Full-time 40-hour Guide - Anythink Commerce City (Bilingual Spanish speaking preferred)

Anythink•Commerce City, 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 adult customers 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 collections, innovative programming, have a friendly and approachable style that adults gravitate to, and have a curiosity to explore new approaches to technology, then being a Guide at Anythink Commerce City 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? Whether in front of a group of people or working one-on-one, you're a natural-born teacher. You understand customer needs and enjoy connecting them with the right solutions; you're a sleuth at heart. You are an active listener; you're intuitive to people's needs. You engage well with others and are passionate about providing an exemplary customer experience. You're a team player who thinks quickly on your feet. You are a good listener with lots of patience. You're excited about the prospect of growing and learning in a changing environment. You inspire fun in the people around you.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required
You have presentation or training experience
Continuous learner
Digital literacy

Nice To Haves

MLS or Master's degree preferred
Library or bookstore experience preferred
Bilingual Spanish speaking preferred

Responsibilities

Develop and conduct programs, presentations and workshops and create participatory experiences for our customers.
Teach our library customers and staff how to use technology from e-readers to our online databases.
Be the genius 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 out on the floor with the library customers helping them with their journey through our amazing library.
Be the outgoing tour guide of library; you share your knowledge about the library operations while entertaining your group.
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.
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 them 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 great ideas on District committees.
Demonstrate our collective integrity.