DESCRIPTION

Avid Bookshop is seeking a frontline bookseller to work at both the Prince Avenue and Five Points shops 5 days/week, 40 hours/week. Avid Bookshop is a community-focused independent bookstore with two locations in Athens, Georgia. Frontline booksellers are the face of Avid, engaging with the community by sharing a love of the written word, curating our shops to suit their neighborhoods, and fulfilling orders for virtually any book in print.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist with the day-to-day functions of the bookshops
• Promote literary engagement in Athens by connecting books to readers
• Conduct author events in-shop and offsite
• Receive new inventory
• Build collaborative relationships with individuals in the publishing industry by
  reading and reviewing galley copies of frontlist titles
• Behind-the-scenes work as needed (for example: publisher returns, web orders,
  problem-solving customer service issues, etc.)

REQUIREMENTS

• 40 hours/week
• Schedule flexibility
• Weekend availability
• Must be able to lift boxes up to approx. 40 pounds
• Extensive knowledge of children's and adult titles, especially recently published
  titles
• Willingness and ability to travel for bookselling conferences at least once
  annually

QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong attention to detail
• 1-2 years customer service or retail experience
• Preferred: 1-2 years bookselling experience
• Adaptability, ability to collaborate with a team
• Genuine enthusiasm for reading, independent bookstores, and the book industry
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; willingness to write physical
  book reviews for our shops
• Preferred: knowledge of Basil POS, Drupal
  

To apply, please submit resume, cover letter, and the following to avid.athens@gmail.com: Select four specific titles you would love to recommend to readers. For each of the four books, tell us the name of the book and the author(s), and write a 2-3 sentence review per book, with special emphasis on describing why someone should read that book. Cover letters may be addressed to Ms. Janet Geddis, owner/founder of Avid Bookshop.