Full-time 40-hour Guide - Anythink Wright Farms (Bilingual Spanish speaking preferred)

Anythink•Thornton, CO

12d•$50,000 - $57,500

About The Position

At Anythink, we believe that everyone is creative, and that creativity comes in many forms. We are guided by the philosophy that people thrive when they discover and follow their passions, collaborate with others and become creators. As a Guide, you will design informal learning opportunities that create magical, transformative experiences for our customers of all ages in a growing community where the library is at its center. You love your community and you enjoy offering programs that create spaces for neighbors to become friends. If you are a person with knowledge and experience with adult and teen collections, innovative programming, have a friendly and approachable style that teens gravitate to, and have a curiosity to explore new approaches to technology, then being a Guide at Anythink Wright Farms could just be your dream job. You create amazing experiences for our library customers. You are the person who connects the customer with information they seek. You develop and implement outstanding experience zone programs. You are a trainer and program coordinator at the branch. You are a natural leader, knowledgeable on all library operations and respected for your ability to have the customer leaving thrilled about the library. Ready to join in a bold opportunity to help us take community library services to an entirely new dynamic realm?

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required
Continuous learner
Digital literacy
You need to stand, walk, crouch, stoop, squat, twist, climb, push/pull up to 50 pounds, and lift up to 25 pounds.
Please submit a cover letter and resume for this posting.

Nice To Haves

MLS or Master's degree preferred
Library or bookstore experience preferred
Bilingual Spanish speaking preferred
You know your way around technology, having the ability to teach new users about basic computer skills to more techie things like creating music, transferring images from digital cameras, and creating top-quality presentations using STEM philosophy and authentic learning.
You have presentation or training experience

Responsibilities

Develop and conduct programs, presentations and workshops and create participatory experiences for our customers.
Teach library customers and staff how to use technology from e-readers to online databases.
Be the reference go-to person in the library.
Design "how-to" training for library customers and staff on library basics such as copier 101 training, meeting room projector training, and digital camera interface training.
Share your passion for our product by making sure our collections are timely and fresh and our displays are refreshed and looking beautiful.
Offer meaningful recommendations of the latest books, movies and music.
Be the outgoing tour guide of library; you share your knowledge about the library operations while entertaining your group.
Make connections that enrich our library customer experience through connecting customers with a variety of online resources, developing creative displays, and creating transformational programming.
Take on lead responsibilities, including person in charge, trainer of staff on operating procedures, and lead over other staff.
Reach out to the community, presenting workshops for your local area.
Be the branch liaison to committees, schools or other task forces.
Register customers for a library card, help them with a fee, request a book through RLD or ILL, assist them in our copy center, or walk them through their basic computer needs.
Share ideas on District committees.