Bookseller Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including willingness to fill scheduling gaps when able.
• Positive, purposeful, energetic, and reliable approach to assigned tasks.
• Supportive and considerate conduct toward colleagues.
• Cheerful and helpful customer service.
• Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
• Comfort and efficiency using varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
• Ability to perform physical activities including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find appropriate titles and products.
• Maintain attractive store presentation, displays, and cleanliness through merchandising and tidying.
• Operate registers efficiently and provide quick, friendly, and professional service.
• Unpack and receive deliveries, and shelve merchandise accurately and efficiently.
• Use store technology and information tools to locate books and other products.
• Support the café team when needed.
• Understand and follow loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft and seek support for problematic behavior and store issues.
• Build knowledge of fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and other store product categories.
• Maintain sections and backstock and present books and other products attractively.
• Make book recommendations and help customers with their shopping.
• Support sales objectives and products, including Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, and new releases.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.
• Support other stores in the wider Cluster when able and needed.

Benefits

• Employee Discount
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Sick Pay
• Paid Time Off, including paid Maternity and Parental Leave
• Company Paid Holidays
• Transit benefits
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Comprehensive Health Benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision)
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Spending Accounts
• Healthcare Spending Account
• Disability Benefits
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement