Bookseller - PT

Job Summary

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.

AK - Fairbanks - 2235

Part-Time

• Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Fill scheduling gaps when possible, being flexible and responsive to the needs of the store.
• Be positive, energetic, and dependable in all assigned tasks.
• Support and show consideration for colleagues, offering help and kindness.
• Be consistently cheerful with customers, going out of your way to help them.
• Show aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire new knowledge in the store.
• Above all, enjoy being a bookseller!

• Use varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, and other tools comfortably and efficiently.
• Develop strong merchandising skills to maintain the book presentation and cleanliness of the store.
• Develop effective visual merchandising skills to maintain the presentation in 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 and accurate shelving that follows.
• Find books and other products with ease and accuracy using available information tools.
• Support the café team when needed.
• Understand loss prevention procedures and de‑escalation techniques, identifying theft and problematic behavior.

As you gain experience, you should expect your bookselling knowledge and skills to develop. Each Barnes & Noble Bookstore is the product of its bookselling team. You will increasingly contribute as you develop your expertise.

• Build book knowledge across fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books.
• Use this knowledge to maintain sections and present books attractively.
• Make effective book recommendations to customers throughout varied sections.
• Learn how to sell books positively, supporting key sales objectives such as Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, etc.
• Build knowledge in Educational Toys and Games, Specialty Games, Hobby and Collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand.
• Use this knowledge to maintain all sections and backstock, and to help customers with their shopping.
• Support the success of key sales objectives, products and new releases.

As you demonstrate mastery of the outlined skills, you are expected to advance to the next step in the career path—Senior Bookseller—where new challenges and opportunities for growth are available.

Benefits for those scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week include Employee Discount, EAP, and Sick Pay. For those scheduled to work between 20 and 29.99 hours, benefits include Employee Discount, EAP, Sick Pay and 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, benefits include Employee Discount, EAP, Sick Pay and 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. Benefit may vary depending on location/state regulations.