Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Littleton, CO

19d•Onsite

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping them find appropriate books and products. The role also supports attractive store presentation and efficient operations by unpacking and shelving deliveries, maintaining displays, and operating registers in a quick and friendly manner. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility to support scheduling needs, a positive and energetic approach to work, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, and willingness to learn. The position includes training in store operations, technology, merchandising, register use, receiving and shelving, product discovery, café support when needed, loss prevention, and de-escalation. The work involves physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Employees may work at other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster. As they gain experience, Booksellers develop knowledge of books and other store products, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales initiatives. The role offers a career path toward Senior Bookseller as skills and expertise develop. 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 for shifts across store opening hours, weekends, and most holidays.
A positive, energetic, hardworking, and reliable approach to assigned tasks.
A supportive and considerate approach to colleagues.
A cheerful, helpful approach to customers.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and store knowledge.
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, displays, cleanliness, and merchandising.
Unpack deliveries and shelve products accurately and efficiently.
Operate registers quickly, competently, and professionally.
Use store technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, BookMaster, and other information tools.
Support the café team when needed.
Understand loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft or problematic behavior and seek support.
Build knowledge of books across fiction, nonfiction, and children’s categories, as well as other store 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, products, and new releases.
Maintain reliable and punctual attendance and, when able, fill scheduling gaps in response to store needs.
Support colleagues and contribute to the wider Cluster, including working in other stores when able and needed.
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.