Retail Shop Manager

The Acadia Shops

Retail Shop Manager positions available for the 2024 season.  The Acadia Shops has been serving visitors of Acadia NP for 90 years and consists of 7 shops plus an Ice Cream shop downtown Bar Harbor and 1 other shop in a neighboring town, Southwest Harbor.  

Retail Shop Manager is responsible for all the day to day activity of the shop.  Scheduling and working with a team toward the common goal of doing the best that we can for the people we’re working with and the people who visit our shops.  Training and working with staff to become a team with everyone finding best fit and improving upon all the daily tasks.   Merchandising and updating displays is a good creative outlet that helps a shop really stand out.  This position requires working on the point of sale, lifting and moving bins of merchandise and keeping cash and transactions secure.  

Our season typically runs from May through October, though there is preparation to be done before the season and ramping down once the weather turns chilly.  Our shops are open from 8:00am to 11:00pm and a variety of shifts seem to work best and give the best understanding of the shop’s needs.  We have housing available.