Part-Time

Campus Retail Associate

Deadline 8/31/26
Barnes & Noble Education

Barnes & Noble Education

5,001-10,000 employees

Manages campus bookstores and education services

Compensation Overview

$16/hr

Albany, NY, USA

In Person

Temporary position on campus in Albany, New York; duration up to 90 days.

Category
Retail (1)

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Requirements
  • Candidates must be a minimum of 16 years of age to be considered for employment.
  • Confident and comfortable engaging customers to deliver an elevated experience.
  • An outstanding attitude with the willingness to learn and the capability to excel in a fast-paced, team environment.
  • Basic math, keyboarding, and data entry skills.
  • Flexible availability throughout the academic year including peak periods.
Responsibilities
  • Assist with processing sales transactions involving cash, credit, or financial aid payments.
  • Provide a friendly atmosphere by greeting customers and focusing on their positive experience throughout their visit.
  • Take initiative to support store operations including operating equipment and cash register while ensuring speed of service and accurate transactions.
  • Keep the store looking fresh by shelving, arranging, cleaning, and organizing products or space within the store.
  • Temporary positions require availability to work on a weekly basis for a period of 90 days or less with occasional weekends, and flexibility in scheduling for opening, midday, or closing shifts.
  • Routine housekeeping including, for example, dusting, mopping, window cleaning, vacuuming, trash removal.
Barnes & Noble Education

Barnes & Noble Education

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BNED provides education-focused retail and distribution services to colleges and K-12 schools, primarily by operating campus bookstores under long-term contracts and selling or renting textbooks and course materials. It also runs MBS Textbook Exchange, a wholesale unit that sources and distributes used textbooks, and offers digital and physical course materials through bundled programs. Its First Day Complete model bundles all required course materials into tuition or fees and delivers them to students by the first day of class, improving affordability and readiness. The company differentiates itself with an institution-centric approach, long-term campus contracts, and a shift toward bundled content and student-support services to stabilize revenue and deepen partnerships with academic institutions.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

Post IPO Equity

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1998

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • First Day Complete has only 36% campus penetration, leaving 64% untapped market opportunity for massive future revenue growth.
  • Program revenues projected to grow 27-28% in fiscal 2026, driven by strong institutional adoption of equitable access model.
  • Balance sheet strengthened via equity refinancing and debt reduction to $71M, enabling technology investments and operational flexibility.

What critics are saying

  • SEC scrutiny over 2024-2025 accounting fraud from unsupported manual journal entries threatens restatements and delisting within 12 months.
  • Shareholder class actions from Rosen Law Firm likely to exceed $50M settlement demands due to materially misleading disclosures during fraud period.
  • First Day Complete may fail to convert 64% of campuses due to Chegg and Amazon pricing competition, stunting 30% revenue growth projection.

What makes Barnes & Noble Education unique

  • First Day Complete bundles course costs into tuition, saving students 35-50% and improving completion rates by 16%.
  • BNED operates 1,100+ campus bookstores, leveraging economies of scale with 6,000 publishers for faculty-free material selection.
  • The company pivoted from textbook retail to subscription-like bundled content, targeting 1.4 million students via First Day by fall 2026.

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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

2%
Yahoo Finance
Mar 10th, 2026
Barnes & Noble Education posts $6.7M profit in fiscal Q3 with $515.1M revenue

Barnes & Noble Education reported a fiscal third-quarter profit of $6.7 million, or 19 cents per share. Adjusted earnings came to 23 cents per share, whilst the Florham Park, New Jersey-based company posted revenue of $515.1 million for the period. The campus bookstore operator's shares have declined 9% since the beginning of the year. In Tuesday's final minutes of trading, shares hit $8.36, representing a 3% fall over the past 12 months.

Yahoo Finance
Jan 20th, 2026
Barnes & Noble Education reports $18.3M loss in fiscal Q1 on $288M revenue

Barnes & Noble Education reported a fiscal first-quarter loss of $18.3 million, or 54 cents per share. Adjusted losses were 47 cents per share, whilst revenue reached $288.2 million. The Florham Park, New Jersey-based company operates bookstores on college campuses. Shares have declined roughly 5% since the beginning of the year and dropped 22% over the past 12 months.

Business Wire
Jun 6th, 2024
Barnes & Noble Education Shareholders Approve Milestone Equity and Refinancing Transactions to Significantly Strengthen Balance Sheet and Advance Industry Leading Services for Institutions and Students

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE: BNED) (“BNED” or the “Company”), a leading solutions provider for the education industry, today announced th