Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Loveland, CO

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 suitable books and products. Booksellers also help maintain an attractive, clean, and efficiently run store by unpacking and shelving deliveries, tidying displays, and operating registers with friendly, professional service. The role involves learning and applying operational skills, including using registers and other technology, merchandising books and other products, receiving and shelving stock, locating products, assisting the café team when needed, and following loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. Booksellers develop knowledge across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales initiatives. The position requires physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Booksellers may also work at other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster. As skills develop, the expected next career step is Senior Bookseller.

Requirements

Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Be flexible and responsive to store needs, including filling scheduling gaps when able; stores are open early mornings through late evenings every day, including weekends and most holidays.
Bring a positive, willing, purposeful, energetic, hard-working, and reliable approach to assigned tasks.
Be supportive and considerate of colleagues and cheerful and helpful with customers.
Show aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire store knowledge.
Be comfortable and efficient using varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
Develop merchandising and visual merchandising skills.
Be able to perform physical activity including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers cheerfully, answer questions, and help them find appropriate books and products.
Maintain attractive store presentation and cleanliness, including displays and merchandise sections.
Unpack and receive deliveries, shelve merchandise accurately, and maintain backstock.
Operate registers quickly, competently, and reliably.
Use registers, computers, tablets, programs, BookMaster, and other information tools to perform store tasks and locate products.
Develop and use knowledge of books, toys, games, hobbies, collectibles, music, movies, and Newsstand products to assist customers and maintain sections.
Make book recommendations and support sales initiatives, including Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, and preorders.
Support the café team when needed.
Follow loss-prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, use de-escalation techniques, and seek support when needed.
Maintain reliable and punctual attendance and be flexible in responding to store scheduling needs.
Work supportively and considerately with colleagues and, when able and needed, support 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 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 health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision (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 (for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week)
Life insurance (for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week)
Tuition reimbursement (for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week)