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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Interpublic Group: Library Assistant Intern, Center for Marketing Intelligence



The Interpublic Group of Companies is a leading, global marketing communications company with 43,000 employees worldwide in 130 countries.   The Center for Marketing Intelligence provides IPG operating companies with fast access to timely information, research and analysis.

Job Function:     
This position handles all periodical and library-related subscriptions, coordinates research-related contracts, and resolves billing issues.   The role will provide administrative support to the department head and serve as the department point-person for receipt of vendor invoices, time off record-keeping, the department calendar and reception duty as required.  This is a position with growth potential. This is a paid position. The Intern would be expected to work part-time while in school and full-time (40 hours) while on breaks, such as summer and winter.

Job Responsibilities:
          Order, check-in, route, and maintain periodical (paper and online) subscriptions and passwords.  Troubleshoot missing issues and other problems, working with subscription agent and directly with publishers.  (Learning objective: most libraries perform this activity so it is important to learn as the candidate might do it or supervise it during his or her career)
         Co-ordinate ordering and payment for books, reports, association memberships, etc. (Learning objective: like above, this is a typical library function)
         Maintain small physical library (Learning objective: same as above)
         Co-ordinate organization wide, research-related contracts (e.g., Lexis Nexis):
·         prepare pre-approval forms for user participation
·         reconcile billing issues
·         maintain subscription files
·         monthly accrual report
Learning objective: Working with vendors & contracts has become an important library function: candidate will probably use this experience later in career)
         Process department vendor invoices (Learning objective: typical library work)
         General administrative support, including monitoring dept. time-off records, maintaining phone lists and organization charts
         Expense report processing, meeting and calendar management and phone support for the department head
         Back-up to Office Manager (Learning objective: all of the above three functions are basic to working in an office today – developing the skill set to multi-task, to do detailed work for a variety of people in a variety of different areas)
         Work with Growth Services Team on internal databases as time permits (Learning objective: databases have become an important function in most libraries)
         Light research work (online and Web-based information search) as time permits (Learning objective: this is the #1 skill a future librarian needs)
         Webinar and projection set-up for department meetings

Job Requirements:
           1 - 2 years administrative experience in a corporate environment desirable
           Excellent Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and Powerpoint
           Strong facility with numbers
           Strong organizational and detail skills
           Enrolled in an MLS program (preferably in early stages)
           Research skills

 Additional Comments: 
·         Team Player 
·         Self-Starter

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