Digital Content Librarian - North America Schools

OverDrive; Cleveland (OH); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in digital content services is seeking a Digital Content Librarian to curate collections and support partners in enhancing their digital libraries. This role involves collaboration with various teams and requires a strong knowledge of the library and publishing industries, along with effective problem-solving skills. Join OverDrive to leverage your creativity and initiative in a dynamic environment focused on providing best content solutions.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in marketing, merchandising, or library industry required.
• Strong knowledge of books and library or publishing industry.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with various teams to support collection development.
• Create suggested lists to maximize ordering potential.
• Analyze usage patterns and suggest high value content purchases.

Skills

Detail oriented

Strong problem solving

Consulting

Prioritization

Microsoft Office skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Master’s degree in library science

Job description

This position will require you to be in the Greater Cleveland, OH area We are presently in a hybrid schedule, 2 days on campus and 3 days WFH u00A0 The Digital Content Librarian is responsible for selecting and curating content to help partners build and showcase their digital collection, to increase sales and usage. Collaborating with Account Executives and/or Account Managers, or with others on the Collection Development Team, DCLs support our partners and their collection development efforts.u00A0 u00A0 Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Account Managers, Account Executives, Product Support Specialists, and Sales Specialists to support the collection development needs of school partners.
• On an ongoing basis and aligned with applicable content sales targets and promotions, create suggested lists in OverDrive Marketplace to maximize ordering and curation potential by partners.
• Collaborate with Content Metadata Services to address content requests and remedy content issues.
• Support the digital collection needs of accounts in an assigned territory or territories, in collaboration with the applicable Account Manager(s).
• Curate collections to feature on digital library websites. u00A0 u00A0
• Interface directly with partners to assist with content selection and purchasing, discussing use of budget, offering recommendations for spending, and creating custom carts. u00A0
• Collaborate with Account Executive and/or Account Manager to create opening collection recommendations for new partners during the onboarding process. u00A0
• Analyze usage patterns, local demographics, publisher specials, and other factors for the purpose of suggesting high value content purchases. u00A0
• Contribute to OverDrive blogs.
• Attend internal meetings about updates to products and services.
• Keep up to date with publishing industry news and trends by attending publisher presentations and reading professional publications.
• Maintain relevant partner data in Salesforce and other OverDrive databases. u00A0
• Special Collection Development Team projects as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned. u00A0u00A0

Requirements:

• Bacheloru2019s Degree in related field, or equivalent experience required. Masteru2019s degree in library science or related field preferred.
• 1 - 3 years of related experience (marketing, merchandising, communications, sales, retail, teacher, librarian, etc.) in retail (book industry), publishing or library industry, or teaching or library work (K - 12).
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated initiative and creativity. u00A0
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team. u00A0
• Strong knowledge of books and/or the library or publishing industry.
• Detail oriented with strong technical aptitude.
• Demonstrated ability to complete assigned tasks and objectives, meet timelines, and provide updates.
• Strong problem solving, consulting, and prioritization skills.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills.u00A0

u00A0 Whatu2019s Next: As youu2019ve probably guessed, OverDrive is a place that values individuality and variety. We donu2019t want you to be like everyone else, we donu2019t even want you to be like usu2014we want you to be like you! So,u00A0if you're interested in joining the OverDrive team,u00A0apply belowu00A0and tell us what inspires you about OverDrive and why you think you are perfect for our team. u00A0 u00A0 OverDrive values diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.