Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Middletown, RI

15d•Onsite

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find appropriate books and other products. The role also supports the attractive presentation and efficient operation of the store by unpacking and shelving deliveries, maintaining displays, and operating registers in a quick, friendly, and professional manner. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility when scheduling needs arise, a positive and energetic approach to work, consideration for colleagues, helpfulness toward customers, and willingness to learn. The job requires comfort using store technology and proficiency in merchandising, visual presentation, register operation, receiving and shelving deliveries, product lookup, café support when needed, and loss prevention and de-escalation procedures. The role involves prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Booksellers may also support other stores in the wider Cluster when able and needed. As they gain experience, they build knowledge across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales objectives and new releases. Booksellers who master the role are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find books and other products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, merchandising, displays, and cleanliness.
Unpack and receive deliveries, then shelve products accurately and efficiently.
Operate registers quickly, reliably, and professionally.
Use store technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, BookMaster, and other information tools.
Support the café team when needed.
Follow loss prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, and seek support when appropriate.
Build knowledge of fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand.
Maintain sections and backstock and make effective recommendations to customers.
Support sales objectives and initiatives, including Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, products, and new releases.
Maintain reliable attendance and respond flexibly to store scheduling needs.
Support colleagues and, when able and needed, other stores in the wider Cluster.

Benefits

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