Also called: Halloween Store Manager, Seasonal Retail Manager
Opens, runs and closes a temporary store, like a Halloween costume shop or holiday calendar kiosk, in an empty building for just a few months.
In August you get keys to an empty former furniture store and three weeks to turn it into a Halloween superstore. You hire 25 people, build animatronic displays and set up registers. October is a blur of costume emergencies, then on November 1 you mark down, pack up and leave the building empty again.
Seasonal pay for 3-4 months; many repeat each year or work another seasonal job.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; retail experience.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Growing about average. Pop-up seasonal stores fill empty retail spaces every fall.
Low risk for 10 years. Software runs inventory and scheduling; building the store, hiring and running the floor stays human.
Classes: Business class, Theater tech crew, Marketing.
Official data: O*NET occupation 41-1011.
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