Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Marietta, GA

6d•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 supports store operations by maintaining attractive displays, unpacking and shelving deliveries, tidying merchandise, and operating registers to provide quick, friendly, professional service. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility in responding to store scheduling needs, a positive and energetic approach to assigned work, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, and a willingness to learn. They must develop proficiency in operational tasks and use store technology, merchandising practices, register procedures, delivery processing, product-finding tools, café support, loss prevention, and de-escalation techniques. The work is physically active and may involve supporting other stores in the wider Cluster when able and needed. 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. 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; the store is open early mornings to late evenings every day, including weekends and most holidays.
A positive, energetic, dependable approach to assigned work.
Supportive and considerate teamwork.
Cheerful, helpful customer service.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
Ability and willingness to use varied technology comfortably and efficiently.
Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.
Willingness to support the café team when needed.
Willingness to learn and follow loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help connect them with appropriate books and products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, including book displays, gifting, toys, 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, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and BookMaster, to assist with work and locate products.
Maintain clean, well-presented sections and backstock across books and other store categories.
Make effective book recommendations and assist customers with shopping throughout varied sections.
Support sales objectives and initiatives, including Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, key products, and new releases.
Support the café team when needed.
Follow loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft and problematic behavior and seek support for store issues.
Maintain reliable and punctual attendance and fill scheduling gaps when able.
Work collaboratively with colleagues and, when able and needed, support other stores in the Cluster.
Comply with company policies and procedures.