Advertised from 16 October 2025

Role

Fruitmarket is looking for a Bookshop Manager

We are looking for an experienced Bookshop Manager to run Scotland's leading contemporary culture bookshop. The continuing success of our bookshop, both onsite and online, is a vital part of Fruitmarket’s public-facing offer. It is a destination shop, popular with our exhibition audiences, busy commuters, local residents, and tourists alike. Our core opening hours are 9am–6pm, seven days a week.

Alongside our catering retail and hires, the bookshop sits within a strong commercial operation at Fruitmarket that makes a critical contribution to the organisation’s success. The bookshop presents the Bookshop Manager’s carefully selected mix of fiction, cultural titles, gifts alongside Fruitmarket’s own titles and artist’s editions. The Bookshop Manager administers the distribution of Fruitmarket’s publications ensuring that our books have a wide cultural reach.

We are looking for a colleague who is a confident seller who delivers against ambitious financial targets while providing an excellent visitor experience and supporting the delivery of our mission.

Fruitmarket works to be an inclusive venue and employer.

Application notes

For an informal discussion about the role please contact [email protected].

Please visit our website https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/recruitment/ to download the job description and equalities monitoring form.

Please complete the equalities monitoring information and submit a CV.

Your CV should be maximum 4 pages and include a statement (up to 500 words) outlining how you fulfil the job criteria and demonstrating that you have the required skills for the post. We will also accept a statement as a video or audio file.

The application should be emailed to [email protected] with Bookshop Manager as the email subject heading.

We will contact shortlisted candidates directly.

Application deadline: Monday 3 November, 9am.

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