Bookseller - PT

About the role

A Barnes & Noble bookstore is a gathering place for readers and the community. As a Bookseller, you are an integral member of the bookselling team at the heart of our stores. You welcome customers in a cheerful and helpful way, answer questions, and connect readers with the right titles and products. You also help maintain the store’s attractive presentation and ensure its efficient operation by unpacking and shelving deliveries, tidying displays, and working registers.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers cheerfully and assist them with purchases, recommendations, and inquiries.
• Unpack, shelve, and organize deliveries to maintain store presentation.
• Operate registers efficiently to provide quick and friendly service.
• Develop merchandising skills to maintain book and product displays.
• Support the café team and other store operations as needed.
• Use technology, including registers, computers, tablets, and inventory tools, comfortably and efficiently.
• Assist with visual merchandising for books, gifting, toys, and other product categories.
• Locate books and products accurately using store tools and knowledge.
• Understand and follow loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques.
• Collaborate with the team to support store operations, including weekends and holidays.
• Build expertise in fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, educational toys, games, collectibles, music, movies, and newsstand products.
• Make effective book recommendations and support key sales initiatives (e.g., Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders).
• Perform physical tasks, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and walking.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Flexibility to fill scheduling gaps, including early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Positive, willing, and energetic approach to work.
• Supportive and considerate attitude toward colleagues.
• Cheerful and helpful demeanor with customers.
• Willingness to learn new skills and acquire knowledge.
• Aptitude for mastering operational competencies, including technology, merchandising, and register operations.

Benefits

• For those scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week: Employee Discount, EAP, and Sick Pay.
• For those scheduled to work between 20 and 29.99 hours per week: Employee Discount, EAP, Sick Pay, Paid Time Off (including paid Maternity and Parental Leave), Company Paid Holidays, Transit, and 401(k) with Company Match.
• For those scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week: Employee Discount, EAP, Sick Pay, Paid Time Off (including paid Maternity and Parental Leave), Company Paid Holidays, 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, Transit, and Tuition Reimbursement.

All benefits are provided in accordance with the terms of the current plan and may be subject to future change. Benefits may vary depending on location/state regulations.

Schedule

Part-time, with flexibility required for early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and holidays.