Dry Island is an apparel brand, designed in-house and inspired by the traditional rarity of Ocean City, NJ.  Located on Asbury Avenue, its storefront also serves as a physical portfolio, showcasing the graphic design, branding, and product development services its studio offers to small businesses.

Since Dry Island's opening in Summer of 2019, the following two years of growth have made clear that building out a team is the next viable step in ensuring that demand is met on all fronts: store operations, creative, and production.

Position: Assistant Manager - 1119a Asbury Avenue Store

Importance: A reliable, positive attitude responsible for carrying out Dry Island's daily retail store operations.

Applicants must be over 18 years of age.


Core Competencies:

An instinct to approach all customer interactions with kindness, enthusiasm, and a genuine interest in helping others.

Natural ability to lead in informative conversation on brand history and product specifications.

Adept at operating and improving systems for optimized inventory management, customer request fulfillment, and project lead captures.

Attentiveness to store presentation, exhibiting superior merchandising skills and willingness to maintain a clean and sanitary environment.

An appreciation for the Dry Island concept, which celebrates Ocean City and the many significances it holds for those who love it.


Duties:

Store Opening / Closing Procedures: Locking and unlocking doors, climate adjustment, cash drawer and register reports, lights and rolling rack

Customer Engagement: Offering visitors generous support, including but not limited to finding a size,  information on a product, a backstory on a graphic, and friendly conversation

Point of Sale: Sales, exchanges, returns, loyalty sign-ups and redemption, holds, backorders, transfers

Merchandising: Tagging, folding, hanging and organizing product by size, collection and visual appeal

Inventory: Tracking, stock replenishment, forecasting, back-stocking

Quality Control: Assessing the quality (seam, decoration, and color consistency) of every unit before before placing it for sale, and again before it leaves the store

Fitting Room: Customer assistance

Cleaning: COVID-19 precautionary, point of sale screens, vacuuming, door and windows, shelf dusting, product lint rolling, and bathroom

Phone: Answering questions about store hours, exchanges, store location, and new product

Projects: Effectively communicating the design and production services of the studio, capturing new client leads, and facilitating client product pick-ups


Required Skills:

Communication

Point of Sale / Computer Operations

Processing Product

Lifting and Handling Packages (Up to 50 lbs)


Helpful Skills:

Product Photography

Social Media Marketing

Graphic Design


It is the policy of Dry Island to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. This policy relates to all phases of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, employment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, reduction of workforce and termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, selection for training, the use of all facilities, and participation in all company-sponsored employee activities. Provisions in applicable laws providing for bona fide occupational qualifications, business necessity or age limitations will be adhered to by the company where appropriate.