Information Product Team Member, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA

Posted November 25, 2016

Be a part of the Baker Library information product team member Knowledge and Library Services, Harvard Business School (Part-time; no benefits)

Key responsibilities

• Leverage the holdings of Baker Library’s digital collections and third party databases/information sources in the creation of information products
• Business research experience including the ability to read and interpret financial statements 
• Research, curate, and synthesize content for business topics, industries or companies
• Business writing experience: clearly and concisely synthesize and analyze multiple sources to develop new information resources, including  bibliographic essays, company overviews and other products
• Produce digital products using multiple platforms & formats (Silverpop, Zotero, HTML)
• Pro-actively participate and clearly communicate in multi-step, multi-person production processes

Basic Qualifications (Required for this position):

• Minimum 2 years of professional-level information research work experience.
• Expert knowledge of business information sources; broad knowledge of business topics including corporate finance, accounting, business history, etc.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in the use of common tools (ex: content management systems, curation and publishing) for information access, management, analysis, and presentation.
• Excellent organizational, writing, communication, and interpersonal skills; a superb team player

Additional Qualifications (Preferred Skills, Experience, Credentials needed for this position:

• Desired Master’s degree or equivalent graduate education in Library/Information Science, Business Administration, or other relevant discipline. 
• Ability to take initiative and thrive in an evolving and collaborative environment and produce timely, high quality results
• Highly developed skills in information organization, presentation and delivery; critical thinking; customer service; initiative
• Flexible and creative in the uses and management of available resources and in identifying, evaluating, accessing, and employing new resources
• Intermediate HTML, creative graphic design experience, photo manipulation
• Ability to work independently as well as within a team environment

Schedule:  17 hours per week

Salary: $25 per hour.

To apply: Please submit resume and cover letter to Jennifer Wilson, IPS Program Manager at [email protected]or Baker Library, Knowledge and Library Services, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA  02163.  No phone calls please.