Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Destin, FL

26d•Onsite

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find suitable books and products. The role also supports store operations by maintaining attractive displays, unpacking and shelving deliveries, working registers, and providing professional customer service. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility to meet store scheduling needs, a positive and helpful approach to work, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, willingness to learn, and enthusiasm for bookselling. They will be trained in operational competencies including using store technology, merchandising and visual presentation, register operation, receiving and shelving deliveries, locating products, assisting the café team when needed, and following loss prevention and de-escalation procedures. The role involves physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Booksellers may work at other stores when able and as needed to support the wider Cluster. As they gain experience, they are expected to develop knowledge of books and other store products, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales initiatives and new releases. With mastery of the role’s skills, they are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller. Booksellers must comply with company policies and procedures. Benefits vary according to scheduled weekly hours and location. The posting lists employee discounts, EAP, sick pay, paid time off, paid maternity and parental leave, company-paid holidays, transit benefits, a 401(k) with company match, medical, dental and vision benefits, healthcare and dependent care spending accounts, disability benefits, life insurance, and tuition reimbursement, with eligibility depending on hours and plan terms.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including the possibility of working early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and most holidays.
Positive, purposeful, energetic, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Supportive and considerate attitude toward colleagues.
Cheerful, helpful approach to customers.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
Comfort using varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
Ability to perform physical work involving prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.
Ability to work in other stores if able and needed to support the wider Cluster.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find appropriate books and products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, cleanliness, displays, and merchandising across books and other product categories.
Unpack and receive deliveries and shelve products 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 books across fiction, nonfiction, and children’s categories, as well as toys, games, hobbies, collectibles, music, movies, and newsstand products.
Maintain store sections and backstock and present books and products in an interesting and attractive manner.
Make effective recommendations and help customers with their shopping.
Support sales objectives and initiatives, including Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, and new releases.
Provide flexible scheduling support and help colleagues when needed.
Comply with company policies and procedures.