Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Kendall, FL

9d•Onsite

About The Position

A Barnes & Noble Bookseller welcomes and assists customers, connects readers with books and products, and supports the bookstore team in maintaining attractive displays and efficient store operations. The role includes unpacking and shelving deliveries, tidying displays, operating registers, and providing professional customer service. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility, positivity, teamwork, helpfulness toward customers, willingness to learn, and enthusiasm for bookselling. Booksellers are trained to use store technology and tools, maintain merchandise presentation and cleanliness, operate registers, receive and shelve deliveries, locate books and other products, support the café team when needed, and follow loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. As experience grows, Booksellers develop knowledge across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, recommend books, and support sales priorities and new releases. The role involves physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Booksellers may work at other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster. Employees are expected to comply with company policies and procedures and may advance to Senior Bookseller as they develop mastery of the role.

Requirements

Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Be flexible and responsive to store scheduling needs, including possible shifts during early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and most holidays.
Approach assigned work positively, energetically, and reliably.
Be supportive and considerate of colleagues and consistently helpful to customers.
Show aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and store knowledge.
Be comfortable using varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
Perform physical activities that include 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, including displays, merchandising, and cleanliness.
Unpack and receive deliveries and shelve merchandise efficiently and accurately.
Operate registers quickly, competently, and reliably.
Use store technology, programs, and information tools to locate books and products.
Support the café team when needed.
Follow loss-prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, and seek support or use de-escalation techniques as appropriate.
Build knowledge of fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and other store categories, including educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand.
Maintain sections and backstock and present books and other products attractively.
Make effective recommendations to customers and support sales priorities, including Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, products, and new releases.
Support colleagues and, when able and needed, other stores in the wider Cluster.
Comply with company policies and procedures.