Napa, California, USA, within easy reach of San Francisco. Cerulean lists 3 open roles in Napa, including 3 posted recently. The broader California area accounts for 398 active listings on Cerulean, 37 of which are new. In USA as a whole, Cerulean currently features 3.531 open positions, with 254 posted this week.
Compensation
The base compensation for this position ranges from USD 15 to USD 19.50 per hour.
Benefits
Medical insurance; Dental insurance; Vision insurance; 401(k); Paid paternity and maternity leave; Commuter benefits; Disability insurance; Tuition assistance.
Culture
Kate Spade fosters a vibrant, design-led culture that values optimism, creativity and customer-centric service. As part of Tapestry, the brand emphasises inclusion, equity and professional development within a collaborative retail environment.
About Cerulean
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Frequently Asked Questions
The luxury industry is characterised by a diverse and nuanced nomenclature. Esteemed houses frequently employ proprietary terminology, and even within a single organisation like Kate Spade, titles may vary across global markets to reflect local conventions. To ensure absolute clarity, Cerulean assigns a standardised, industry-coherent canonical title to every listing. However, it is worth noting that this role is functionally synonymous with «Retail Sales Associate», «Client Stylist», «Sales Advisor», «Boutique Sales Consultant», «Customer Experience Associate», and other variations. Our sophisticated search architecture anticipates these variations, ensuring that inquiries using related terms will seamlessly yield the exact roles you desire.