Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Manhattan Beach, CA

20d•Onsite

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of Barnes & Noble’s bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping them find books and other products. The role also supports the store’s daily operations by maintaining attractive displays, unpacking and shelving deliveries, keeping sections and backstock organized, and operating registers to provide quick, professional service. Booksellers are expected to be reliable, punctual, positive, helpful to colleagues and customers, willing to learn, and enthusiastic about bookselling. The store is open from early morning to late evening every day, including weekends and most holidays, and booksellers may support other stores in the wider Cluster when needed and able. Booksellers are trained to use store technology and information tools; maintain merchandising, visual presentation, and cleanliness; process customer purchases; receive and shelve deliveries; locate products; assist the café team when needed; and follow loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. The work involves prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. As they gain experience, booksellers build knowledge across fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand products. They use that knowledge to maintain sections, make recommendations, assist customers, and support sales initiatives and new releases. Employees who master the role are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller. The position requires compliance with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
A positive, energetic, hardworking, and dependable approach to assigned tasks.
Considerate, supportive, and helpful conduct toward colleagues.
A cheerful, helpful approach to customers.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire store knowledge.
Ability to use registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools comfortably and efficiently.
Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.
Willingness to support other stores in the Cluster when able and needed.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find suitable books and other products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, merchandising, and cleanliness across books and other product categories.
Unpack and receive deliveries and shelve products efficiently and accurately.
Operate registers quickly and reliably while providing professional customer service.
Use store technology, BookMaster, and available information tools to locate products.
Support the café team when needed.
Follow loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft and concerning behavior and seek support when needed.
Develop knowledge of books and other store products to maintain sections and backstock, make customer recommendations, and support sales objectives and new releases.
Maintain reliable and punctual 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, 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 and life insurance for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week.
Tuition reimbursement for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week.