Who we are
• THE PAINTED PIG is a local small, but growing, business that provides the community with an art escape. We help the “creatively challenged” find their creative side. Our goal is to provide enough assistance that the customer is delighted with their masterpiece!
• THE PAINTED PIG provides customers a fun, relaxing atmosphere and clean environment in which they can create pottery and silver jewelry. We also offer birthday parties, private parties, custom painting, summer camps and much more.
We are known by our customers as friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. If we don’t know the answer to their question, we will find it for them.
• We are a tight group that must work as a team to assist customers. We strive to create a fun environment where families can play together.
• We will train you to assist customers, work with paints, teach techniques, run efficient and fun birthday parties, glaze pottery and load kilns.
• THE PAINTED PIG is a casual, family-friendly contemporary art studio. We work hard but have fun doing it. THE PAINTED PIG is an equal opportunity employer.
Job Description
• This position entails greeting customers and teaching them about our wide variety of products and options. Employees are here to inspire, guide, teach and clean up after our customers.
• Position entails lots of cleaning including mopping, taking out the trash, cleaning bathrooms, tables, chairs, counters, windows and more. Maintaining a clean and inviting studio for our customers is a major priority of this job. Employees are also responsible for organizing and maintaining our masterpiece tracking system, inventory tracking, unpacking shipments and updating the inventory tracking system and merchandising. Employees must be tedious and detail oriented to carefully complete the glazing, firing and finishing of customers’ pieces. Employees will open and close the studio, ring up receipts, run credit cards, answer phones, track customer creations, assist with kids camps, birthday parties jewelry classes and walk-in painters.
• Employees work both together in teams and independently. Employees will take direction from the owner, manager or supervisor and will complete all assigned tasks in an orderly and timely fashion.
Requirements or Qualifications
• Candidates must be at least 16 years of age and must be comfortable working alone, opening and closing the studio
• Must have basic computer skills
• Must be able to communicate clearly with customers, management and other employees in a friendly and upbeat manner. Candidates must have good writing and spelling skills.
• Candidates must be able to follow written instructions and complete tasks with little supervision.
• Must be bubbly, fun, friendly, patient, thorough, punctual, love working with kids. Candidates must love to clean and organize.
• Must be comfortable talking to strangers and large groups of adults and/or children.
• Must be capable of lifting a minimum of 40lbs. Employees must be capable of standing/walking for a 5 hour shift without difficulty.
• Some positions available do not involve any pottery painting, custom work or other employee-created art work. There will be no time for homework, painting, reading or any tasks that are not related directly to the work at THE PAINTED PIG during working hours and scheduled shifts.
• Candidates must be excellent time-managers and multi-taskers. Employees are required to assist multiple customers while cleaning, answering phones and organizing fragile finished works of art.
• Must work well under pressure and in high stress situations. Employees are required to assist with customer issues and problems with a cool, calm and collected manner. Great problem-solving skills are necessary.
• Applicants must present a drug and alcohol-free, family-friendly appearance, attitude and reputation at all times.
• Must be able to learn thoroughly all products and options available at THE PAINTED PIG and be able to assist customer with questions, purchases, reservations and other requests.
• Employees must have a flexible schedule and be willing and available to work evenings and weekends.
• Employees must have reliable transportation to and from work.
• Employees will at all times follow the rules, policies, contracts, manuals, owner and manager instructions, written and verbal instructions and will promptly request clarifications should questions arise.
How To Apply
Only complete applications will be considered for interviews. Please send/drop-off completed applications to THE PAINTED PIG 5622 R Street Little Rock, AR 72207. Email applications or incomplete applications will not be considered. Interviewing candidates will dress appropriately for the position they are applying for. Click below to download application.
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