Life is full of opportunities but the opportunity we wait for is that when we find our relevant job or dream job in that particular department where we can give our every ounce and never get bored. And talking about boring stuff which is not the habit of creative people so, we bring the MAC careers. Are you the one we love make-up stuff and mostly time browsing new nail paints and make-up kits or stuff? If yes, then this is the perfect opportunity for you to be a part of a reputed firm in the same business of cosmetics and other related stuff. Now you must be eager to know more about it, so stay till and for further information.
What is M.A.C?
As a browsing person of various make-up kits, it is hardly possible that they never heard of MAC. Still, for those who have never heard of it, MAC is the most famous and professional brand in the world of make-up artists and cosmetics. It is a Canadian company whose headquarter is in New York City. MAC is well-known for its best products which make it so reputed even some famous make-up suggest it and also use it on Hollywood actors and actresses to give the exact and genuine look for the role-play.
Now after knowing about it you must be excited about the various posts and some other questions like:
- For which posts they are offering? What are the eligibility criteria?
- How can I apply?
- What do they pay?
- What are the benefits of working in MAC?
Now coming to our 1st question which is
What are the various posts?
MAC offers various posts in various departments like sales, management, artist and many more to keep updating themselves with new ideas and opportunities to bring their and theirs’s employees best out of best, eventually, MAC recruits’ freshers and experienced persons for various posts some of the most popular posts are as follow:
- Artist
- Retail Manager
- Assistant Retail Manager
- Make-up Artist
- Cashier
- Sales Associate
Before applying to any posts, you must have a little idea of the posts and their duties or roles for which they are being hired or hiring because without any doubt they are reputed one and surely, they want the best with any probability of mistakes, so here is some sort of information about the posts.
- Artists – Those people who use their creativity to make new designs and shades for various make-up kits and other cosmetic stuff and give a new best quality product to the firm which enhances their name and reputation by the sales of that particular product. In other words, they are the people who are the reason behind the whole point of shades, designs, harm-free and about the ingredients used or will be used to make a cosmetic product in that particular line of products.
- Retail Manager – The retail manager is responsible for all things happening and going on in the retail store whether it is sales, staff, or stock availability for various products in the store. In simple words, he/she is the head of the particular retail store and manages all things and takes responsibility from subordinates, and gives responses to seniors about various sorts of information like; sales, stock availability, etc.
- Assistant Retail Manager – A retail assistant manager is a person who executes the sales team and provides various tasks for the completion of the target given by seniors for that particular retail store. And with that, he/she is also responsible for staff’s daily schedules, work performance, and various other situations to bring the best out of subordinates to increase efficiency and to complete the assigned target or task from high authority.
- Make-Up Artists – Maybe you are also well aware of a make-up artist’s work profile and their roles. Still, who doesn’t know a make-up artist is a person who uses the art of dressing or beautifying a human body for various purposes like marriage, weekly courses, film recording make-up, and many more. MAC provides approx. 2-3 make-up artists to its all-retail shop to show the performance of their products by applying on their customers and even sometimes experienced make-up get the opportunity to be the part of the film team as a make-up artist.
- Cashier – Well, there is nothing to talk about a cashier but still, there are few roles of his/her like a cashier is responsible for all the in and outflow of cash or transaction held in the form of monetary terms and proper billing, having a great knowledge of numbers which helps him/her to perform smoothly as on his/her duty. With these things, a cashier helps a customer with various questions about prices, discounts, offers and sale periods, and much more other related information. A cashier reports to the retail manager at the end of the day by reporting about sales of products in the day.
- Sales Associate – A sales associate or salesperson is the person who gives the information of various products from a retail store to the customer or buyer or the product asked by the customer. A sales associate clears the doubts of the customer and answers the question asked by the customer. It can be about price, shades, and other things related to products. He/she has the basic knowledge of all products and their usage and results which helps to convince buyers or customers to buy the product.
Coming to the next thing which is…
What are the eligibility criteria?
For a start-up, you must be 18+ as for a fresher and you must be a junior college graduate for the starting posts. For the upper post, you must be graduated and have experienced for the post about roles, duties, and environment. Having a certificate in that particular relevant field will also help you to grab a reputed post in that field or a recommendation of a well-known manager or person for MAC can also be helpful to be the part of MAC cosmetics with easy steps
How can it be applied?
