Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Olympia, WA

22d•$17 - $19

About The Position

A Barnes & Noble Bookseller is an integral member of the bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find books and other products. Booksellers also help maintain an attractive, clean, and efficiently run store by unpacking and shelving deliveries, tidying displays, and operating registers with speed and professionalism. The role requires reliable attendance, flexibility to help cover scheduling gaps, a positive and energetic approach to assigned work, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, and a willingness to learn. Booksellers are trained to use store technology, maintain merchandise and visual presentations, process purchases, support receiving and shelving, locate products using store information tools, assist the café team when needed, and follow loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. As their knowledge develops, Booksellers maintain book sections and backstock, make recommendations, support sales objectives, and build familiarity with other store categories, including toys, games, hobbies and collectibles, music, movies, and newsstand products. Employees are expected to comply with company policies and procedures. With demonstrated mastery, Booksellers are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller. The work involves prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and substantial walking. Employees may work in other stores when able and when support is needed. This is a temporary position. The stated hourly rate starts at $17.25 and pays up to $18.75, depending on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. Benefits vary with scheduled hours and location and are subject to the current plan terms. Listed benefits include employee discounts, EAP, sick pay, paid time off, paid maternity and parental leave, company holidays, 401(k) with company match, medical, dental and vision coverage, spending accounts, disability benefits, life insurance, transit benefits, and tuition reimbursement, with eligibility varying by hours and plan terms.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including the ability to help fill scheduling gaps when able.
Positive, energetic, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Supportive and considerate conduct toward colleagues.
Cheerful, helpful customer service.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
Ability to use varied technology comfortably and efficiently.
Ability to perform physical work involving prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and substantial walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find appropriate books and other products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, cleanliness, displays, merchandise sections, and backstock.
Unpack and receive deliveries and shelve products efficiently and accurately.
Operate registers quickly, reliably, and professionally.
Use store technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, BookMaster, and other information tools.
Make book and product recommendations and support sales objectives, including Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, and preorders.
Build and apply knowledge of books and other product categories, including toys, games, hobbies and collectibles, music, movies, and newsstand products.
Support the café team when needed.
Follow loss-prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, and seek support using de-escalation techniques.
Maintain reliable attendance, be flexible in responding to store scheduling needs, and support colleagues.
Comply with company policies and procedures.
Work in other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster.