Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Commack, NY

8d•$17•Onsite

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping them find suitable books and products. The role also supports store presentation and efficient operations by unpacking and shelving deliveries, maintaining displays, and operating registers while providing professional, friendly service. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility in responding to store scheduling needs, a positive and hardworking approach, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, and willingness to learn. They work as part of a busy team and develop proficiency in store operations and bookselling. The work involves using store technology, maintaining merchandise presentation and cleanliness, assisting with receiving and shelving, locating products, supporting the café when needed, and following loss prevention and de-escalation procedures. As their knowledge grows, Booksellers develop expertise across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, recommend products, and support sales objectives. Employees who demonstrate mastery may advance to Senior Bookseller and take on further challenges and growth opportunities. The position requires physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Booksellers may work at other stores when able and needed to support the wider Cluster. Employees must comply with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including availability to fill scheduling gaps when able.
A positive, purposeful, energetic, hardworking, and reliable approach to assigned tasks.
A supportive and considerate attitude toward colleagues and a willingness to help the team.
A cheerful, helpful approach to customers.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire store knowledge.
Comfort and efficiency using varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
Ability to perform physical work involving prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and a lot of walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help connect them with appropriate books and products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, displays, merchandise sections, and cleanliness.
Unpack and shelve deliveries and maintain accurate, efficient shelving and backstock.
Operate registers quickly, competently, and reliably while providing professional customer service.
Use registers, computers, tablets, programs, BookMaster, and other available information tools.
Develop and use knowledge of books and other product categories to help customers and make recommendations.
Support sales objectives and initiatives such as Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, key products, and new releases.
Support the café team when needed.
Understand loss prevention and de-escalation procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, and seek support for store issues.
Maintain reliable and punctual attendance, respond flexibly to scheduling needs, and support colleagues.
Work at other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster.
Comply with company policies and procedures.

Benefits

Employee discount.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Sick pay.
Paid time off, including paid maternity and parental leave, for employees scheduled 20 or more hours per week.
Company-paid holidays for employees scheduled 20 or more hours per week.
Transit benefits for employees scheduled 20 or more hours per week.
401(k) with company match for employees scheduled 20 or more hours per week.
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week.
Healthcare and dependent care spending accounts for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week.
Disability benefits for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week.
Life insurance for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week.
Tuition reimbursement for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week.