Bookseller Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including availability that may support early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and most holidays.
• 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, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools comfortably and efficiently.
• Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers, answer questions, and help connect readers with appropriate titles and products.
• Maintain attractive store presentation, merchandising, displays, and cleanliness.
• Unpack and shelve deliveries and maintain sections and backstock efficiently and accurately.
• Operate registers 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, and seek support or use de-escalation techniques as appropriate.
• Build knowledge of fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand products.
• Make book recommendations and help customers throughout varied store sections.
• Support sales objectives, including Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, products, and new releases.
• Assist colleagues and fill scheduling gaps when able and responsive to store needs.
• 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