Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble • Lexington, KY

3d

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of a Barnes & Noble bookstore team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find suitable books and other products. The role also supports the store’s presentation and efficient operation by unpacking and shelving deliveries, maintaining displays, and serving customers at the register. Booksellers are expected to be reliable, punctual, positive, helpful to colleagues and customers, willing to learn, and flexible in responding to store scheduling needs.

Booksellers are trained to use registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools; maintain book and product displays; process deliveries and stock shelves accurately; locate products using store resources; support the café team when needed; and follow loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. The role involves prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and frequent walking. Booksellers may also work at other stores to support the wider Cluster when able and needed.

As they develop, Booksellers build knowledge across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales initiatives and new releases. With mastery of the role’s skills, Booksellers are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller. Employees must comply with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• A positive, energetic, and dependable approach to assigned work.
• A considerate and supportive attitude toward colleagues.
• A cheerful, helpful approach to customers.
• Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire knowledge of the store.
• Ability to use varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools, comfortably and efficiently.
• Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and frequent walking.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers, answer questions, and help connect them with appropriate books and products.
• Maintain attractive, clean, and well-presented store displays and sections.
• Unpack and receive deliveries, then shelve products efficiently and accurately.
• Operate registers quickly, professionally, and reliably.
• Use store technology and information tools to locate books and other 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 books across fiction, nonfiction, and children’s categories, and use it to maintain sections and recommend books.
• Support sales objectives and initiatives, including Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, and preorders.
• Build knowledge of educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand products; maintain these sections and assist customers.
• Maintain reliable and punctual attendance, work positively and purposefully, and support colleagues.
• Be flexible and responsive to store scheduling needs, and work in other stores when able and needed to support the wider Cluster.
• 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 health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 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