Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble • Dawsonville, GA

3d

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find books and other products. The role also supports the attractive presentation and efficient operation of the store by unpacking and shelving deliveries, tidying displays, and serving customers at the register.

Booksellers are trained to use store technology, maintain merchandise and visual displays, support receiving and shelving, locate products, assist the café team when needed, and follow loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. The work involves prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Booksellers may also work in other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster.

As they gain experience, Booksellers build knowledge across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, recommend products, and help support sales objectives. The role complies with company policies and procedures and offers a career path toward Senior Bookseller as skills develop.

Requirements

• Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Be flexible and responsive to store needs and fill scheduling gaps when able.
• Approach work positively and willingly, completing assigned tasks purposefully, energetically, and reliably.
• Be supportive and considerate of colleagues and cheerful and helpful with customers.
• Show aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
• Comfortably and efficiently use varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
• Develop and apply merchandising and visual merchandising skills.
• Perform physical work that includes prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers cheerfully, answer questions, and help them find appropriate books and products.
• Maintain store presentation and cleanliness, including merchandising books and other product categories and tidying displays.
• Unpack and receive deliveries, then shelve products accurately and efficiently.
• Operate the register quickly, reliably, and professionally.
• Use store technology and information tools, including BookMaster, to locate books and products.
• Support the café team when needed.
• Follow loss-prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, use de-escalation techniques, and seek support when needed.
• 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 make effective recommendations to customers.
• Support sales objectives and initiatives, including Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, key products, and new releases.
• Provide reliable attendance, respond flexibly to store scheduling needs when able, and support colleagues.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Employee discount
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Sick pay
• Paid time off
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• Company-paid holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• Transit benefits
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Healthcare and dependent care spending accounts
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed