Customer Service Associate

Paper Source is a premier paperie and gift retailer offering each customer an intimate, boutique-feel when they enter our stores. More than half of our products feature original Paper Source designs from our Chicago-based team — offering a unique aesthetic and exclusive color palette.

The Customer Service Associate must exhibit a passion to learn about our products and services and demonstrate a desire to share that knowledge with our customers. The Customer Service Associate’s #1 priority at all times is the customer.

Models the Paper Source Customer Service Experience

• Consistently perform all steps of the Customer Service Initiative (CREATE):
  • Connect with every customer by greeting them warmly, asking open-ended questions and engaging them in product related conversations.
  • Respond to customers’ immediate needs
  • Explore your customers’ needs and demonstrate products at the demo table, on the sales floor and at the custom print station.
  • Add relevant products to complete the project, take it to the next level and help with their whole checklist.
  • Thank every customer regardless of purchase.
  • Empower customers to complete their creative projects at home and build customer loyalty
• Exhibits an attitude that is one of positive, can do and customer first with all customers.
• Knowledgeable and proficient in technology in order to accurately and efficiently process customer transactions professionally and in compliance with the Paper Source policy; sales, returns, gift certificates, special orders, etc.
• Maintain store operations and visual merchandising standards to ensure a ‘grand opening’ look and feel to our customers.

Inspire customers through impressive product knowledge

• Inspire our customers about Paper Source’s unique product offerings through product stories, understanding and selling of our core businesses such as cards and envelopes and custom printing.
• Demonstrate consistent selling behaviors that inspire our customers towards a greater connection with our products through registration and selling of workshops and special events to company goals.
• Understand customers’ needs and projects to be able to make meaningful suggestions for additional purchases to achieve company goals.
• Complete all required training modules and have a clear understanding of all available tools and resources to enhance the selling experience.

Drives sales and profitability through Key Performance Indicators

• Sells the benefits associated with capturing email addresses in our customer registry.
• Provide feedback to store management on customer requests, reaction to merchandise and store environment.
• Utilizes company tools and works with customer to suggest add-ons to ensure store sales goals, workshop goals, and ADT and UPT goals are met.

• Demonstrated passion for Paper Source, our products, and providing extraordinary customer service.
• Arts and crafts background preferred with minimum of 1 year in retail or service related industry.
• Availability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business, which will require night and weekend shifts.
• Ability to effectively maneuver around sales floor and stockroom. May include repetitive bending, prolonged standing, twisting, stooping and stairs and lifting of up to 30 pounds.
• Ability to work with /around cleaning chemicals and various art supplies.