📍 Location: Leeds Trinity
📅 Contract: Full-Time (37.5 Hours)
🕐 Flexibility: Monday–Sunday (rotating shifts)
💸 Pay: £9.50 – £13.00 per hour + 30% staff discount
🔥 Ready to join the FA team and DEFY ORDINARY? Apply now and bring your A‑game.
As a Sales Assistant, you’re the energy of our store. You don’t just sell product — you represent the brand. You know what’s trending, how to build looks, and how to make every customer feel welcome. We’re looking for enthusiastic people with personality, a strong customer focus and a passion for retail.
Your mission? Create outstanding shopping experiences. Be helpful, be bold, and always go the extra mile. You’ll be central to helping customers find their style and feel confident in their choices.
Why join the Footasylum squad?
This is your chance to DEFY ORDINARY and deliver a premium, standout experience to everyone who walks through our doors. Bring the energy, share the knowledge, rep the brand, and help customers own their look.
✅ What you’ll do
👟 Style the full fit
Ask great questions, read the vibe and create complete looks — footwear, layers, accessories and care. No half fits.
📚 Know the product, know the culture
Learn silhouettes, product tech, fabrics and care. From heritage drops to new releases you’ll be trained to be a Footasylum Brand Ambassador.
🔥 Host the hype
Support launch days, drops, styling sessions and in‑store activations. You’ll help create the atmosphere that keeps customers coming back.
🎯 Drive sales
Hit KPIs, build baskets and contribute to team targets. Celebrate progress and wins together.
🧼 Keep it premium
Maintain visual standards, manage stock and keep the store clean and welcoming.
🙌 About you
* Friendly, confident and approachable — you enjoy starting conversations and building rapport with customers.
* Passionate about trainers, streetwear or retail culture, with a curiosity to learn more.
* Flexible to work evenings and weekends and comfortable in a fast‑paced, high‑energy environment.
* A team player with a growth mindset — open to feedback and keen to develop your skills.
What you'll get
💰 Pay transparency: £9.50 – £13.00 per hour
🛍 30% staff discount across Footasylum & Sevenstore
📚 Structured training in product knowledge, styling and customer service
🚀 Clear career pathways from Sales Assistant to Supervisor
💆 Wellbeing support and an inclusive culture where individuality is celebrated
Diversity:
We value diversity and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Different perspectives help us deliver great service to colleagues and customers alike. We are committed to building supportive teams where everyone can learn and be inspired.
📅 Recruitment process
1. Quick online application (no CV) — complete brand‑led questions to tell us who you are.
2. Group 'Retail Lab' experience — demonstrate product knowledge and service skills in a group setting.
3. Offer within 72 hours
4. Start Dates: Induction & training starts asap.
Footasylum is an equal opportunities employer. Please let us know if any reasonable adjustments are required prior to attending an interview.
We review applications individually and if you’re a good fit we’ll invite you to a group interview so we can get to know each other.
You must bring valid Right to Work documentation to the interview for us to progress your application.
Under 18 working restrictions: If you are under 18 you cannot work past 10pm. Some stores have extended hours at certain times of year.