Job Description
Budtender Location: Los Angeles, CA - Beverly Grove / La Brea Area
Pay: $20.00/hour + individual tips
Schedule: Approximately 32-40 hours/week | Thursday-Monday availability preferred | Must be flexible between opening and closing shifts
Industry: Cannabis Retail
About the Opportunity Vangst, the cannabis industry's leading staffing platform, is hiring an experienced
Budtender on behalf of one of our premier cannabis retail partners in Los Angeles.
This is an opportunity to join an established, design-forward dispensary serving the Beverly Grove, Fairfax, and greater Central Los Angeles community. Our client is focused on creating an elevated retail experience built around exceptional cannabis products, knowledgeable service, and a welcoming environment.
We're looking for someone who brings more than traditional retail experience.
Cannabis experience is important for this role. The ideal candidate understands the products, enjoys educating customers, brings positive energy to the floor, and takes initiative without needing to be constantly directed.
The store is currently strengthening its team and is looking for someone who can come in, contribute immediately, and help create the kind of environment where both customers and employees want to be.
What You'll Do
- Provide friendly, knowledgeable, and personalized service to dispensary customers.
- Educate customers on cannabis products and help them select products appropriate to their preferences and needs.
- Build genuine customer relationships and contribute to an exceptional in-store experience.
- Accurately operate the POS system and process customer transactions.
- Maintain strong knowledge of available products, brands, strains, and product categories.
- Keep product and store information organized and accurate.
- Assist with inventory management and help ensure products are properly maintained and nothing is overlooked or expired.
- Maintain a clean, organized, presentable sales floor.
- Take a proactive approach to the customer experience rather than waiting to be directed.
- Contribute positive energy and help motivate the team during both slower periods and high-volume rushes.
- Support management and teammates wherever needed to keep store operations running smoothly.
- Help maintain the high level of customer service reflected in the store's strong customer reviews.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for a
bright, energetic, organized, and proactive cannabis professional who genuinely enjoys working with customers.
Successful candidates will bring:
- Previous cannabis dispensary or cannabis retail experience .
- Strong cannabis and product knowledge.
- Previous front-of-house customer service and retail experience.
- Confidence using retail POS systems.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- A polished, professional, and presentable appearance.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- A positive personality and ability to bring energy to a team.
- A self-starter mentality—you notice what needs to be done and take action.
- Reliability and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving retail environment.
- A genuine interest in growing within the cannabis industry.
Most importantly, we're looking for someone who
wants to be there . Someone who shows up with energy, engages customers and coworkers, and takes pride in helping create a great store environment.
About Vangst:
Vangst is the cannabis industry's hiring platform. Vangst helps cannabis companies find the talent they need to grow their business. From on-demand gig workers to trained & credential full-time employees, Vangst has built the industry's go-to talent marketplace for all cannabis hiring. Vangst is proud to work with 1,200+ of the cannabis industry's leading businesses.
Since raising their seed round in 2018, Vangst has become one of the fastest growing companies in the cannabis industry and was recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies.
Today, over 300,000 people have full-time jobs in the cannabis industry and this number is expected to triple over the next five years. Vangst is on a mission to fill every job in the cannabis industry.
Vangst's headquarters is in Denver, CO. Vangst is a Series B company and backed by Lerer Hippeau, Colle Capital, Level One Fund, Snoop Dogg's Casa Verde Capital, and others.
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Job Tags
Full time, Contract work, Temporary work, Local area, Immediate start, Flexible hours, Shift work