Career Opportunities
About us
Fatcork is a Champagne importer, retail shop and wine club owned and operated by a small, close-knit team that includes founders, Bryan and Abby Maletis. For our retail clients, fatcork operates a brick-and-mortar wine cave, an online bottle shop and a flexible tasting space. But, the heart of the business is our Champagne club, where customers can choose from three membership tiers (4, 6, and 12 bottles) to have the world’s most delicious Champagne shipped directly to their door four times a year. Although you don’t need to join the club to purchase fatcork Champagne, members enjoy lots of extra benefits like member pricing for tasting events in our Seattle Champagne cave, educational materials, retail bottle benefits and member-exclusive pricing for certain bottles.
Current Opportunities:
Part-time Hospitality/Retail Associate
- Performing opening and closing duties
- Supporting our retail and operations team in the office, warehouse, cave and tasting room by:
- Helping customers pick out bottles and checking them out using our e-commerce system and POS
- Running allocation and online orders out to customers and members
- Fulfilling Champagne orders. This includes preparing and packing club shipments, communicating with customers, and packing boxes.
- Performing general office tasks as needed. This includes answering phones, cleaning, and maintaining/organizing fatcork systems and product information.
- Keeping our warehouse clean, organized and stocked. This includes regular inventory counts, placing supply orders, creating Champagne displays and preparing packaging.
- Accepting and assisting with large deliveries of Champagne
- Assisting in the execution of future tastings and events. You will pour Champagne, interact with customers, answer questions and sell the world’s best bubbles! Once fatcork resumes tastings, they will take place on Thursday evenings and on the last Saturday of the month in the afternoon.
- This position reports to fatcork General Manager Iza Feyeux.
- Fatcork is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
- Probable schedule will be Thursday through Saturday.
- Applicants must be available to work on Saturdays.
- Hours are subject to change as fatcork evolves into a new space.
- This position averages 18-20 hours of work per week with increased holiday hours in December.
- Busy allocation months are March, May, September and November.
- Vacation time is not available in November and December. This is our busiest season of the year, and hours and customer service attention during this time are subject to increase. Grace, patience and self-care are necessary during this time.
Position requirements and qualifications:
- Retail customer service experience and/or tasting room, restaurant, event or other hospitality-related experience
- A desire (not just the ability) to wear many hats and help out as needed
- The ability to repeatedly lift cases of Champagne (sometimes over your head) that weigh 50 pounds
- Outstanding communication and customer service skills, including the ability to engage in respectful communication with customers, fellow employees and management
- Interest in, experience with and knowledge of wine is a plus.
- Excellent time-management and follow-through
- A hard-working, team-oriented and creative problem-solving mindset
- Reliability
- General office, tech and computer, and Microsoft Office skills are a plus.
- The hourly rate for this position is $22/hr. Actual rate commensurate with experience.
- 4 bottles of fatcork Champagne every month as well as opportunities to buy Champagne at wholesale cost
- Company-paid ORCA transportation
- Monthly educational tastings of fatcork cuvées
- The opportunity to learn about Champagne, wine service and customer service
- The opportunity to contribute to a growing company where everyone’s voice is heard and new ideas are encouraged
- The potential for moving into a full-time role and/or increased hours and job responsibilities depending on your interests, strengths and availability
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Interested in joining our team? Email Iza Feyeux at iza@fatcork.com. Cheers!