Ikon Bookshop

My main duties as the bookshop assistant are as follows:

• Management and ordering of stock including processing orders and invoices.

• Handling, condition checking and selling of limited edition print and sculpture including preparing items for travel and keeping in communication with customers and enquiries.

• Training new members of staff on the shop and reception systems clearly and openly.

• Formal Stocktake processes.

• Administrative roles include booking and managing deliveries via couriers for publishing houses, art collectors, patrons, trustees and general visitors. Navigating both national and international processes.

• Having a reliable and extensive knowledge of Ikon’s history and archive.

• Adapting my role to support the Front of House team by sharing reception duties, training them in specific administrative duties and keeping track of their general welfare.

• ​​Supporting the bookshop manager and the development team with feedback on the day to day retail experience by either face to face meetings or by providing specific data.

Doing a stock-take on the classic Ikon badge