Communication & Events Library Assistant
- Employer
- University of Central Missouri
- Location
- Warrensburg, Missouri, United States
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Date posted
- Nov 13, 2024
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Description
This position offers the opportunity for an enthusiastic, creative, and highly social individual to promote James C. Kirkpatrick Library's events, services, and exhibits. The Communication & Events Assistant designs, writes, and edits print, online, and social media content that engages the University of Central Missouri community, particularly students, and increases the Library's visibility in enhancing teaching and learning. The assistant implements and handles all logistics for Library events designed to enrich the University's intellectual, educational, and cultural life. This position coordinates a variety of library events and collaborates with others on campus for one-time events such as author talks or panels. The Communication & Events Assistant maintains relationships with staff in Integrated Marketing & Communications (IMC), the Alumni Foundation, and regularly communicates with other campus offices in pursuit of library promotion. Reporting to the Assistant University Librarian, the Communication & Events Assistant chairs the Library's Outreach Committee and serves as a member of the Web Usability Committee. Other duties as assigned.
Examples of Duties
Communication to include: - 35%
- Develops clear, concise, and compelling content for the library’s digital and print communication channel.
- Ensures consistent and effective messaging across all platforms
- Writes, edits, and coordinates the development of promotional content for the library’s events and exhibits.
- Writes, edits, designs, and coordinates the creation of posters, signage, flyers, brochures, and other printed materials.
- Writes, edits, designs, and schedules regular email communications for internal and external audiences.
- Oversees content creation and editorial calendar for the library’s social media profiles, including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube.
- Coordinates with outside vendors for the production of library promotional materials.’
- Assumes responsibility for deadlines and quality control throughout projects.
- Produces high-quality photography and videography of library activities with the assistance of student assistants, agencies, and vendors, and takes responsibility for digital asset management and sharing.
- Supervises 1-2 student assistants.
- Coordinates the logistical planning and implementation of regularly scheduled library events for the University and local community, including the provision of planning and implementation support for the annual Children's Literature Festival.
- Actively searches for opportunities to co-sponsor and collaborate on events with academic departments, faculty, and UCM-affiliated organizations.
- Maintains master library event calendar and minimizes scheduling conflicts.
- Suggests creative ideas for events consistent with the University’s mission and academic programs.
- Coordinates and implements finals week activities (2 times per year) that provide support to students.
- Works with campus catering, Integrated Marketing and Communication, Meeting and Conference Services and other campus support units as necessary to execute library events.
- Collaborates with Outreach Committee members and other staff to provide onsite support for events.
- Sends timely and effective communications about events to the campus community via email, social media, and other communication channels.
- Coordinates and assists with implementing internal library events, such as all staff meetings, retreats, potlucks, welcome receptions, etc.
- Develops annual event budget; tracks expenses and submits monthly expense reports.
- Assists library users in effective use of library resources and services. Teaches users strategies for finding and using information and refers them to appropriate resources on and off campus.
- Uses a variety of communication approaches and tools, including face-to-face contacts, email and phone at service point.
- Communicates library policies to library users.
- Collects and analyzes data to assess the success of marketing and events activities.
- Assists the Assessment and Acquisitions Librarian in the planning and implementation of focus groups and usability studies to improve user experience.
- Compiles event information for inclusion in reports and the State of the Library.
- Enforces library policies and procedures.
- Serves on Outreach Committee, Web Usability Committee, other departmental or university committees, and special projects as assigned.
- Responds to security alerts and emergency procedures as needed.
- Attends in-service programs as appropriate.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in any field required; field of marketing or public relations preferred.
Experience:
- One (1) year full-time equivalent relevant work experience such as communications required.
- Experience writing for the web and with web authoring tools required.
- Experience with graphic design for email, web, social media, and print required.
- Experience and/or aptitude for designing, creating, and editing online and printed materials required.
- Experience developing promotional materials for email, web, social media, and digital displays required.
- Administrative support experience, including planning, implementing, and/or promoting events required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, presentation, and editorial skills required.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail required.
- Ability to interact successfully with many different constituencies required.
- Ability to meet multiple concurrent deadlines required.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team required.
- General understanding of and appreciation for an academic library and its function within a university community required.
- Demonstrated commitment to and support for diversity and inclusion required.
- Availability/flexible work schedule to manage occasional evening and weekend events required.
- Experience working in communications and/or marketing preferred.
- Experience creating social media content for professional purposes preferred.
- Knowledge of content marketing principles and best practices preferred.
- Proficiency in graphic design programs such as Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Canva preferred.
- Experience and/or aptitude for project management including leadership of a collaborative team preferred.
- Experience supervising and/or overseeing the work of others preferred.
- Experience working in a library (public or academic) preferred.
Environmental Factors:
- Excessive standing and/or walking
Physical Factors:
- Ability to manipulate full book trucks and large books.
- Lift 40 lbs.
Special Instructions:
Full-time benefits-eligible position: Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long-term disability; 3 weeks paid vacation per year; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.
Part-time benefits-eligible positions: Benefits include generous education assistance for the employee.
Temporary, adjunct, student employment, or graduate assistant positions: Benefits are not included.
Completed UCM online application for employment required. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
A review will begin immediately and continue until filled unless indicated otherwise.
NOTE: A background check is required for the selected candidate of all staff, faculty, adjunct, and temporary positions and any job offer is contingent on the results of this check. Student employees and graduate assistants do not require a background check to be conducted prior to employment.
The University of Central Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer and specifically invites applications from women, minorities, veteran status, and people with disabilities.
Company
The University of Central Missouri is an innovative school that offers a high-quality education while remaining one of the most affordable universities in the country.
The University of Central Missouri believes its responsibility is to enrich each student’s perspective through a cumulative experience that starts with academic rigor and integrates applied learning and servant-leadership opportunities. Our model of continuous learning allows each student to find and fulfill his or her own sense of purpose. By engaging students with multiple sources of learning and creating a dynamic environment that encourages individuals to find their passions and reach beyond themselves, UCM prepares students by giving them knowledge and experiences that broaden and deepen their education so they may flourish in a world of accelerated change.
The University of Central Missouri has two campus locations, a site office at Whiteman Air Force Base and an online presence. Both UCM campuses are centrally located in Missouri, which means you're close to just about everything.
- Website
- http://www.cmsu.edu/index.xml
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