About the Floral Artist position

You - with your passion for flowers, beautiful spaces, and creating magic; with your love of lifting others up, shaping new talent and making people’s days brighter; your meticulous attention to detail, hustle, and drive to be the best. Yep, we’ve been looking for you and we are stoked you’re here! 

Our florists are creative, innovative, and comfortable working independently or in a team-oriented environment. We expect you to gain an understanding of flowers, and havave or learn the mastery of the elements of floral design; including line, color, form, depth, texture, balance, contrast, and fluidity. You'll be a core connection to our clients, so excellent communication skills and top-notch customer service are vital for this position.

 

Floral Artist's responsibilities:

• Receive flower orders from wholesalers and calculate retail flower prices

• Communicate wholesaler flower credits to shop manager

• Assist with processing flowers (involves lifting, bending, squatting, and using florist shears)

• Design floral arrangements according to order specifications

• Responsible for procedures for scheduled shift (opening, midday and closing)

• Conduct quality control of floral arrangements leaving the shops

• Provide excellent customer service and process orders via phone

• Assist customers as a cashier and process payments

• Champion the flower cooler - ensure it’s fresh, in palette + OFF THE CHAIN at all times

• Collaborate with shop manager and merchandiser to ensure dried flowers are in-stock and displayed properly

• Care for plants according to watering schedule (involves climbing a ladder)

• Maintain and assist with gift product merchandising

• Identifies additional tasks to be completed and willingly assists others.

• Forms strong working relationships within a team

• Physical requirements:

• Lift moderately heavy loads up to 50 lbs.

• Ability to bend, reach, kneel, squat, and stand for long periods of time.

 

We're looking for a Floral Artist who is:

• Creative with strong desire to learn all the floral design skills

• Floral design skills a definite asset but not a requirement

• Passionate about customer service

• Hard working + a self starter

• Kind + Empathetic

• Positive

• Super detail oriented

• Punctual

• Communicative

• Calm and tactful during difficult situations

• An expert & brand ambassador to Thistle & Sage Creative

 

Benefits:

• 20% Employee discount on all plants & merchandise

• $100 worth of flowers per month for FREE

• Health care contribution

 

POSITION DETAILS:

Position Title: Florist

Employment Status: Starting part-time - eligible for full time after 90 days

Start Date: April 5th, 2022

Reports to: Retail Manager & Lead Florist (Owner)

Payment: $16-$20/hour negotiable depending on experience 

Work Hours: On average 30 hours per week. Work schedule to be determined by business needs. 

Benefits: PTO for sick days 48 hours a year - eligible after 90 days. Healthcare available. You are covered under our Workers’ Comp insurance. 

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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