Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble • Fort Lauderdale, FL

7d

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the bookstore team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and connecting readers with books and other products. The role also helps maintain attractive store presentation and efficient operations by unpacking and shelving deliveries, tidying displays, and serving customers at the register.

Booksellers are trained to use store technology, develop merchandising and visual merchandising skills, support receiving and shelving, locate products using available tools, and assist the café team when needed. They are expected to understand loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques, and to seek support when identifying theft or problematic behavior. The work involves prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Booksellers may support other stores in the wider Cluster when able and needed.

As they gain experience, Booksellers build knowledge across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales initiatives and new releases. The role offers a career path toward Senior Bookseller as skills and expertise develop. Booksellers must comply with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Be flexible and responsive to store scheduling needs and fill scheduling gaps when able.
• Have a positive, willing, hardworking, and reliable approach to assigned tasks.
• Be supportive and considerate of colleagues and helpful to customers.
• Demonstrate aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire store knowledge.
• Be comfortable and efficient using varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, and programs.
• Perform physical work involving prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers cheerfully, answer questions, and help them find suitable books and products.
• Maintain attractive store presentation, including tidying displays and merchandising books and other product categories.
• Operate registers quickly, reliably, and professionally.
• Support receiving and unpacking deliveries and shelve products accurately and efficiently.
• Use store technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
• Locate books and products using personal and colleague knowledge, BookMaster, and available information tools.
• Support the café team when needed.
• Follow loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft or problematic behavior and seek support.
• Build knowledge of books, toys, games, hobbies, collectibles, music, movies, and newsstand products.
• 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, key products, and new releases.
• Maintain reliable attendance, respond flexibly to store scheduling needs when able, and support colleagues.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Employee discount
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Sick pay
• Paid time off
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• Company-paid holidays
• Transit benefits
• 401(k) with company match
• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision
• Healthcare and dependent care spending accounts
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed