Sales interpreter

Full-Time

Description

Who We Are

Founded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational, historic, and cultural institution that owns and operates one of the largest and best-known museum complexes in the world. Our mission is “that the future may learn from the past” through preserving and restoring 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. We engage, inform, and inspire people to learn about this historic capital, the events that occurred here, and the diverse peoples who helped shape a new nation. Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the U.S. The Historic Area is the 301-acre restored colonial capital with 88 original buildings and 525 buildings reconstructed to how they appeared in the 18th century through extensive archaeological, architectural, and documentary research. The Historic Area is staffed by highly trained, historically dressed interpreters and expert tradespeople who bring the 18th century to life. The Foundation also owns and operates two world-class museums, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, and a renowned research library, the John D Rockefeller Jr Library. Additionally, Colonial Williamsburg is home to five world class accommodations at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Lodge Autograph Collection, the Giffin Hotel, the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotels and Suites and the unique Colonial Houses in the Historical Area. Visitors may also indulge in food and drink at our many on site restaurants and taverns that blend a historically inspired dining experience with today’s evolved tastes. Each year over 5 million people visit Williamsburg and another 20 million engage with us digitally.

The Raleigh Tavern Bakery: purveyor of cookies, cakes, and breads made fresh daily from 18th-century recipes. With a shaded courtyard, it's the perfect place to stop for apple cider, root beer and food-related gifts. Nestled in the heart of the Historic Area behind the Raleigh Tavern, the Raleigh Tavern Bakery serves up delicious goodies and picturesque surroundings. Sample freshly baked treats, soups, and sandwiches and enjoy beverages to warm or refresh. Indoor seating provides the bakery ambience or guests may dine outdoors in the quaint courtyard.

Responsibilities Include:

• Courteously greets customers and provides information about the purpose and use of products.
• Promotes and sells merchandise by assisting customers with selections.
• Performs cashiering duties.
• Replenishes and checks in stock.
• Interprets the history of 18th-century Williamsburg and the colony of Virginia at Historic Area Stores.
• Participates in on-the-job and selling skills training programs.
• Works outdoors, as required, in all weather conditions.
• Maintains sanitary standards with food, bagging and packaging products for sale.

Requirements:

• Ability to assist the public in a pleasant and courteous manner generally gained through completion of a high school diploma/G.E.D. plus 3 - 6 months public contact and/or sales experience
• Knowledge of Colonial Williamsburg and 18th-century history
• Ability to: (1) research and document interpretive information; (2) contribute to team effort; (3) operate equipment critical to the operation; (4) handle money accurately
• Good arithmetic skills

Physical requirements include, but are not limited to: (1) transporting up to 100 pounds; (2) working while standing for long periods; (3) lifting, bending, stooping; (4) extensive use of stairs.