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Sharing a job that was shared with me... this is a good role for people who are interested in bringing text analysis methods to a wide range of stakeholders.
*Please contact Amy Kirchhoff (amy.kirchhoff@ithaka.org amy.kirchhoff@ithaka.org) with any questions that you might have.*
Short summary: ITHAKA, the non-profit that brought you JSTOR, is hiring a Senior Manager for Digital Humanities Outreach. The position is integrated into our Outreach team (the staff who talk to librarians about ITHAKA services) and will work very closely with Constellate (constellate.org). Constellate helps users across all disciplines learn essential text analysis and data skills.
More details: *Senior Manager, Digital Humanities Outreach* *Location: Remote* *Link for info / application:* https://www.ithaka.org/job/4247846005/?gh_jid=4247846005
*The Role* ITHAKA is seeking a tech savvy and teamwork-oriented higher education professional to be our Outreach subject matter expert for ITHAKA’s emerging technologies that serve digital humanities research and instruction within academic libraries. ITHAKA’s mission is to expand access to knowledge and education around the world. Our services—Artstor, JSTOR, Portico, and Ithaka S+R— enable people everywhere to learn, to grow, and to overcome historical barriers to education. ITHAKA Senior Manager for Digital Humanities & Primary Sources, Outreach role provides an opportunity to have a transformative impact on the lives of students, teachers, researchers, and on the scholarly communications landscape more generally.
*Responsibilities* As Senior Manager for Digital Humanities Resources Outreach you will be the internal and external subject matter expert responsible for achieving participation goals,helping to drive adoption and usage for new programs and services in the Digital Humanities, focusing on text and data analytics education and support. You will collaborate internally with colleagues to contribute to the ongoing development for the products and services you support as well as provide training and knowledge sharing for those products across the ITHAKA Outreach team.
- Through direct faculty and library outreach, seek opportunities to integrate ITHAKA’s emerging technologies and services into digital humanities programs (through faculty and library outreach), supporting teaching with primary sources, information and data literacy, and text analytics. - Lead efforts to achieve participation goals for assigned products and services through direct customer activities such as: meetings (virtual, on-site visits, and industry trade shows) for new or at-risk participating institutions; following up on marketing-generated and inbound leads, and supporting the broader Outreach team through reviewing opportunities and internal training for staff. - Act as the subject matter expert for the Outreach team on products/services as assigned and how they can be used to support digital scholarship and teaching with primary sources. - Support introduction of assigned new products and services by contributing to beta and trial evaluation programs, collaborating with business owners to provide feedback on business models and validating end-user workflows. - Collaborate with ITHAKA Marketing, Outreach leadership, and business owners to determine the most effective value proposition for new products and services related to digital humanities; support effective go-to-market (GTM) planning, including the creation of materials to support launch. - Primary Outreach liaison to the JSTOR Labs team, helping to develop and provide feedback for incubated ideas. - Develop and maintain a network of relationships with digital humanities library staff, teaching faculty, and other key members of the academic community to stay abreast of important trends and best practices in digital and information literacy. - Ability to travel is required for this role, expectations in the 20-30% range.
Experience and Skills
- Minimum 5 years of experience in higher education or libraries, either at an academic institution or vendor. - Demonstrated expertise in digital humanities scholarship and primary source research. - An advanced degree (MLS, M.A. or PhD in a humanities field) and/or professional experience in teaching and research is a plus. - Excellent relationship building and communication skills, including the ability to effectively demonstrate digital content and platform tools via webinar and in person workshops. - Ability to work well as a team member; a willingness to actively participate in team projects and share ideas. - Strong attention to detail and a keen eye for accuracy. - Ability to perform with minimal supervision and to prioritize diverse work assignments. - Committed to our organizational values of belonging, evidence, speed, teamwork, and trust - Comfortable working with data (via tools such as Tableau) to extract learnings, make decisions, and demonstrate evidence. - Familiarity working with the standard Microsoft office suite (including intermediate Excel skills) and working in a CRM (such as Salesforce).
Compensation & Benefits
At ITHAKA we believe in openness and equity. Part of living those values is our commitment to clarity about salary ranges, so candidates know what to expect. The starting salary for this position ranges from $86,184 to $107,730 per year. Starting pay may vary with job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Our total compensation package for benefits-eligible employees includes employer-paid medical, dental, and vision plans, an employer-paid 10% retirement contribution, paid parental and caregiver leave, 22 days of paid time off, 11 paid holidays, up to 12 sick days, gym reimbursement, and more.