Part-Time

If you're friendly, reliable, welcoming, and hard working, we will train you! You should enjoy being busy, helping people, and feel comfortable switching from task to task as your day is quite varied in our shop! You’ll need to be able to walk up/down stairs, lift 30 pounds and have good eyesight. Photoshop, cash handling, and register skills a plus but we will train the right person!

You'll help customers with their custom projects, scan their images to preserve them (and use those files to design photo gifts if you're able), take passport photos, print quality photographs, and help with shop displays. There are lots of other tasks you can help with to make the most of your particular strengths. You'll learn a lot, too! Our staff is a friendly, small, open group with good energy!

Perks:

• Generous store discount
• Flexibility
• Sundays and Mondays off
• Kind, accepting environment with occasional treats!

We are currently open Tues-Sat with Sundays and Mondays off. If you're available year round and able to work most Saturdays 10-4, plus a 4 or 5 hour shift 2-3 days a week (usually 9:30-1:30 or 1:30-5:30, or a swing shift like 11-3 is also great!), we'd love to meet you! Email the shop at hello@photosynthesisia.com with your resume and interest. Or stop in for an application!

Location: 317 Main Street | Ames, Iowa 50010

Full-Time

We are currently looking for a full-time, long-term team member to run the shop with owner support! More info below, email the shop at hello@ photosynthesisia.com with your resume and interest.

Imagine a full-time career with growth potential in a creative, busy, and established shop on Main Street. You'll be helping people across Iowa save and celebrate memories in meaningful ways! You even have dedicated parking behind the shop. Plus you always have two days in a row off a week: Sundays and Mondays!

If you enjoy doing many tasks (including some physical things like making photo gifts, going up and down stairs, changing printer paper rolls, and unboxing inventory), keeping busy, meeting people in the community, can communicate well, and enjoy working both independently and with others, this may be the career for you!

We need your enthusiasm and energy to ensure everyone who walks through our door finds the help they need in an efficient, helpful manner.

We think you would be great for this role if you have:

• Passion for art/design, and helping others
• Previous retail, service industry, or cashier experience
• Flexibility to work during “peak” retail hours, including before and after holidays
• Excellent interpersonal and time management skills.
• Good listening and communication skills...

...And if you are:

• Friendly, with a positive attitude
• Happy to try and learn new things
• Able to move from task to task with confidence
• Digitally savvy
• Familiar with social media apps and Adobe programs
• Naturally creative with a good eye for color and style
• Innovative and self-driven

Essential Responsibilities:

• Taking orders for photo services and photo gifts and providing excellent guest service throughout the experience
• Making photo gifts and doing what is needed for orders to be done in an efficient timely manner
• Ensuring operations run smoothly and effectively, helping with hiring and training and managing of staff

Advancement Opportunities:

• We want this to be a long term career for you, managing and running the shop with owner support. Future ownership a possibility!

Starting pay for full-time: $16+/hour if you already have relevant management experience. PLUS: perks!

Location: 317 Main Street | Ames, Iowa 50010

Perks:

• One week paid vacation after one year of full-time employment
• Insurance available
• Generous store discount
• Flexibility
• Sundays and Mondays off
• Opportunity for advancement
• Kind, accepting environment with occasional treats!

Hope to hear from you!