Food & Beverage – Seasonal Barista, A-OK Cafe
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Aritzia
Glendale, CA, US
Summary
The Seasonal Barista is responsible for creating world-class beverages and providing an exceptional, welcoming dining experience for all guests. They will manage service counter operations and transactions to ensure a seamless and memorable client experience.
Job Description
Our first A-OK Café in Glendale, California is opening this winter and we're hiring! Apply today for your chance to be part of this opening team.
THE BUSINESS
We are Everyday Luxury™.
It's what we do and how we do it, together.
It's working alongside world-class talent in pursuit of world-class results.
It's maximizing your potential in a high-performance culture.
It's knowing that wherever you are, you belong.
It's elevating your world and the world of those who love and will love Aritzia.
At A-OK Café, you'll do more than serve exceptional food and beverages. You'll help bring Everyday Luxury to life, creating thoughtful moments that curate a memorable client shopping experience from the very first sip.
Join a team where hospitality meets fashion, creativity and culture, all within Aritzia's aspirational workplaces.
It's You. And an endless runway of opportunity.
THE TEAM
The mission of the Food & Beverage Department is to surprise and delight our guests with Everyday Luxury food and beverage experiences. Building loyalty with existing clients and employees, while attracting new.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Aritzia is growing and our Food & Beverage team is growing with it. This is a unique opportunity to be part of the team responsible for curating and providing a world-class Café program to Aritzia clients. As the Seasonal Barista, A-OK Café, you will support with delivering extraordinary client experiences by creating world-class beverages, as well as managing transactions, services, and the service counter to create memorable moments. With the skills you gain in this role, the opportunities are endless—from a rewarding career in Food & Beverage to continued growth and development within Aritzia.
THE ROLE
As the Seasonal Barista, A-OK Café you will lead the team to:
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Connect with guests, creating an engaging and welcoming experience with each visit from welcome and departure.
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Provide guests with an exceptional dining experience, that is timely and seamless.
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Deliver guests with a best-in-class beverage selection and service to elevate their dining experience
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Deliver a seamless and operationally invisible experience.
THE QUALIFICATIONS
The Seasonal Barista, A-OK Café has:
- Proven skills and/or experience in Food & Beverage/Hospitality.
- The passion for providing world-class client service and building long lasting client relationships.
- An aspirational sense of individual style.
- An understanding of Aritzia’s brand vision and style fundamentals with a focus on trends and cultural influences.
- An understanding and a passion for the industry in which we operate.
- The desire to thrive on a high-performance team.
- The commitment to learn and apply Aritzia’s values and standards.
- The ability to collaborate fluently with cross-functional partners.
- A commitment to quality and investing in results that add value to the business.
THE LOGISTICS
As a Seasonal Barista, you can:
- Commit to a fixed term contract through mid-January 2027*.
- Work a minimum of 24 hours per week (up to 40 hours per week also available).
- Work up to 32 hours per week during our peak sales periods (Nov. 16 to Nov. 29, Dec. 14 to Jan. 10).
- Work with full availability on Black Friday (Nov. 27) and Boxing Day Weekend (Dec. 26 & 27).
- Work evenings and weekends.
THE COMPENSATION
The typical hiring range for this position is $20 - $30 USD per hour plus gratuities.
We are always looking for top talent. If your qualifications differ from those listed above, the scope of work and final agreed upon wage may be adjusted to reflect your individual qualifications.
Aritzia’s Everyday Luxury compensation package goes beyond the base salary with endless growth and recognition opportunities through our pay-for-performance philosophy. Along with aspirational workspaces, elevated employee perks and experiences - we provide it all.
THE PERKS
Some of the industry-leading benefits you will receive working at Aritzia:
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Product Discount — Maybe you’ve heard of our famous product discount? You have now.
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Aritzia Virtual Wellness — Because your health, happiness and safety matter, we provide 24/7 resources to support you in your wellbeing goals, whether they’re physical, mental, social or financial.
