Retail Sales Assistant, London (24 to 40 hours/week options)
Be a key part of our first UK store, in a fast-growing high-performance outdoor brand. Support with efficient operations, leading a team, and delivering exceptional customer experiences.
At a glance:
🗓️ Contract start dates are variable, beginning from March/April
😎 Have experience as a Retail Sales Assistant or customer-facing roles
💰 London Living Wage
📍 London
⏰ 24 to 40 Hours/week options available
🏆 Leading benefits package & competitive salary
🅱 Work for a Certified B Corporation™
💹 Opportunity to get in at the ground floor of a purpose-driven, high-growth company in the outdoor industry; lots of scope for your growth!
Our mission & who we are...
SunGod was born in 2013 with a vision to create the world’s best performance eyewear. We see a better world; through our lenses, through our actions, and through doing business better. Our planet is our playground, so we’re a community-built brand, that’s sustainable to our core. With you, our mission is multiplied and together we can See Better.
We’re a dynamic and expanding team, being results-driven we see high-quality output from all team members.
We’re unlike any company you’ve ever worked for before.
What is the job role?
As a Basecamp Assistant at SunGod's Basecamp London store, you'll be a key part of the team, supporting the smooth day-to-day running of the store and delivering outstanding customer experiences. This hands-on role will see you actively engaging with customers, turning conversations into sales, and ensuring the store is always looking its best. You'll work closely with your team and the management, contributing to a positive and energetic store environment, while also getting involved in community events and driving footfall into the store.
Core Responsibilities:
✔ Assist all customers on the shop floor, delivering exceptional customer experiences, surprising and delighting at every touch point from welcoming them to serving a coffee as they customise products.
✔ Drive sales and maximise conversion rate, whilst upholding the SunGod customer-first reputation throughout every customer interaction.
✔ Contribute to maintaining a visually appealing store that reflects SunGod's brand values.
✔ Collaborate with the managers and the team to drive in-store and online engagement, including the Store’s social media and Community activations.
✔ Support the Management with store operations, including inventory management, and sales tracking.
✔ Understand SunGod’s triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit, and incorporate this into your job role every day.
Who are we looking for?
The ideal person has the following skills, experiences, and competencies:
✔ Exceptional customer service skills, with a track record of delivering outstanding front-of-house experiences.
✔ Previous experience in a customer-facing environment.
✔ Hands-on experience in events, marketing, and social media preferable
✔ A passion for the performance sports and outdoor industries is a key part of succeeding in this role.
✔ Enthusiasm for SunGod's mission and values, with a proactive and positive desire to promote the brand.
What can we offer you?
Benefits
✔ Holiday allowance, including bank holidays
✔ London Living Wage
✔ Professional training, life-skill & development budget
✔ Free mental health support with unlimited access to Spill therapy
✔ Health Shield Cash Plan
✔ Monthly financial health benefit
✔ Charitable donation matching
✔ Free product plus family & friends discount
✔ Dynamic, stimulating, and rewarding work in a purpose-driven company
✔ Central London Store with fresh fruit
Certified B Corporation
Working for a Certified B Corp means joining a community using business as a force for good, contributing to the triple bottom line; People, Planet, and Profit.
What to expect from this application…
This application will ask a few questions about you and your experience.
You will be required to upload a CV at this stage, so it is ready for the next stage.
Based on your application, you may be invited a panel interview and a final interview.
Blind Applications
In the first stages of our process, your name and other details will be hidden from your CV and application to remove potential unconscious bias in our hiring processes, and to ensure we hire the best candidate for the role.
A tip before you start...
Before you begin, we recommend you take a moment to ask yourself these questions: Why me? Why this role? Why SunGod?
- Department
- Basecamp
- Role
- Basecamp Assistant
- Hourly salary
- 13.85
- Employment type
- Contract
About SunGod
SunGod is a British performance eyewear brand with a simple mission: to See Better. Through our lenses, through our actions and through doing business better.
Founded as a challenger brand in 2013, SunGod has grown into a globally recognised performance eyewear business, that is performance-driven, community-built, and sustainable to the core. SunGod eyewear is worn by elite athletes and teams around the world, and our partners - who range from World Tour cycling team INEOS Grenadiers, to iconic mainstream sports properties such as McLaren F1 Team and Major League Baseball - prove the performance and popularity of our products at the very highest level.
As a certified B Corp and 1% For The Planet member, with carbon neutral products and operations, we've built a business model that puts people, planet, and profit on equal footing. Our mission is to See Better, forcing positive change across the eyewear industry, and together with our global community of partners, ambassadors, athletes and customers, SunGod’s mission is multiplied.
Join us on our journey to See Better, together.
Retail Sales Assistant, London (24 to 40 hours/week options)
Be a key part of our first UK store, in a fast-growing high-performance outdoor brand. Support with efficient operations, leading a team, and delivering exceptional customer experiences.
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