Jobs

WE'RE HIRING! 

TORONTO (Distillery District) Open Positions  

We're always looking for smart, creative, sports-minded people to join on our team! We're a very small team, which means there's many opportunities to work on what you're passionate about. Take a look at the listings below and apply. Don't see anything that fits? Shoot us an email at hello@thesportgallery.com and let's talk.

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Start Date: Immediately

Job Description: As a Keyholder and sales associate, you'll be working at our beautiful gallery in the Distillery District in Toronto. During a typical work day you'll open the gallery and coffee bar, making sure everything is tidy and set in place. You'll greet customers, talk sports, and help them pick out the perfect item or artwork. You'll receive new products, add them to our inventory system and get them ready to be sold in-store and on our online shop. You'll look out for online orders and prep them to be shipped. You'll work on merchandise displays, using your your knowledge of current and historic sports to set up timely displays—and ones that tell a story. As a barista, you'll train on the art of making the perfect espresso, help make coffees and espresso drinks on the ARENA Coffee Bar side, serve alcoholic drinks responsibly, all while keeping everything clean and tidy.

You'll work with our small team on pretty much everything, and can focus on what your specific strengths and interests are. If you've got an eye for photography, videos, and social content, you'll help with posting and driving engagement on our social platforms. Your goal each day will be to help make The SPORT Gallery a haven for existing sports fans, and a place where yet-to-be-fans can learn and gain an appreciation for the history and art of sport.

Job Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience in a retail or coffee shop environment
• Strong visual merchandising skills, extremely tidy, with A+ folding skills, and a clean-as-you-go work style
• Sports knowledge preferred, or at least a willingness to learn
• Hard-working, punctual, creative, and goal-oriented
• Must be Smart Serve certified within 2 weeks of starting

Submit an application here.

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Start Date: Immediately

Job Description: As a sales associate, you'll be working at our beautiful gallery in the Distillery District in Toronto. During a typical work day you'll open the gallery and coffee bar, making sure everything is tidy and set in place. You'll greet customers, talk sports, and help them pick out the perfect item or artwork. You'll receive new products, add them to our inventory system and get them ready to be sold in-store and on our online shop. You'll look out for online orders and prep them to be shipped. You'll work on merchandise displays, using your your knowledge of current and historic sports to set up timely displays—and ones that tell a story. As a barista, you'll train on the art of making the perfect espresso, help make coffees and espresso drinks on the ARENA Coffee Bar side, serve alcoholic drinks responsibly, all while keeping everything clean and tidy.

You'll work with our small team on pretty much everything, and can focus on what your specific strengths and interests are. If you've got an eye for photography, videos, and social content, you'll help with posting and driving engagement on our social platforms. Your goal each day will be to help make The SPORT Gallery a haven for existing sports fans, and a place where yet-to-be-fans can learn and gain an appreciation for the history and art of sport.

Job Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience in a retail or coffee shop environment
• Strong visual merchandising skills, extremely tidy, with A+ folding skills, and a clean-as-you-go work style
• Sports knowledge preferred
• Hard-working, punctual, creative, and goal-oriented
• Must be Smart Serve certified within 2 weeks of starting

Submit an application here.

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Position Date: SUMMER AND CHRISTMAS (June-August and November-December)--perfect for students!

This is a seasonal position. The ideal candidate would have full-time availability in the summer time and November and December and have retail experience. Part-time schedules are also available for students. 

Join our team for the most wonderful time of the year: the Winter Village at the Distillery District!

Job Qualifications

• Exceptionally tidy, detail-oriented
• Punctual and organized
• Sports knowledge referred
• Retail experience preferred

Job Description

• Greet and assist customers
• Replenish inventory 
• Help with ringing through transactions
• Help with pulling items for online orders and pickups

Compensation & Schedule

• Hourly + Tips
• Must be available from November-December, must be available to work weekends
• Possibility to extend employment beyond December

If you love sports and have availability during November-December, submit an application HERE.

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Position Date: November-December 2024

This is a seasonal position. The ideal candidate would have full-time availability in November and December and have retail experience. Part-time schedules are also available for students. 

ARENA Coffee Bar is looking for an experienced barista to join the team! 

Job Qualifications

• Min. 1 year barista or bartending experience
• Must be Smart Serve certified
• Exceptionally tidy, detail-oriented
• Punctual and organized

Job Description

• Make amazing espresso-based drinks with A+ latte art
• Maintain an extremely clean coffee bar/work space
• Make and serve alcoholic drinks
• Assist the SPORT Gallery team in created a cohesive customer experience

Compensation & Schedule

• Hourly + Tips
• Must be available from November-December, must be available to work weekends
• Possibility to extend employment beyond December

If you love coffee and sports, and have experience as a barista, submit an application HERE.

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Position: Security Officer (Contract)

Position Date: November-December 2024

The SPORT Gallery is looking for an experienced security officer to assist us for the Winter Village 2024.

Job Qualifications

• Security training and background working in retail security and loss prevention

Job Description

Assist our team during peak periods during the Winter Village by managing crowds and overseeing loss prevention during our busiest time.

Compensation & Schedule

Must be available for coverage evenings and weekends. This is a contract position and compensation is hourly and relative to industry standards.

If you have security and loss prevention experience and are available evenings and weekends, submit an application HERE.

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About The SPORT Gallery

We're not your average sports store. The SPORT Gallery is home The SPORT Archive, one of the most significant collections of North American sports photography, and is therefore more than a retail space. SPORT magazine started in 1946 – eight years prior to Sports Illustrated – and quickly trailblazed its way into the public consciousness. We keep SPORT’s memory alive by preserving over 250,000 original negatives and transparencies, and through our physical locations, which allow visitors to travel back in time and experience the golden era of sports.

The apparel, headwear, accessories, and books we feature are all designed to mirror what you see in the pages of SPORT and in the museum-quality prints on our walls (which we produce in-store in Toronto). Rather than offer “on-field” jerseys or other modern, easily found styles, we work with premium brands to create one-of-a-kind products that tell a story. Our goal is to stay true to our SPORT roots and to communicate the past. To work at The SPORT Gallery is to understand this connection and help tell our unique story.

The SPORT Gallery is hiring both full-time and part-time gallery sales associates and also baristas for our Arena coffee bar. We’re looking for hard-working, sales-driven, goal-oriented people who – most importantly – live for sport. We’re looking for people who “get it,” who understand that the final score is only one small part of the vast and compelling sporting landscape and can ensure this ethos is communicated in all that we do.