About this role
Summer Associate
Kate Spade New York Stylist – Branson, MO
The Stylist will serve as a trusted and knowledgeable advisor who assists customers in selecting products that suit their aesthetic and lifestyle. They will work with the customer to discover and express their own personal style while showing the customer how to incorporate Kate Spade products into their existing wardroom.
Key Responsibilities
- Customer Engagement & Styling
- Greet guests warmly and confidently, demonstrating strong product knowledge.
- Actively listen and ask insightful follow-up questions to understand customer needs.
- Provide styling advice, suggest add-ons, and create complete looks.
- Use creativity to showcase multiple ways to wear products and encourage customers to explore new styles.
- Guide customers through purchase decisions and ensure a seamless checkout experience.
- Reinforce and celebrate customer choices, inviting them to return.
- Sales & Business Acumen
- Drive results through strong customer connections and storytelling.
- Demonstrate deep knowledge of the brand and product attributes across all categories.
- Maintain operational excellence, including stockroom organization and POS transactions.
- Give and receive feedback in an honest, constructive manner.
Requirements
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Skills & Experience
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Professional selling skills with exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities.
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Prior experience in a retail environment.
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Ability to multitask, prioritize, and work collaboratively in a team setting.
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Social media awareness and willingness to learn omni/virtual selling techniques.
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English proficiency (or local language proficiency per market).
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Schedule: Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business—including nights, weekends, busy season, and high-traffic retail days (including but not limited to public holidays).
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Note: This document serves only as a sample of job duties and responsibilities and does not include an exhaustive list of all performance requirements.
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Ability to lift at least 25 lbs. regularly (up to 50 lbs, occasionally), to climb, bend, kneel, and maneuver sales floor and stockroom.
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Our Competencies for All Employees
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Courage
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Creativity
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Customer Focus
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Dealing with Ambiguity
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Drive for Results
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Interpersonal Savvy
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Learning on the Fly
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Our Competencies for All People Managers
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Strategic Agility
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Developing Direct Reports and Others
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Building Effective Teams
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Kate Spade. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services.
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Visit Tapestry, Inc.
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Base Pay Range$15.00-$19.50
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Tapestry will comply with minimum wage requirements and any other applicable pay laws based on city, county, and state regulations.
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Here are some of the benefits that we offer: Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401 (K), Paid Paternity and Maternity leave, Commuter Benefits, Disability insurance and Tuition assistance. Please click here for a complete list of U.S Corporate Compensation & Benefits.
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Welcome
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Our growth is creating great opportunities!Our team is expanding, and we want to hire the most talented people we can. Continued success depends on it! So once you've had a chance to explore our current open positions, apply to the ones you feel suit you best and keep track of both your progress in the selection process, and new postings that might interest you!
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Thanks for your interest in working on our team!!
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Read MoreAbout Us
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Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area. At Tapestry, we bring together the iconic brands of Coach and Kate Spade New York—uniting bold ideas, diverse voices, and boundless creativity to stretch what’s possible.Driven by dreamers and makers, we turn passion into progress. By embracing differences and pushing boundaries, we create with purpose, uplift one another, and