Bookseller Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including availability to fill gaps when able.
• A positive, energetic, hardworking, and reliable approach to assigned tasks.
• A supportive and considerate attitude toward colleagues.
• A cheerful, helpful approach to customer service.
• Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire store knowledge.
• Ability to use registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools comfortably and efficiently.
• Ability to perform physical work involving prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find books and other products.
• Maintain attractive store presentation, including displays, merchandising, and cleanliness.
• Unpack deliveries, receive stock, and shelve products accurately and efficiently.
• Operate registers quickly, reliably, and professionally.
• Use store technology and information tools, including BookMaster, to locate products.
• Support the café team when needed.
• Follow loss prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, and seek support when appropriate.
• Build knowledge of fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand products.
• Maintain sections and backstock and present books and other products attractively.
• Make book and product recommendations to customers.
• Support sales objectives and initiatives, including Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, key products, and new releases.
• Maintain reliable and punctual attendance and help fill scheduling gaps when able.
• Collaborate with colleagues and, when able and needed, support 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
• 401(k) with company match
• Transit benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Healthcare and dependent care spending accounts
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement