Digital Collections Marketing Assistant

Employer:  University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center

Start Date:  October 3, 2011

Pay:  $10/hour

Job Type:  Part-time

The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center (UWDCC) seeks a highly motivated and creative student to work closely with staff to market our digital resources to both campus and external audiences. This position offers an excellent opportunity for hands-on experience developing and implementing marketing activities for our growing digital library collections. Interest in Web-based marketing is a must! 

Pay: $10 hr

Hours: 8-10 hours a week, flexible schedule (between 8-5, M-F) 

Start date: October 3, 2011 (or sooner, if available) 

Location: UW-Madison, 431 Memorial Library 

Work 

This position will be responsible for but not limited to the following: 

Provide creative input for the development of marketing activities and associated materials 

Conduct research to identify potential audiences for marketing activities 

Create and implement Web-based and traditional marketing activities 

Complete routine and incremental (weekly/monthly) marketing tasks 

Qualifications 

Great communications and organizational skills 

Excellent writing and design skills 

Work or academic experience in marketing or communications 

Outstanding Microsoft Office Skills, with emphasis on Excel. Photoshop and Web experience is a plus! 

Good project management skills and strong attention to detail, with timely and accurate follow-up through completion. 

Currently enrolled at UW Madison. 

How to Apply 

Please email your resume and 2 references to digitalcontent@library.wisc.edu by September 23, 2011. No phone calls, please. 

The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center The UWDCC supports the educational and outreach missions of the University of Wisconsin by providing professional leadership in the creation of quality digital resources from libraries and archives for faculty, staff and students, citizens of the state and scholars at large. Located on the UW-Madison campus, the UWDCC has digitized over one-million objects, developed and implemented technologies to enhance digital collections, and partnered with a variety of content providers to create illustrative and valuable digital resources. For more information, visit the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center at http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/.