Bookseller - Temporary

Location: TX – San Antonio – The Shops at La Cantera (Store 2353) · Classification: Temporary

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 by saying hello, answering questions, and consistently going out of your way to connect readers with the right titles and products. Equally, you are an essential part of the bookstore team in maintaining the attractive presentation of the store and in ensuring its efficient running. You help unpack and shelve deliveries and tidy our displays. You work our registers in a quick and friendly manner, ensuring our customers receive a highly professional service.

Responsibilities

• Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Fill scheduling gaps when able, being flexible and responsive to the needs of the store — open early mornings to late evenings every day, including weekends and most holidays.
• Approach work positively and willingly, performing assigned tasks with purpose and energy, working hard and reliably.
• Support and consider colleagues, going out of your way to help others on the team and showing kindness.
• Remain cheerful with customers, consistently going out of your way to help them.
• Show aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire new knowledge in the store.
• Enjoy being a bookseller.

Required Competencies

• Use varied technology — registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools — comfortably and efficiently.
• Develop strong merchandising skills to maintain book presentation and store cleanliness.
• Develop effective visual merchandising skills for gifting, toys, and other product categories.
• Run a register competently to serve customers quickly and reliably.
• Support receiving and unpacking of deliveries, and the efficient, accurate shelving that follows.
• Find books and other products with ease and accuracy using personal knowledge, colleague expertise, BookMaster, and available information tools.
• Support the café team willingly and effectively when needed.
• Understand loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft, spot problematic behavior, and seek support for issues in the store.

Qualifications

• Physical ability for prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.
• Willingness to work in other stores as needed to collaboratively support the wider cluster.
• Compliance with all company policies and procedures.

Career Growth

As you gain experience, you will build book knowledge across fiction, nonfiction, and children’s sections; use that knowledge to maintain and present books attractively; make effective recommendations; and support key sales objectives (Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, etc.). You will also develop expertise in Educational Toys & Games, Specialty Games, Hobby & Collectibles, music, movies, and Newsstand — maintaining those sections, assisting customers, and driving sales of new releases. Demonstrating mastery of these skills leads to advancement to Senior Bookseller, with new challenges and further growth opportunities.

Benefits

• Scheduled < 20 hours/week: Employee Discount, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Sick Pay.
• Scheduled 20–29.99 hours/week: Employee Discount, EAP, Sick Pay, Paid Time Off (including paid Maternity and Parental Leave), Company Paid Holidays, Transit, 401(k) with Company Match.
• Scheduled 30+ hours/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, Vision), Healthcare and Dependent Care Spending Accounts, Healthcare Spending Account, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Transit, 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 by location/state regulations. Additional details available from the recruiter or Human Resources.

Schedule

Store hours run from early morning to late evening daily, including weekends and most holidays. Shift flexibility and willingness to cover scheduling gaps are expected.