Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble • Meridian, ID

18d

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the bookstore team, welcoming and assisting customers, connecting readers with books and other products, maintaining attractive store presentation, and helping the store run efficiently. The role includes unpacking and shelving deliveries, tidying displays, operating registers, and providing professional customer service. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility in responding to store scheduling needs, a positive and hardworking approach, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, willingness to learn, and enjoyment of bookselling.

Booksellers receive training and are expected to master operational skills, including using store technology, maintaining merchandise and visual presentation, operating registers, receiving and shelving deliveries, locating products, supporting the café when needed, and following loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. The work involves 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 their experience grows, Booksellers build knowledge of books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, help customers shop, and support sales initiatives and new releases. With mastery of the role’s skills, Booksellers are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller. Employees must comply with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including filling scheduling gaps when able.
• Positive, energetic, hardworking, and reliable approach to assigned tasks.
• Supportive and considerate conduct toward colleagues.
• Cheerful, helpful customer service and willingness to go out of the way to assist 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 work involving prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find appropriate books and products.
• Maintain store presentation, including book displays, gifting, toys, and other product categories.
• Unpack and receive deliveries and shelve merchandise efficiently and accurately.
• Operate registers quickly, competently, and reliably.
• Use store technology and information tools to locate books and other products.
• Support the café team when needed.
• Follow loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft and seek support for problematic behavior or store issues.
• Build knowledge of fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and other store categories, including educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand.
• Maintain store sections and backstock and present merchandise in an interesting and attractive manner.
• Recommend books and assist customers throughout the store.
• Support sales objectives and initiatives, including Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, key products, and new releases.
• Support colleagues and, when able and needed, other stores in the wider Cluster.
• 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 at least 20 hours per week)
• Company Paid Holidays (for employees scheduled at least 20 hours per week)
• Transit benefits (for employees scheduled at least 20 hours per week)
• 401(k) with Company Match (for employees scheduled at least 20 hours per week)
• Comprehensive Health Benefits, including Medical, Dental, and Vision (for employees scheduled at least 30 hours per week)
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Spending Accounts (for employees scheduled at least 30 hours per week)
• Healthcare Spending Account (for employees scheduled at least 30 hours per week)
• Disability Benefits (for employees scheduled at least 30 hours per week)
• Life Insurance (for employees scheduled at least 30 hours per week)
• Tuition Reimbursement (for employees scheduled at least 30 hours per week)

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed