Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Denton, TX

18d•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 titles and products. The role also contributes to store presentation and efficient operations by unpacking and shelving deliveries, maintaining displays, and operating registers to provide professional customer service. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility in responding to store scheduling needs, a positive and energetic approach, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, willingness to learn, and enthusiasm for bookselling. The store is open every day from early morning to late evening, including weekends and most holidays. The position involves learning and applying operational skills such as using registers and other technology, maintaining book and product displays, processing deliveries, locating products, supporting the café team when needed, and following loss prevention and de-escalation procedures. Physical work includes 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 they gain experience, Booksellers build knowledge across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales objectives and new releases. With demonstrated mastery, they are expected to advance along the career path to Senior Bookseller. Employees must comply with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store needs, including filling scheduling gaps when able.
Positive, energetic, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Supportive and considerate behavior toward colleagues.
Cheerful, helpful customer service.
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 physical activity including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help connect readers with suitable titles and products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, displays, merchandising, and cleanliness.
Operate registers quickly, competently, and reliably.
Help receive and unpack deliveries and shelve products efficiently and accurately.
Use store technology and information tools to find books and other products for customers.
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 books across fiction, nonfiction, and children's categories, as well as other store product categories.
Maintain sections and backstock and present products in an interesting and attractive manner.
Make book recommendations and support sales objectives, including Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, products, and new releases.
Comply with company policies and procedures.
Maintain reliable and punctual attendance and be flexible in responding to store scheduling needs.