Full-Time
Assistant Store Leader
Altar'd State
1,001-5,000 employees
Women's fashion retailer with charitable partnerships
No salary listed
Sioux Falls, SD, USA
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Bachelor's
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- The ability to foster a guest-focused team environment and drive volume while anticipating guest needs.
- The ability to achieve excellent guest service by role-modeling company service standards.
- The ability to provide timely feedback to associates and recognize performance to support retention.
- The ability to hold self and associates accountable for financial results and performance standards.
- The ability to manage conflict and coach associates using company processes, standards, and guidelines.
- The ability to empower and involve associates in decision-making processes.
- The ability to receive feedback and foster dialogue around solutions.
- The ability to develop associates through individualized delegation, talent matching, and performance challenges.
- The ability to build team commitment through support, relationships, and recognition of individual contributions.
- The ability to lead through change and adversity.
- The ability to make recommendations on hiring, promotions, and terminations based on team-member performance.
- The ability to react to product presentation based on business needs.
- The ability to maintain seasonal window décor weekly.
- The ability to control workflow through planning and delegation.
- The ability to assess store business using company reporting tools to identify opportunities in product placement, outfitting, and stock levels.
- The ability to execute task directives within designated time frames.
- The ability to teach product flow, merchandising, and product knowledge standards to the team.
- The ability to adhere to loss-prevention practices and report potential incidents to protect company assets.
- The ability to communicate effectively with the executive team.
- The ability to coach the team on business-related visual-presentation analysis to achieve department sales goals.
- The ability to lead the guest experience through merchandising, seasonal décor, and in-store marketing.
- The ability to lead a creative community to drive sales through an inspirational store environment.
- The ability to lift and carry boxes weighing up to 30 pounds.
- The ability to use weekly reporting to track, analyze, and communicate business results and determine sales-maximizing strategies.
- The ability to interpret Home Office visual communication through Store Leader and District Leader partnership.
- The ability to partner with the Store Leader to oversee floor-set and window-set rollouts, fixture placement, and the overall visual environment.
- The ability to maintain awareness of brand aesthetic and relevance to the store environment and communicate with the team.
- The ability to manage placement of new product.
- The ability to communicate product-performance observations and provide feedback to the Store Leader.
- The physical ability to perform tasks requiring prolonged standing, sitting, reaching, kneeling, and squatting; occasional ladder climbing; and frequent stair use.
- The ability to lift and carry 30 pounds regularly without assistance.
- Support the Store Leader by executing merchandising and seasonal décor to create a well-maintained store environment and achieve store goals.
- Provide guests with exceptional service through relationship building and an inspirational store environment.
- Lead visual aspects of the store, including elevated product merchandising, window designs, and presentation-driven results.
- One year of merchandising experience.
- A Bachelor's Degree is preferred.
Altar’d State is a women’s fashion and lifestyle brand that blends retail with social impact. It operates both in stores and online, offering thoughtfully curated apparel and lifestyle products designed to create welcoming shopping experiences. The company differentiates itself by its core mission to give back; it has partnered with over 4,000 nonprofits to provide food, clothing, resources, education, and support to people in need, locally and globally. Its goal is to help customers feel good about what they buy by supporting meaningful causes and building community through acts of giving.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Maryville, Illinois
Founded
2009
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Store counts reached 127 Altar'd State locations, plus 35 Arula, six Vow'd, three Tullabee.
- 2025-2026 site updates show ongoing expansion, including Tullabee at Sioux Falls' Empire Mall.
- Mission Monday and nonprofit partnerships support employee pride and customer loyalty.
What critics are saying
- Francesca's bankrupt IP purchase signals reliance on distressed competitors, not organic dominance.
- The brand competes in crowded teen and women's fashion, with American Eagle opening nearby stores.
- If fashion tastes shift, Altar'd State's boutique-heavy model faces rapid markdown pressure.
What makes Altar'd State unique
- Altar'd State blends faith-based giving with retail; Mission Monday directs 10% to charities.
- Stand Out For Good operates Altar'd State, Arula, Vow'd, and Tullabee across 39 states.
- In 2026, Altar'd State won Francesca's IP, showing opportunistic acquisition capability.
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Health Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
Parental Leave
Sabbatical Leave
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Paid Vacation
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