Customer Service Assistant
Picturehouse Brighton
Brighton
Salary: £8.91 per hour
Picturehouse is looking for enthusiastic individuals to join their Front of House team at Duke of York’s and Dukes at Komedia in Brighton.
About Picturehouse Brighton
The Duke of York’s Picturehouse is the jewel in the crown of Brighton. As the oldest purpose-built and continuously operated venue in the UK, and adorned with giant Can-can legs on its roof, our one-screen venue is a well-loved icon at the heart of the local community.
The younger, more contemporary sister to the historic Duke of York’s opened in December 2012. Duke’s at Komedia is a two-screen cinema and bar, with their very own set of Can-can legs situated in the quirky and vibrant North Laine neighbourhood.
In addition to a diverse programme of films, ranging from quality blockbusters to independent, classic, foreign-language and art-house, The Duke of York’s and Duke’s at Komedia includes a core programming strand dedicated to championing documentaries. The cinema also shows live HD broadcasts of productions from world-class arts venues, such as the New York Metropolitan Opera and the Bolshoi Ballet, theatre productions such as the Royal Shakespeare Company Live from Stratford-upon-Avon and National Theatre Live, art exhibitions and filmmaker Q&As. The Duke of York’s also screens selective 35mm presentations.
About the vacancy
We’re looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our Front of House team. The successful candidate will have excellent customer service skills, the ability to work as part of a team as well as independently and the passion to deliver the Picturehouse Experience every day.
Job purpose
To welcome and serve visitors to the cinema in an individual and informed way whilst delivering the highest standard of customer service at all times. You will support the cinema team to promote the benefits of membership and continuously drive sales, whilst ensuring a smooth running of the cinema in line with policies and procedures. You will be fully trained to perform different duties at various times across the cinema. Your duties will include Box Office duties, Retail duties, Usher duties, Bar duties and Kitchen duties with particular attention paid to customer service in all areas.
Main duties
Customer service
- Deliver an excellent standard of customer service in line with the Picturehouse Experience Expectations through individuality, serving pleasantly and efficiently whilst managing queues effectively and having up to date product knowledge to maximise customer enjoyment and encourage repeat visits
- Guide customers to their seats where necessary; following the correct ticket verification procedure including Member card holders and ensuring every person who enters the cinema has a ticket
- Respond to verbal customer complaints/queries immediately, where appropriate using your own skill and knowledge to resolve or direct to an appropriate person who can assist
- Be knowledgeable about the cinema’s services and facilities
- Ensure all communication via radios is appropriate, clear and concise
- Provide information on performance start and finish times, films synopsis and film classification
- Be aware of the policy towards film piracy within the cinema and take appropriate action when necessary
- Be aware of and enforce all film classifications and identification procedure
- Ensure all lost property is correctly delivered to the appropriate area and logged in line with policy
- Monitor screens for piracy, picture & sound quality, temperature, customer disturbance and any H&S issues
Promoting sales
- Be knowledgeable of current marketing promotions and raise customer awareness
- Ensure sales accuracy by processing transactions, memberships and discounts correctly and in line with policy
- Promote Membership through personal recommendations and upcoming films, highlighting the benefits and rewards of the Membership scheme
- Promote and encourage sales through organised and attractive displays using up to date POS, ensuring rotation of stock i.e. adhering to First In, First Out (FIFO) process; and suggesting suitable additional products (such as cake with coffee)
- Ensure all wastage is correctly recorded by following the wastage procedures
Health & Safety
- Follow the Food Hygiene Regulations and Health & Safety Policies
- Work efficiently using all pieces of equipment (you have been trained on) correctly and with care
- Inform management immediately of any breaches or issues within Health & Safety
- Help monitor maintenance or repairs advising the relevant people of any issues immediately
- Open and close all areas, ensuring the relevant supporting paperwork is completed.
- Undertake daily cinema cleaning including cinema, toilets, back of house areas, screens, cinema seating, all front of house areas and emptying and removing of rubbish as required
- Keep informed about business changes by attending staff meetings, reading staff notice boards and asking questions where appropriate
- Adhere to all current policies and procedures
- Along with your main duties, you will also be expected to carry out any other duties that are reasonably asked of you.
Person specification
Essential
- Passionate about excellent customer service
- Confident in communication with customers and colleagues
- Works effectively as part of a team
- Adaptable and flexible to changing circumstances
- Resourceful and able to work under pressure
- Available to work at key business times i.e. evenings and weekends
Desirable
- Cash handling experience
- Experience in a service related industry
- An interest in and knowledge of film and Picturehouse’s programming strands
Note: This job description reflects the present requirements of the post. As duties and responsibilities change and develop the job description will be reviewed and is therefore subject to amendment.
Picturehouse Experience Expectations
We don’t want to have customer service training that gives you scripts about how to interact with customers; we want to tell you our aspirations and let you meet them in your own way. These are set out in our four Expectations and are key in delivering the Picturehouse Experience every day.
Knowledge
You should be confident and knowledgeable about what we screen and what we sell. This includes being able to make relevant recommendations to customers.
Engagement
You should acknowledge and interact with customers in a genuine and friendly manner, including as they leave.
Efficient Service
Customers should be served in a reasonable time – given the circumstances.
Promoting Membership
You must ask every customer if they are a member and if they are not you must give them some information on membership benefits
Please note: We will be offering minimum contracts of 16 & 24 hours per week for this role. There is an expectation that more hours will be worked when they are made available, and candidates will be expected to be available to work at peak times.
To apply
Please apply on the following link: http://ow.ly/hl5C50FZKv1
Interviews: Mon 6th & Tue 7th September
The closing date for this position is 04/09/2021 at 23:59