Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Des Peres, MO

18d•Onsite

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find suitable titles and products. The role also supports store presentation and efficient operations by unpacking and shelving deliveries, maintaining displays, and operating registers to provide professional service. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility in responding to store scheduling needs, a positive and dependable approach to work, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, and a willingness to learn. They are trained in store operations and expected to use technology, maintain merchandise and visual displays, operate registers, support receiving and shelving, locate products using available tools, assist the café team when needed, and follow loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. The work involves physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Booksellers may work in other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster. As they gain experience, they build knowledge across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales objectives. Booksellers who master the role are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller. The role requires compliance with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store needs, including filling scheduling gaps when able.
A positive, energetic, hard-working, and reliable approach to assigned tasks.
Considerate and supportive teamwork.
Cheerful, helpful customer service.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and store knowledge.
Ability to use varied technology comfortably and efficiently.
Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Nice To Haves

Enjoyment of bookselling.
Willingness and ability to work in other stores to support the wider Cluster.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find appropriate books and products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, displays, merchandise sections, and cleanliness.
Unpack and shelve deliveries and maintain backstock accurately and efficiently.
Operate registers quickly and reliably while providing professional customer service.
Use registers, computers, tablets, programs, BookMaster, and other available information tools to support store operations and locate products.
Support visual merchandising in books, gifting, toys, and other product categories.
Assist the café team when needed.
Understand and follow loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft and seek support for problematic behavior or store issues.
Build knowledge across fiction, nonfiction, children's books, educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and newsstand products.
Make book recommendations and help customers throughout varied store sections.
Support sales objectives and promote relevant products and programs, including Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, and new releases.
Maintain reliable attendance, respond flexibly to store scheduling needs when able, and support colleagues.
Comply with company policies and procedures.