Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Savannah, GA

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of Barnes & Noble’s 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, and operating registers to provide efficient, professional service. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility in responding to store scheduling needs, a positive and energetic approach to work, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, and a willingness to learn. They are trained to use store technology, maintain merchandise presentation and cleanliness, run registers, receive and shelve deliveries, locate products using available tools, assist the café team when needed, and follow loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. As their knowledge develops, Booksellers build expertise across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales initiatives and new releases. The role 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. With demonstrated mastery of the role’s skills, Booksellers are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller. Employees must comply with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Be flexible and responsive to store scheduling needs, including filling scheduling gaps when able.
Bring a positive, willing, energetic, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Be supportive and considerate of colleagues and cheerful and helpful with customers.
Show aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and store knowledge.
Be comfortable and efficient using varied technology, including registers, computers, and tablets.
Perform physical activities including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find appropriate books and products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, displays, and cleanliness across books and other merchandise categories.
Unpack and receive deliveries and shelve products efficiently and accurately.
Operate registers quickly, reliably, and professionally.
Use store technology and information tools, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and BookMaster, to assist with store work and locate 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, educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and newsstand products.
Maintain sections and backstock and present books and other products in an interesting and attractive manner.
Make book recommendations and help customers with their shopping 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, work in other stores across the wider Cluster.
Comply with company policies and procedures.