Job Description

Location

ID - Meridian - Meridian - 3549

Classification

Temporary

Job Summary

Bookseller - Temporary

What You Do

• Create a welcoming environment for customers where you engage with them and share your love and knowledge of books and make relevant recommendations.
• Ensure a vibrant bookstore through the execution of bookstore basics, showing a commitment to presentation, commerciality, section detail, localization, and sense of theater.
• Leverage key campaigns such as Our Monthly Picks, pre-orders, etc., to hand sell and engage in conversation with every customer.
• Educate yourself continuously on books and the industry, supporting the store with this knowledge to give customers a great experience when they visit and shop.
• Identify key titles and communicate with your store team on opportunities to tailor the merchandise selection to reflect the community.
• Keep the store neat and tidy, creating displays and ensuring the bookstore is always shoppable and inviting.
• Help with events and community outreach.
• Protect company assets by adhering to all processes in controlling shrink, expense and payroll.
• Recognize and offer to help both customers and employees with urgency and care.
• Model expected behaviors to ensure compliance with all policies and procedures.
• Work on the selling floor, which requires physical activity (i.e., prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, climbing) and in Café when needed.

Knowledge & Experience

• Passionate reader and knowledgeable about books.
• Positive and can-do attitude.
• Enjoy working with people.
• Energized by working in an ever-changing environment.
• Listen to people and enjoy solving problems.
• Can clearly and respectfully communicate and express oneself.

Expected Behaviors

• Treat customers as the first priority at all times.
• Grow knowledge of books, the industry and the market.
• Enjoy making recommendations and engaging with others.
• Exhibit and demonstrate initiative.
• Support company goals and initiatives and is a team player.
• Show respect and kindness to fellow booksellers and customers.
• Accept responsibility and execute all assignments correctly and with care.
• Accept coaching and feedback from others openly.

Job Tags

Temporary work,

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