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Aspirational Workspace — Our boutiques are specially designed to be places of beauty, creativity and inspiration. From the product to the art to the music pumping through our top-of-the-line sound systems. It’s all part of the Everyday Luxury experience you – and our clients – deserve.
ARITZIA
Aritzia is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Our goal is to be inclusive, diverse, and representative of the communities where we work while creating an environment where every person can enjoy a successful career. This commitment applies to all candidates and employees regardless of race, ethnicity, citizenship, creed, place of origin, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, family status, marital status, disability, age, and any other protected characteristic.
Requests for accommodation due to a disability or any other protected characteristic can be made at any stage of the recruitment process and during employment by contacting our People & Culture Team.
We’re committed to making your experience positive and transparent. Please note, our recruiters will only contact you using an @aritzia.com email address. If you receive recruitment-related messages from other domains, please disregard them.
ABOUT ARITZIA
Aritzia is a design house with an innovative global platform. We are creators and purveyors of Everyday Luxury®, home to an extensive portfolio of exclusive brands for every function and individual aesthetic. We’re about good design, quality materials and timeless style — all with the wellbeing of our People and Planet in mind.
Founded in 1984 in Vancouver, Canada, we pride ourselves on creating immersive, highly personalized shopping experiences at aritzia.com and in our 140+ boutiques throughout North America — for everyone, everywhere.
OUR APPROACH
Aritzia means style, not trend, and quality over everything. We treat each in-house label as its own atelier, united by premium fabrics, meticulous construction and an of-the-moment point of view. We handpick fabrics from the world’s best mills for their feel, function and ability to last. We obsess over proportion, fit and that just-right silhouette. From hand-painted prints to the art of pocket placement, our innovative design studio considers and reconsiders each detail to create essentials you’ll reach for again, and again, and again. If it isn’t just right, it isn’t Aritzia.
OUR WORKPLACE RECOGNITION
We’re honoured to be recognized by Forbes as one of Canada’s Best Employers for four consecutive years, 2023–2026. The current ranking is based on surveys of more than 37,000 Canada-based employees conducted in partnership with Statista, reflecting the experiences and perspectives of teams across the country.
We’re committed to making your experience positive and transparent. Please note, our recruiters will only contact you using an @aritzia.com email address. If you receive recruitment-related messages from other domains, please disregard them.
Everyday Luxury®
Founded
1984
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Retail
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
Vancouver, BC
ABOUT ARITZIA
Aritzia is a design house with an innovative global platform. We are creators and purveyors of Everyday Luxury®, home to an extensive portfolio of exclusive brands for every function and individual aesthetic. We’re about good design, quality materials and timeless style — all with the wellbeing of our People and Planet in mind.
Founded in 1984 in Vancouver, Canada, we pride ourselves on creating immersive, highly personalized shopping experiences at aritzia.com and in our 140+ boutiques throughout North America — for everyone, everywhere.
OUR APPROACH
Aritzia means style, not trend, and quality over everything. We treat each in-house label as its own atelier, united by premium fabrics, meticulous construction and an of-the-moment point of view. We handpick fabrics from the world’s best mills for their feel, function and ability to last. We obsess over proportion, fit and that just-right silhouette. From hand-painted prints to the art of pocket placement, our innovative design studio considers and reconsiders each detail to create essentials you’ll reach for again, and again, and again. If it isn’t just right, it isn’t Aritzia.
OUR WORKPLACE RECOGNITION
We’re honoured to be recognized by Forbes as one of Canada’s Best Employers for four consecutive years, 2023–2026. The current ranking is based on surveys of more than 37,000 Canada-based employees conducted in partnership with Statista, reflecting the experiences and perspectives of teams across the country.
We’re committed to making your experience positive and transparent. Please note, our recruiters will only contact you using an @aritzia.com email address. If you receive recruitment-related messages from other domains, please disregard them.
Everyday Luxury®
Founded
1984
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Retail
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
Vancouver, BC