To apply for various posts in MAC you can apply from various online channels like LinkedIn, indeed.com, monster India and many more other online platforms or you can visit the official site and can contact them through their email by asking about recruitment notifications or other related information. Talking about the selection process or recruiting process, the selection is done on an interview basis to check your knowledge about trends in the particular field of cosmetics and to know whether you are much efficient or not to meet the target on time.
After that, they will give you an offer letter and you can start your journey with MAC. Now coming to the business, the questions which interest you the most even sometimes the whole thing depends on it or not because self-growth is also a form of necessity. If you are not developing, what’s the whole point of working? It can also relate to pay off so here we go with…
What do they pay?
Well, as a reputed company and spending a long period in this industry MAC gives a great remuneration to its employees and staff members. And even though it is not the only reason that they pay off, this line mostly depends on true ideas-based creativity and professional work so they surely have to be rewarded fairly.
So here is the payoff list of some of the discussed post upside;
- Artist: As a creative person which helps to turn raw materials into best-selling products a creative gets a fair share of remuneration for the ideas and creativity which he/she contribute to the firm to get the glory. An artist who is professional and more creative gets around 17.15$/hr. which surely rewards the innovation of his/her.
- Retail Manager: As a single person who manages the whole group of subordinates, retail store and achieves the target on time took a lot from a person with every possibility to solve the various situation and problems and for that MAC pays you around 4790$/month in hand with other non-monetary forms too.
- Retail Assistant Manager: As per the role of it is usually same as retail manager but with a bunch of retail store under him/her for whom he/she is answerable to the seniors which surely take a lot of efforts to get together all things like people, stores, stocks and more above them achieve the target in form of supplies and other stuff for which MAC gives around 5500$/month.
- Cashier: A cashier earns around 15$/hr. from his/her services of inflow and outflow of cash and other related transactions with information related to sales, discounts, and other offers ongoing in the current period.
- Sales Associate: A sales associate who possess the various format of knowledge which attract and convince customers and buyers to buy the product and for this for of art firm pays around 17$/hr. which surprisingly a handsome pocket filling remuneration.
What are the other benefits while working with MAC?
Now as we have discussed the payroll for various posts MAC also provides other various perks to its permanent employees. Some of the other perks and allowances are as follow:
- Insurance: Insurance is the kind of protection which helps you to cut the extra of some amount if somehow you meet in an accident, it can vary from different types. MAC gives you and your family health insurance which cuts the cost in half which is quite beneficial.
- Retirement Plans: MAC is more likely known for retirement plan which includes 401(k) retirement plan for a better future after been serving the MAC society for years and giving their best to make proper use of the resources and helping MAC to achieve the targets and even employee can choose other retirement plans like pension, stock optioning and more.
- Flexible Working Hours: As a reputed firm which is mostly in the creativity line so no doubt, they focus to be more creative in their staff surrounding which gives them the flexibility in working hours for more convivence and creative environment. And even sometimes firms can provide work from home in various conditions like corona period or for parenting to female workers to give proper time to their children without any anxiety to focus on work too.
- Reimbursements: With other sorts of perks MAC provides you various discounts on their products as in the form of reimbursement which enables a permanent employee to gain around 50-60% off on various products and more often seniors post get some products almost for free as in the term of non-monetary form like kits, glossy nail paints, lipstick, and foundations, etc.
- Vacation and Other Leaves: MAC provides various leaves and vacation leaves too which gives you around 1-week vacation a year and for a senior post, it can be more days, another form of leaves depends and varies from type to type like if it is a medical leave so it can give you a leave of 2-3 days of paid leaves without cutting from your salary.
As of now, you have taken a look at whole things like what it is, what it offers, and how to be a part of it. In our opinion, MAC is a very reputed firm which has been working since 1984 and earned name and fame in the business of cosmetics. So, getting a chance to work with it is the last thing you can ask for because it enhances you and your job profile and if you apply for a creative post then you will not regret it.
Because it offers you the chance to travel the whole world while working and you can also get a chance to be a team member of a Hollywood casting team or crew members. Surely, paying a handsome remuneration you must try to get in there if it interests you and you can also be an intern in the intern period for which you can get information from their official site and enhance your CV and add a star in your job profile for quick selection. Never miss any opportunity to learn if it pays more or less because it’s more about learning first than paying off.
