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Sales Associate

🇺🇸 Madison, WI 🕑 Part-Time 💰 $13 - $16 per Hour 💻 Sales 🗓️ February 19th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

The Soap Opera is hiring a Sales Associate. This part-time role involves assisting customers in-store, online, and over the phone, managing inventory, maintaining store presentation, performing cleaning tasks, fulfilling online orders, and supporting marketing efforts through social media and seasonal displays.

Highlights
  • Assist customers in finding products in-store, online, and via phone.
  • Price, stock, and organize inventory including backstock.
  • Maintain cleanliness through sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, and wiping counters.
  • Learn and apply gift wrapping and custom scenting procedures.
  • Pick and ship online orders.
  • Create seasonal store displays and occasional social media posts.
  • Perform data entry and some manufacturing tasks such as bagging herbs and making soaps.
  • Hourly wage ranges from $13.00 to $16.00.
  • Required to be well organized, enjoy working with people, and open to learning.
  • Must be able to stand up to 8 hours per shift and lift up to 50 lbs.

Sales Associate Full Description

Department Overview:

The Soap Opera is a bathing and grooming shop, specializing in custom scents and eco-friendly products. It has been in Madison since 1972 and is a staple of the downtown community!

Anticipated Start Date

2/19/26

Anticipated Hours Per Week

20

Schedule:

Tuesday, Thursday, and weekends

Salary/Wage Range:

Hourly $13.00 to $16.00

Number Of Positions

1

Position Summary/Job Duties:

We are looking for an energetic, organized, responsible, people loving Sales Associate!  The Soap Opera is a great place to work right on State Street where the action happens! With amazing products, super kind co-workers, happy customers, and a 40% staff discount we think you will truly enjoy working with us!

Main Job Duties:

  • Work one on one with customers to help them find what they're looking for in store, over the phone, and online
  • Price & stock new inventory, as well as maintaining areas of the shop to ensure they're well stocked and looking phenomenal. This will also include ensuring the backstock is well organized
  • General Cleaning such as sweeping/vacuuming/ dusting/ whipping down counters etc.
  • Learn The Soap Operas gift wrapping and custom scenting procedures to help customers
  • Pulling products for online orders and shipping them
  • Creating seasonal displays so the shop is staying on trend and looking great
  • Creating social media posts on occation if something in store seems like it needs to be shared
  • Data entry
  • Other duties that may come up are manufacturing type duties such as bagging herbs, bottling house products, and making soaps
     

This is a part time position of about 10-30 hours per week. We would need Tuesday/Thursday help, as well as weekends as needed. The ideal candidate will be around for the summer as well.

If you're looking to venture into a full time position into retail at some point, we also have a ton of room for growth with us for the right motivated person.

Qualifications:

Must enjoy working with people and be well organzied, and open to learning.

Physical Demands

Must be able to stand for up to an 8 hour shift. May have to lift up to 50lbs when new inventory comes in.

Application Instructions:

Plesae email your resume as well as weekly daily availability (Sunday-Saturday) to Stacey@thesoapopera.com.  Cover letter strongly encouraged. 

Contact:

Org: The Soap Opera
Contact: Stacey Scannell
Web: thesoapopera.com
Email: stacey@thesoapopera.com