Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble • Encinitas, CA

5d

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find appropriate books and products. The role also supports the presentation and efficient operation of the store by maintaining displays, unpacking and shelving deliveries, and operating registers in a quick, friendly, and professional manner.

Booksellers are trained to use store technology and tools, maintain merchandising and visual presentation across books and other product categories, assist with receiving and shelving, locate products, and support the café team when needed. They are expected to understand loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques, and may support other stores in the wider cluster when able and needed. The work involves prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

As their knowledge develops, Booksellers maintain sections and backstock, make book recommendations, assist customers across a range of store categories, and support sales objectives such as Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, membership, preorders, and new releases. Employees who master the role’s skills are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller. The position requires compliance with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• A positive, energetic, dependable, and willing approach to work.
• Considerate and supportive teamwork, including a willingness to help colleagues.
• A cheerful, helpful approach to customers.
• Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and store knowledge.
• Comfort using varied technology and tools, including registers, computers, tablets, and programs.
• Ability to perform physical work involving prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.
• Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including the possibility of shifts from early morning to late evening and on weekends and most holidays.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers cheerfully, answer questions, and help them find suitable books and products.
• Maintain attractive store presentation, including displays, book sections, and other product categories.
• Unpack and receive deliveries, then shelve products efficiently and accurately.
• Operate registers quickly, reliably, and professionally.
• Use store technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, BookMaster, and other information tools.
• Maintain book sections and backstock, and make effective recommendations to customers.
• Support sales objectives and promote products such as Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, membership, preorders, and new releases.
• Build knowledge of educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand products.
• Support the café team when needed.
• Follow loss prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, and seek support when appropriate; use de-escalation techniques.
• Maintain reliable and punctual attendance, and fill scheduling gaps when able.
• Provide support to colleagues and, when able and needed, work in other stores in 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
• Transit benefits
• 401(k) with company match
• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Healthcare and dependent care spending accounts
• Healthcare spending account
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed